9-6-1, 3-5-0 Away

7-5-3, 3-4-0 Home

Colorado Avalanche @ Buffalo Sabres

Avalanche

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
M. Blackwood	8	3	0	0	2.80	.894
S. Wedgewood	1	3	1	0	4.02	.867

Sabres

NAME	WINS	L	OTL	SO	GAA	SV%
U. Luukkonen	4	3	3	0	3.40	.874
C. Ellis	3	2	0	1	2.92	.891

KeyBank Center

7:30 PM, January 14, 2027

Buffalo, NY

COL

BUF

Points

Nathan MacKinnonC #29

27PTS

18A

Tage ThompsonC #72

18PTS

10G

Goals

Artturi LehkonenLW #62

12G

2PPG

34S

Tage ThompsonC #72

10G

2PPG

65S

Assists

Nathan MacKinnonC #29

18A

4PPA

5+/-

Zach BensonLW #6

12A

3PPA

11+/-

Colorado Avalanche

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Josh Manson D	OUT	Dec 27
Zachary L'Heureux LW	IR-LT	Nov 7

Buffalo Sabres

Name, Pos	Status	Est. Return Date
Konsta Helenius C	OUT	Nov 17
Justin Danforth RW	IR	Nov 8
Alex Lyon G	IR	Nov 22
Matt Grzelcyk D	IR	Nov 8
Jack Rathbone D	IR-NR	Nov 8

team	GF/G	GAA	SF/G	SA/G	PIM	PPG	PCT	PPGA	PCT	SHG	SHGA
COL	4.13	3.25	30.5	27.4	139	11	21.2	11	76.6	0	0
BUF	2.93	3.33	27.8	27.3	144	8	16.3	16	69.8	1	0

Avalanche Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/3/26	@CBJ	L7-2
11/2/26	@CHI	W5-2
10/31/26	vsCGY	W5-2
10/28/26	vsNJ	W5-2
10/25/26	@NSH	L6-2

Sabres Last 5

DATE	OPP	RESULT
11/4/26	vsOTT	L2-1
10/31/26	@LA	W3-2
10/29/26	@ANA	W7-6
10/27/26	@SJ	W2-0
10/24/26	@WSH	L4-3 OT

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Regular Season Series

Series starts 1/14

Avalanche
Sabres

Game 1

1/14

Sabres
Avalanche

Game 2

1/30

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Minnesota	11	3	3	25
Utah	10	6	0	20
Dallas	9	5	1	19
Colorado	9	6	1	19
Nashville	6	4	5	17
St. Louis	7	7	1	15
Winnipeg	5	8	3	13
Chicago	4	11	1	9

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS
Boston	11	4	1	23
Montreal	9	3	3	21
Ottawa	10	6	1	21
Tampa Bay	9	3	2	20
Florida	9	5	2	20
Toronto	8	7	2	18
Buffalo	7	5	3	17
Detroit	7	6	3	17

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Colorado Avalanche @ Buffalo Sabres

Scoring Leaders

Nathan MacKinnonC #29

Tage ThompsonC #72

Artturi LehkonenLW #62

Tage ThompsonC #72

Nathan MacKinnonC #29

Zach BensonLW #6

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