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Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Tuesday, December 3, 2024 · KeyBank Center

Colorado AvalancheColoradoAvalancheAway

5–4

Final

SOG 41–30

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

ALT · MSG-B · KTVD

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5-4 on Tuesday, December 3, 2024 at KeyBank Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 41-30.

Tage Thompson scored twice and Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. JJ Peterka, Beck Malenstyn, Joel Kiviranta, Logan O'Connor and Artturi Lehkonen also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 22 saves on 22 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 36 of 41.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Colorado AvalancheCOL014541
Buffalo SabresBUF400430

Three stars

  1. ★1st starNathan MacKinnonCOL · 2G 1A
  2. ★2nd starMikko RantanenCOL · 0G 1A
  3. ★3rd starScott WedgewoodCOL · 1.000 SV%

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:20

5–4 · 3rd 15:38 · Lehkonen. Byram was 1:20 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 3:22 · Thompson

Lehkonen 0:46

0–2 BUF

1st 6:39 · Thompson

Mittelstadt 0:23

0–3 BUF

1st 6:50 · Peterka

Mittelstadt 0:34

0–4 BUF

1st 11:49 · Malenstyn

Toews 0:25

1–4 COL

2nd 2:24 · MacKinnon

Clifton 0:25

2–4 COL

3rd 1:19 · Kiviranta

Long shift: Zucker 1:19

3–4 COL

3rd 4:30 · O'Connor

Clifton 0:54

4–4 COL

3rd 7:39 · MacKinnon

Power 0:27

5–4 COL

3rd 15:38 · Lehkonen

Long shift: Byram 1:20

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2024–25).
4.2%
5.7%
5.9%
6.9%
6.6%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.6×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.6 times as often as against fresh legs (6.6% vs 4.2%).

29%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

COLBUF
41Shots on goal30
51%Faceoff %49%
0/1Power play0/3
6Penalty minutes2
24Hits19
13Blocked shots11
15Giveaways16
5Takeaways9

Penalties

  • 1st 03:22Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 1st 09:31Calvin de Haan · tripping2 min
  • 1st 12:57Zach Benson · slashing2 min
  • 2nd 19:09Nikolai Kovalenko · delaying game puck over glass2 min

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