Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Thursday, December 15, 2022 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Colorado Avalanche 4-2 on Thursday, December 15, 2022 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 41-21.
Goals came from Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Rasmus Dahlin, Mikko Rantanen, Evan Rodrigues and Dylan Cozens.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 39 saves on 41 shots for the win; Alexandar Georgiev stopped 17 of 20.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Tage Thompson (24)Casey Mittelstadt (12), Kale Clague (2)1–000:54 BUF
Alex Tuch (15)Rasmus Dahlin (25), Tage Thompson (22)2–007:08 BUF · PPG
2nd period
Rasmus Dahlin (10)Tyson Jost (6), Victor Olofsson (5)3–017:11 BUF
3rd period
Mikko Rantanen (20)Valeri Nichushkin (7), Artturi Lehkonen (13)3–108:20 COL
Evan Rodrigues (7)Valeri Nichushkin (8), Cale Makar (20)3–218:38 COL
Dylan Cozens (11)Unassisted4–219:02 BUF · EN
Team stats
BUFCOL
21Shots on goal41
30%Faceoff %70%
1/2Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes4
10Hits24
23Blocked shots4
3Giveaways5
8Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 01:04
Casey Fitzgerald · high sticking2 min - 1st 06:09
Bench · too many men on the ice2 min - 2nd 00:55Cale Makar · hooking2 min
- 2nd 12:42Vinnie Hinostroza · interference2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 22:50 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +1 | 1 | 29:27 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13:54 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 18:20 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 18:05 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 0 | 13:40 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | 21:16 |
| 38Kale ClagueD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 23:56 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 08:30 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:27 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:37 |
| 29Vinnie HinostrozaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:04 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 20Lawrence PilutD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 17:44 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 31:31 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:00 |
| 45Casey FitzgeraldD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 14:24 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 41 | 39 | 2 | .951 | 60:00 |
| 41Craig AndersonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 3 | 24:21 |
| 9Evan RodriguesC | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 18:24 |
| 62Artturi LehkonenL | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 20:21 |
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 8 | 27:00 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 28:45 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:07 |
| 18Alex NewhookC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12:14 |
| 22Dryden HuntL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:27 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:42 |
| 37J.T. CompherL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 23:43 |
| 54Charles HudonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 07:54 |
| 59Ben MeyersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:03 |
| 93Jean-Luc FoudyC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 05:40 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17:39 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 27:05 |
| 17Brad HuntD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 09:55 |
| 49Samuel GirardD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 22:19 |
| 88Andreas EnglundD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:20 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Jonas JohanssonG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | L | 20 | 17 | 3 | .850 | 57:20 |