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Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, January 2, 2025 · Ball Arena

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresAway

5–6

Final/OT

SOG 21–29

Colorado AvalancheColoradoAvalancheHome

ALT · MSG-B · KTVD

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-5 in overtime on Thursday, January 2, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 29-21.

Jason Zucker scored a hat trick and Cale Makar scored twice. Bowen Byram, Ross Colton, Zach Benson, Mikko Rantanen, Jonathan Drouin and Devon Toews also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 2 saves on 3 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 23 of 29.

Goals1st2nd3rdOTTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF2120521
Colorado AvalancheCOL0141629

Three stars

  1. ★1st starDevon ToewsCOL · 1G 2A
  2. ★2nd starJason ZuckerBUF · 3G 1A
  3. ★3rd starCale MakarCOL · 2G 0A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

OT 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+
2:32

5–5 · 3rd 19:52 · Drouin. BUF stayed on through an icing. Dahlin was 2:32 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceCOL on ice

1–0 BUF

1st 13:17 · PP · Zucker

Lehkonen 0:59

2–0 BUF

1st 17:10 · Byram

Lehkonen 0:52

3–0 BUF

2nd 11:08 · PP · Zucker

Toews 0:37

3–1 COL

2nd 14:58 · Makar

Long shift: Zucker 1:24

3–2 COL

3rd 1:05 · Colton

Quinn 0:40

4–2 BUF

3rd 1:27 · Benson

Girard 0:50

4–3 COL

3rd 4:17 · PP · Rantanen

McLeod 0:58

5–3 BUF

3rd 16:09 · Zucker

Middleton 0:55

5–4 COL

3rd 17:34 · Makar

Thompson 0:14

5–5 COL

3rd 19:52 · Drouin

Stuck out there: Dahlin 2:32

5–6 COL

OT 0:48 · Toews

Thompson 0:48

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

BUFCOL
21Shots on goal29
55%Faceoff %45%
2/3Power play1/3
8Penalty minutes8
27Hits31
9Blocked shots9
7Giveaways5
4Takeaways9

Penalties

  • 1st 12:18Josh Manson · high sticking2 min
  • 2nd 10:12Ross Colton · cross checking2 min
  • 2nd 17:03Zach Benson · delaying game puck over glass2 min
  • 3rd 01:27Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 3rd 03:04Alex Tuch · hooking2 min
  • 3rd 03:19Dylan Cozens · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 03:45Connor Clifton · cross checking2 min
  • 3rd 03:45Artturi Lehkonen · roughing2 min

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