Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, February 26, 2020 · Pepsi Center
NBCSN · SN · TVAS
Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 3–2 on Wednesday, February 26, 2020 at Pepsi Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 34–33.
Goals came from Gabriel Landeskog, Zemgus Girgensons, Martin Kaut, Curtis Lazar and J.T. Compher.
Pavel Francouz made 31 saves on 33 shots for the win; Carter Hutton stopped 31 of 34.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Gabriel Landeskog (17)J.T. Compher (18), Nathan MacKinnon (52)0–114:24 COL · 
Zemgus Girgensons (12)Kyle Okposo (9), Johan Larsson (11)1–116:21 BUF
2nd period
Martin Kaut (1)Vladislav Kamenev (7), Samuel Girard (27)1–207:15 COL · 
Curtis Lazar (5)Jake McCabe (8), Michael Frolik (8)2–214:56 BUF
3rd period
J.T. Compher (10)Joonas Donskoi (17), Tyson Jost (12)2–311:54 COL
Team stats
BUFCOL
3334
41%59%
0/22/3
64
2717
2713
35
49
Penalties
- 1:21 into the first period
Ryan Graves · tripping2 min - 13:30 into the first period
Henri Jokiharju · tripping2 min - 5:38 into the second periodRasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min
- 18:47 into the second periodPierre-Edouard Bellemare · holding2 min
- 16:13 into the third periodBrandon Montour · hooking2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:40 |
| 22Johan LarssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 16:45 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 12:10 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:50 |
| 67Michael FrolikR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 10:48 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 17:11 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 6 | 19:42 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 09:39 |
| 17Wayne SimmondsR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:53 |
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:07 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 5 | 19:01 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14:11 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 23:47 |
| 33Colin MillerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 19:37 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:13 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:47 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 40Carter HuttonG | L | 34 | 3 | .912 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 37J.T. CompherL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 3 | 21:18 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 17:42 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:22 |
| 61Martin KautR | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | 11:13 |
| 72Joonas DonskoiR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:15 |
| 81Vladislav KamenevC | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 05:52 |
| 92Gabriel LandeskogL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 22:26 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:59 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 08:33 |
| 41Pierre-Edouard BellemareL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 83Matt NietoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 11:33 |
| 90Vladislav NamestnikovC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 12:17 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 18:36 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:35 |
| 16Nikita ZadorovD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:41 |
| 27Ryan GravesD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:58 |
| 28Ian ColeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:41 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Michael HutchinsonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 39Pavel FrancouzG | W | 33 | 2 | .939 |