Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche
Regular season · Wednesday, December 13, 2023 · Ball Arena
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Game summary
The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-1 on Wednesday, December 13, 2023 at Ball Arena. The Sabres outshot the Avalanche 30-29.
Valeri Nichushkin scored twice. Mikko Rantanen, Miles Wood, Zach Benson and Sam Malinski also scored.
Ivan Prosvetov made 29 saves on 30 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 24 of 29.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Mikko Rantanen (14)Nathan MacKinnon (28), Cale Makar (29)0–105:25 COL
Valeri Nichushkin (11)Fredrik Olofsson (4), Mikko Rantanen (22)0–210:28 COL
Miles Wood (5)Sam Malinski (3)0–311:55 COL
Zach Benson (3)Rasmus Dahlin (17), JJ Peterka (10)1–318:38 BUF
3rd period
Sam Malinski (1)Jack Johnson (4), Jonathan Drouin (6)1–402:40 COL- Valeri Nichushkin (12)Nathan MacKinnon (29), Mikko Rantanen (23)1–513:11 COL · PPG
Team stats
BUFCOL
30Shots on goal29
50%Faceoff %50%
0/2Power play1/2
4Penalty minutes4
22Hits14
15Blocked shots21
5Giveaways9
5Takeaways9
Penalties
- 1st 15:13
Zach Benson · high sticking2 min - 1st 19:42
Mikko Rantanen · holding2 min - 2nd 08:03Miles Wood · roughing2 min
- 3rd 12:23Tyson Jost · delaying game puck over glass2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 9Zach BensonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:34 |
| 77JJ PeterkaR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 15:58 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 4 | 22:21 |
| 17Tyson JostC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 13:50 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 15:15 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:23 |
| 24Dylan CozensC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 15:54 |
| 37Casey MittelstadtC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 19:34 |
| 50Eric RobinsonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:55 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 07:57 |
| 71Victor OlofssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 12:29 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | 16:20 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:01 |
| 6Erik JohnsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 2 | 14:05 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 19:50 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20:51 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 24:01 |
| 75Connor CliftonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 14:54 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | L | 29 | 24 | 5 | .828 | 60:00 |
| 31Eric ComrieG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Colorado Avalanche
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 2 | 3 | +2 | 4 | 20:37 |
| 13Valeri NichushkinR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 7 | 22:30 |
| 29Nathan MacKinnonC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | 20:53 |
| 70Sam MalinskiD | 1 | 1 | 2 | +3 | 2 | 16:25 |
| 22Fredrik OlofssonL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 10:48 |
| 27Jonathan DrouinL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 14:00 |
| 28Miles WoodL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14:45 |
| 3Jack JohnsonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 18:57 |
| 8Cale MakarD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 17:21 |
| 11Andrew CoglianoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:06 |
| 12Ryan JohansenC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 14:00 |
| 20Ross ColtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12:33 |
| 25Logan O'ConnorR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:06 |
| 59Ben MeyersC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 09:37 |
| 90Tomas TatarL | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 13:15 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 22:52 |
| 7Devon ToewsD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:52 |
| 42Josh MansonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19:23 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40Alexandar GeorgievG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 | |
| 50Ivan ProsvetovG | W | 30 | 29 | 1 | .967 | 60:00 |