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Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche

Regular season · Thursday, November 13, 2025 · Ball Arena

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3–6

Final

SOG 21–34

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Game summary

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 6-3 on Thursday, November 13, 2025 at Ball Arena. The Avalanche outshot the Sabres 34-21.

Martin Necas scored twice. Artturi Lehkonen, Bowen Byram, Brock Nelson, Jordan Greenway, Tage Thompson, Gavin Brindley and Gabriel Landeskog also scored.

Mackenzie Blackwood made 18 saves on 21 shots for the win; Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen stopped 27 of 30.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Buffalo SabresBUF210321
Colorado AvalancheCOL312634

Three stars

  1. ★1st starMartin NecasCOL · 2G 2A
  2. ★2nd starGavin BrindleyCOL · 1G 1A
  3. ★3rd starArtturi LehkonenCOL · 1G 0A

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+
1:52

3–3 · 2nd 14:56 · Thompson. Makar was 1:52 into his shift when it went in.

GoalBUF on iceCOL on ice

0–1 COL

1st 0:52 · Necas

Samuelsson 0:22

0–2 COL

1st 6:10 · Lehkonen

Timmins 0:44

1–2 BUF

1st 7:47 · Byram

Long shift: Landeskog 1:04

1–3 COL

1st 9:46 · Nelson

Kozak 0:37

2–3 BUF

1st 13:28 · Greenway

Nelson 0:17

3–3 BUF

2nd 14:56 · PP · Thompson

Stuck out there: Makar 1:52

3–4 COL

2nd 16:22 · Brindley

Power 0:47

3–5 COL

3rd 16:53 · Necas

Samuelsson 0:39

3–6 COL

3rd 18:11 · EN · Landeskog

Greenway 0:33

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

BUFCOL
21Shots on goal34
41%Faceoff %59%
1/4Power play0/2
4Penalty minutes8
16Hits22
11Blocked shots13
23Giveaways13
9Takeaways4

Penalties

  • 1st 19:07Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
  • 2nd 06:30Gabriel Landeskog · hooking2 min
  • 2nd 08:45Owen Power · tripping2 min
  • 2nd 13:50Nathan MacKinnon · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 03:01Tyson Kozak · high sticking2 min
  • 3rd 14:14Parker Kelly · high sticking2 min

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