Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Tuesday, February 4, 2020 · KeyBank Center
ALT · MSG-B
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–1 on Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at KeyBank Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 27–24.
Goals came from Samuel Girard, Andre Burakovsky, Sam Reinhart, Nazem Kadri, Nikita Zadorov, Valeri Nichushkin and Mikko Rantanen.
Philipp Grubauer made 23 saves on 24 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 8 of 13.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Samuel Girard (2)Ryan Graves (12), Joonas Donskoi (16)1–013:12 COL
Andre Burakovsky (17)Nazem Kadri (16), Nikita Zadorov (9)2–013:57 COL
Sam Reinhart (19)Jake McCabe (7), Jack Eichel (35)2–119:59 BUF
2nd period
Nazem Kadri (18)Valeri Nichushkin (11), Andre Burakovsky (20)3–101:00 COL
Nikita Zadorov (4)Andre Burakovsky (21), Valeri Nichushkin (12)4–104:23 COL
Valeri Nichushkin (9)Andre Burakovsky (22), Cale Makar (27)5–110:58 COL
Mikko Rantanen (17)Nathan MacKinnon (43), Gabriel Landeskog (10)6–112:59 COL
Team stats
COLBUF
2724
57%43%
0/00/2
40
1216
1313
96
73
Penalties
- 5:09 into the first period
Nazem Kadri · hooking2 min - 15:04 into the third periodRyan Graves · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Colorado Avalanche
| 95Andre BurakovskyL | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +4 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 91Nazem KadriC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 4 | 15:19 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 19:13 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19:36 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:35 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:44 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 1 | 19:07 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +4 | 1 | 20:43 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 20:03 |
| 11Matt CalvertL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:32 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:23 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:56 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 12:52 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21:25 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 19:49 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Philipp GrubauerG | W | 24 | 1 | .958 |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 20:47 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 20:20 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 0 | 17:49 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 19:42 |
| 15Jean-Sebastien DeaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:07 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | 13:49 |
| 43Conor ShearyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 20:09 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 3 | 17:33 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:18 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | 14:24 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:35 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | 19:17 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 2 | 17:09 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:34 |
| 24Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 14:38 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 15:23 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 18:25 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | 14 | 1 | .929 | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 13 | 5 | .615 |