Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Saturday, March 28, 2015 · Pepsi Center
BELL TV · MSG-B · ALT2
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-3 on Saturday, March 28, 2015 at Pepsi Center. The Sabres outshot the Avalanche 38-22.
Andrej Meszaros scored twice. Marc-Andre Cliche, John Mitchell, Tyson Barrie, Matt Duchene, Brad Stuart and Rasmus Ristolainen also scored.
Semyon Varlamov made 35 saves on 38 shots for the win; Matt Hackett stopped 7 of 10.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Marc-Andre Cliche (2)Cody McLeod (5), Dennis Everberg (8)0–110:47 COL
John Mitchell (10)Matt Duchene (30), Jarome Iginla (27)0–211:19 COL
2nd period
Tyson Barrie (12)Ryan O'Reilly (38), Gabriel Landeskog (33)0–303:29 COL
Matt Duchene (19)Jarome Iginla (28), Zach Redmond (13)0–406:56 COL
3rd period
Andrej Meszaros (4)Rasmus Ristolainen (9), Johan Larsson (8)1–403:09 BUF
Brad Stuart (3)Jarome Iginla (29), Matt Duchene (31)1–504:48 COL- Andrej Meszaros (5)Unassisted2–505:29 BUF
Rasmus Ristolainen (7)Marcus Foligno (10), Zac Dalpe (1)3–508:43 BUF
Team stats
BUFCOL
38Shots on goal22
57%Faceoff %43%
0/3Power play0/1
4Penalty minutes8
26Hits26
8Blocked shots17
0Giveaways5
9Takeaways6
Penalties
- 1st 03:52
Zach Redmond · hooking2 min - 1st 14:44Nick Holden · interference2 min
- 1st 20:00Cody McLeod · roughing2 min
- 1st 20:00
Patrick Kaleta · roughing2 min - 2nd 13:36Gabriel Landeskog · charging2 min
- 3rd 14:05Zach Bogosian · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 41Andrej MeszarosD | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 4 | 17:33 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 24:02 |
| 20Zac DalpeC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 09:59 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 3 | 19:10 |
| 82Marcus FolignoL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:14 |
| 12Brian GiontaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 4 | 19:41 |
| 19Cody HodgsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 6 | 14:38 |
| 25Mikhail GrigorenkoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15:13 |
| 26Matt MoulsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 19:26 |
| 36Patrick KaletaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 13:19 |
| 37Matt EllisL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:47 |
| 44Nicolas DeslauriersL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:38 |
| 59Tim SchallerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:31 |
| 84Phil VaroneC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 6Mike WeberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:07 |
| 24Tyson StrachanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:32 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 23:04 |
| 61Andre BenoitD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 2 | 20:01 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Matt HackettG | L | 10 | 7 | 3 | .700 | 37:47 |
| 35Anders LindbackG | 12 | 10 | 2 | .833 | 19:49 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 9Matt DucheneC | 1 | 2 | 3 | +3 | 3 | 17:35 |
| 12Jarome IginlaR | 0 | 3 | 3 | +3 | 1 | 18:30 |
| 7John MitchellC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 24Marc-Andre ClicheR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:33 |
| 45Dennis EverbergR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 07:41 |
| 55Cody McLeodL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:17 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:29 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 0 | 19:32 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 18:42 |
| 17Brad StuartD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 22:14 |
| 22Zach RedmondD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:18 |
| 13Freddie HamiltonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:25 |
| 27Jordan CaronR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:57 |
| 38Joey HishonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10:25 |
| 40Alex TanguayL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 18:43 |
| 2Nick HoldenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:31 |
| 5Nate GueninD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 1 | 13:26 |
| 8Jan HejdaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 2 | 23:22 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | W | 38 | 35 | 3 | .921 | 60:00 |
| 20Reto BerraG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |