Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 20, 2014 · First Niagara Center
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Saturday, December 20, 2014 at First Niagara Center. The Sabres outshot the Avalanche 29-23.
Alex Tanguay scored twice. Erik Johnson, Cody McLeod, John Mitchell and Johan Larsson also scored.
Calvin Pickard made 28 saves on 29 shots for the win; Jhonas Enroth stopped 18 of 22.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Erik Johnson (7)Nathan MacKinnon (15), Max Talbot (5)1–002:23 COL
Cody McLeod (2)Ryan O'Reilly (12)2–007:07 COL · SHG
3rd period
Alex Tanguay (10)Jarome Iginla (12), John Mitchell (4)3–001:51 COL
John Mitchell (4)Alex Tanguay (11), Jarome Iginla (13)4–005:09 COL · PPG
Johan Larsson (1)Chris Stewart (3), Andre Benoit (3)4–113:27 BUF- Alex Tanguay (11)Jarome Iginla (14), Erik Johnson (10)5–119:34 COL · EN
Team stats
COLBUF
23Shots on goal29
55%Faceoff %45%
1/3Power play0/4
8Penalty minutes6
17Hits25
14Blocked shots14
9Giveaways4
4Takeaways1
Penalties
- 1st 05:35
Marc-Andre Cliche · interference2 min - 1st 13:13Gabriel Landeskog · tripping2 min
- 1st 16:51
Andre Benoit · hooking2 min - 2nd 04:55Nikita Zadorov · holding2 min
- 3rd 04:32Johan Larsson · tripping2 min
- 3rd 07:35Ryan O'Reilly · slashing2 min
- 3rd 16:57John Mitchell · cross checking2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +1 | 0 | 17:06 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 3 | 18:06 |
| 7John MitchellC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 15:16 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 26:23 |
| 25Max TalbotC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 19:00 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 14:46 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 09:53 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 15:48 |
| 9Matt DucheneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 15:08 |
| 24Marc-Andre ClicheR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:41 |
| 48Daniel BrièreC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:18 |
| 58Patrick BordeleauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:46 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:12 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18:20 |
| 5Nate GueninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 23:15 |
| 17Brad StuartD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 19:01 |
| 22Zach RedmondD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16:17 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20Reto BerraG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 31Calvin PickardG | W | 29 | 28 | 1 | .966 | 60:00 |
Buffalo Sabres
| 22Johan LarssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10:14 |
| 80Chris StewartR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 16:51 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 18:31 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 14:18 |
| 21Drew StaffordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:59 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 3 | 20:28 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 04:43 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:04 |
| 63Tyler EnnisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21:56 |
| 65Brian FlynnC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:35 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 15:22 |
| 4Josh GorgesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:22 |
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 17:37 |
| 51Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 19:14 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 27:01 |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:10 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Jhonas EnrothG | L | 22 | 18 | 4 | .818 | 56:16 |
| 34Michal NeuvirthG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |