Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, December 1, 2022 · KeyBank Center

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6–4

Final

SOG 34–28

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-4 on Thursday, December 1, 2022 at KeyBank Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 34-28.

J.T. Compher scored twice and Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. JJ Peterka, Tage Thompson, Artturi Lehkonen, Dylan Cozens, Alex Tuch and Mikko Rantanen also scored.

Alexandar Georgiev made 24 saves on 28 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 28 of 33.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	4	1	6	34
BUF	2	1	1	4	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

J.T. Compher (2)Nathan MacKinnon (23), Devon Toews (12)1–008:48 COL · PPG
JJ Peterka (5)Jack Quinn (8), Dylan Cozens (11)1–110:19 BUF
Tage Thompson (15)Jeff Skinner (13), Dylan Cozens (12)1–219:49 BUF · PPG

2nd period

Nathan MacKinnon (7)Cale Makar (16), Mikko Rantanen (17)2–209:00 COL · PPG
Artturi Lehkonen (7)J.T. Compher (8), Nathan MacKinnon (24)3–209:49 COL · PPG
Nathan MacKinnon (8)Cale Makar (17), Devon Toews (13)4–211:53 COL
Dylan Cozens (9)Tage Thompson (16), Jeff Skinner (14)4–314:05 BUF · PPG
J.T. Compher (3)Logan O'Connor (3), Andrew Cogliano (3)5–317:16 COL

3rd period

Alex Tuch (11)Rasmus Dahlin (19), Tage Thompson (17)5–400:07 BUF
Mikko Rantanen (14)J.T. Compher (9), Nathan MacKinnon (25)6–419:25 COL · EN

Team stats

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34Shots on goal28

56%Faceoff %44%

3/6Power play2/7

16Penalty minutes14

10Hits13

19Blocked shots6

5Giveaways6

5Takeaways4

Penalties

1st 00:54Josh Manson · cross checking2 min
1st 07:27Tage Thompson · hooking2 min
1st 11:10Nathan MacKinnon · holding2 min
1st 19:04Logan O'Connor · holding2 min
2nd 02:07JJ Peterka · holding2 min
2nd 03:52Kyle Okposo · roughing2 min
2nd 03:52Artturi Lehkonen · roughing2 min
2nd 07:45Henri Jokiharju · hooking2 min
2nd 07:50Owen Power · high sticking2 min
2nd 12:20Mikko Rantanen · hooking2 min
2nd 12:20Devon Toews · cross checking2 min
3rd 01:13Owen Power · delaying game puck over glass2 min
3rd 06:02Jayson Megna · holding2 min
3rd 13:30Anton Blidh · tripping2 min
3rd 16:56Peyton Krebs · hooking2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	2	3	5	+1	8	0	2	2	44	25:09
37J.T. CompherL	2	2	4	+2	3	0	0	0	66	22:09
96Mikko RantanenR	1	1	2	+1	2	0	0	2	60	25:04
7Devon ToewsD	0	2	2	+1	1	2	4	2	–	26:03
8Cale MakarD	0	2	2	0	6	1	0	0	–	30:38
11Andrew CoglianoC	0	1	1	+1	1	0	0	0	–	16:23
25Logan O'ConnorR	0	1	1	+1	4	1	0	2	–	16:17
62Artturi LehkonenL	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	2	–	25:18
12Jayson MegnaC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	100	05:05
18Alex NewhookC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33	11:49
22Dryden HuntL	0	0	0	-1	0	3	0	0	–	07:11
36Anton BlidhL	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	2	–	06:37
47Alex GalchenyukC	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	100	06:31
93Jean-Luc FoudyC	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	07:24
6Erik JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	–	19:02
26Jacob MacDonaldD	0	0	0	-1	1	0	1	0	–	10:18
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	+1	0	1	3	2	–	10:17
49Samuel GirardD	0	0	0	+1	1	0	3	0	–	16:13

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39Pavel FrancouzG		0	0	0	–	00:00
40Alexandar GeorgievG	W	28	24	4	.857	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

24Dylan CozensC	1	2	3	-2	1	1	0	0	41	17:11
72Tage ThompsonC	1	2	3	0	4	2	1	2	53	21:29
53Jeff SkinnerL	0	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	20	19:35
22Jack QuinnR	0	1	1	-1	1	0	1	0	–	13:37
77JJ PeterkaR	1	0	1	-1	2	0	0	2	–	15:32
89Alex TuchR	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	–	21:38
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	–	28:11
17Tyson JostC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	22	12:55
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	67	07:35
21Kyle OkposoR	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	33	12:42
28Zemgus GirgensonsL	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	50	11:44
37Casey MittelstadtC	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	80	13:36
71Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	–	12:37
10Henri JokiharjuD	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2	–	20:21
20Lawrence PilutD	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	–	06:50
23Mattias SamuelssonD	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	–	22:31
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	4	–	21:35
45Casey FitzgeraldD	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	–	10:12

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG	L	33	28	5	.848	59:34
41Craig AndersonG		0	0	0	–	00:00