Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Tuesday, December 5, 2017 · Pepsi Center
ALT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 4–2 on Tuesday, December 5, 2017 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 37–35.
Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Benoit Pouliot, Jake McCabe, Evander Kane and Jack Eichel also scored.
Robin Lehner made 35 saves on 37 shots for the win; Semyon Varlamov stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Benoit Pouliot (7)Ryan O'Reilly (10)1–005:32 BUF · 
Nathan MacKinnon (9)Alexander Kerfoot (11), Mikko Rantanen (14)1–112:22 COL · 
Jake McCabe (1)Benoit Pouliot (3), Johan Larsson (4)2–118:59 BUF
3rd period
- Nathan MacKinnon (10)Tyson Barrie (18), Alexander Kerfoot (12)2–209:58 COL ·
Evander Kane (13)Jack Eichel (14), Jake McCabe (5)3–211:54 BUF
Jack Eichel (8)Ryan O'Reilly (11)4–219:27 BUF ·
Team stats
BUFCOL
3537
53%47%
0/32/6
148
2120
2215
35
93
Penalties
- 1:06 into the first period
Jack Eichel · holding2 min - 11:18 into the first period
Nikita Zadorov · interference2 min - 17:29 into the first periodRasmus Ristolainen · roughing2 min
- 5:10 into the second periodZach Bogosian · high sticking2 min
- 10:37 into the second periodSam Reinhart · tripping2 min
- 15:51 into the second periodMikko Rantanen · tripping2 min
- 18:59 into the second periodBench · delaying game bench2 min
- 8:23 into the third periodKyle Okposo · high sticking2 min
- 10:43 into the third periodZach Bogosian · slashing2 min
- 10:43 into the third periodBlake Comeau · embellishment2 min
- 12:14 into the third periodMarco Scandella · high sticking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 15Jack EichelC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 3 | 17:12 |
| 67Benoit PouliotL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:49 |
| 90Ryan O'ReillyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 4 | 19:24 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 19:21 |
| 9Evander KaneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 17:22 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 13:12 |
| 17Jordan NolanC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:28 |
| 20Scott WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:19 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:35 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:09 |
| 24Hudson FaschingR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:01 |
| 29Jason PominvilleR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:06 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14:33 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 0 | 22:25 |
| 41Justin FalkD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:25 |
| 47Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:40 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +4 | 4 | 30:42 |
| 93Victor AntipinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Chad JohnsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Robin LehnerG | W | 37 | 2 | .946 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Alexander KerfootC | 0 | 2 | 2 | −3 | 2 | 18:47 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 2 | 0 | 2 | −3 | 7 | 21:48 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 0 | 1 | 1 | −3 | 3 | 23:01 |
| 4Tyson BarrieD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 27:24 |
| 10Sven AndrighettoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:45 |
| 14Blake ComeauL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:29 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15:32 |
| 20Rocco GrimaldiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | 08:59 |
| 22Colin WilsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:47 |
| 34Carl SoderbergC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:18 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 21:18 |
| 64Nail YakupovR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 09:59 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11:44 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | 24:35 |
| 15Duncan SiemensD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:58 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:52 |
| 54Anton LindholmD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:54 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Semyon VarlamovG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
| 45Jonathan BernierG | 0 | 0 | – |