Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Monday, October 13, 2025 · KeyBank Center

ColoradoAvalancheAway

3–1

Final

SOG 37–28

BuffaloSabresHome

ALT · MSG-B

Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on Monday, October 13, 2025 at KeyBank Center. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 37-28.

Nathan MacKinnon scored twice. Tage Thompson and Cale Makar also scored.

Scott Wedgewood made 27 saves on 28 shots for the win; Alex Lyon stopped 34 of 37.

Goals	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	1	2	0	3	37
BUF	1	0	0	1	28

Three stars

Scoring

1st period

Nathan MacKinnon (3)Martin Necas (4), Brent Burns (2)1–003:14 COL
Tage Thompson (1)Alex Tuch (1), Rasmus Dahlin (1)1–116:32 BUF

2nd period

Cale Makar (1)Valeri Nichushkin (1)Byram 1:25 into shift2–104:32 COL
Nathan MacKinnon (4)Martin Necas (5), Cale Makar (4)3–111:59 COL

Tired legs

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

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1:25

2–1 · 2nd 4:32 · Makar. Byram was 1:25 into his shift when it went in.

GoalCOL on iceBUF on iceDefenders’ longest

1–0 COL

1st 3:14 · MacKinnon

Zucker 0:19

Fresh legsZucker 0:19

1–1 BUF

1st 16:32 · Thompson

Toews 0:41

NormalToews 0:41

2–1 COL

2nd 4:32 · Makar

Long shift: Byram 1:25

Long shiftByram 1:25

3–1 COL

2nd 11:59 · MacKinnon

Timmins 0:21

Fresh legsTimmins 0:21

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 (2025–26).

3.9%

5.8%

6.5%

7.1%

7.3%

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

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

Team stats

COLBUF

37Shots on goal28

56%Faceoff %44%

0/4Power play0/3

8Penalty minutes10

20Hits11

21Blocked shots11

18Giveaways20

5Takeaways7

Penalties

1st 04:38Jack Drury · tripping2 min
1st 08:56Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
1st 13:42Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
1st 18:15Cale Makar · slashing2 min
2nd 08:54Alex Tuch · tripping2 min
2nd 11:38Brent Burns · tripping2 min
2nd 11:38Alex Tuch · embellishment2 min
3rd 10:08Rasmus Dahlin · interference2 min
3rd 16:12Conor Timmins · delaying game puck over glass2 min

Season series

Colorado Avalanche

Colorado Avalanche skaters

29Nathan MacKinnonC	2	0	2	+2	5	0	1	0	59	21:47
88Martin NecasC	0	2	2	+2	3	1	0	0	100	18:27
8Cale MakarD	1	1	2	+2	4	3	2	2	–	25:22
13Valeri NichushkinR	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	–	15:46
84Brent BurnsD	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	–	18:17
11Brock NelsonC	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	55	16:23
17Parker KellyC	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	33	12:27
18Jack DruryC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	64	13:40
20Ross ColtonC	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	100	13:23
54Gavin BrindleyC	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	10:06
62Artturi LehkonenL	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	–	17:50
92Gabriel LandeskogL	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100	13:35
94Joel KivirantaL	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	–	11:36
95Victor OlofssonL	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	–	13:31
7Devon ToewsD	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	–	23:34
28Ilya SolovyovD	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	–	12:04
42Josh MansonD	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	–	18:54
70Sam MalinskiD	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	–	15:21

Colorado Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
41Scott WedgewoodG	W	28	27	1	.964	59:57
50Trent MinerG		0	0	0	–	00:00

Buffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres skaters

72Tage ThompsonC	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	55	20:14
89Alex TuchR	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	4	–	18:28
26Rasmus DahlinD	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	4	–	27:19
15Justin DanforthR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	55	17:35
17Jason ZuckerL	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	–	15:53
19Peyton KrebsC	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	–	11:07
20Jiri KulichC	0	0	0	-2	4	0	1	0	40	16:09
22Jack QuinnR	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	–	14:49
29Beck MalenstynL	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	–	11:34
44Josh DunneC	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	–	06:25
48Tyson KozakC	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	29	08:35
71Ryan McLeodC	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	31	16:09
91Josh DoanR	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	–	17:34
4Bowen ByramD	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	–	25:59
21Conor TimminsD	0	0	0	-2	1	0	4	2	–	18:04
25Owen PowerD	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	–	23:24
33Ryan JohnsonD	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	–	10:32
78Jacob BrysonD	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	–	11:50

Buffalo Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
34Alex LyonG	L	37	34	3	.919	58:20
92Colten EllisG		0	0	0	–	00:00