National Hockey League
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Colorado 6, Buffalo 5
Thursday, January 2, 2025 9:00 PM
When: 9:00 PM ET, Thursday, January 2, 2025
Where: Ball Arena, Denver, Colorado
Referees: T.J. Luxmore, Corey Syvret
Linesmen: Kiel Murchison, CJ Murray
Attendance: 18081
Final Scoring Summary
 
Final OT123OTT
Buffalo 21205
Colorado 01416
Scoring/Penalty Summary
1st Period
Scoring
13:17 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Assists: Jack Quinn , Tage Thompson
17:10 - Sabres Bowen Byram (EV) Assists: Jason Zucker , Dylan Cozens
Penalties
12:18 - Avalanche Josh Manson (2) High sticking
2nd Period
Scoring
11:08 - Sabres Jason Zucker (PP) Assists: Tage Thompson , Rasmus Dahlin
14:58 - Avalanche Cale Makar (EV) Assists: Jonathan Drouin , Devon Toews
Penalties
10:12 - Avalanche Ross Colton (2) Cross checking
 17:03 - Sabres Zach Benson (2) Delay of game
3rd Period
Scoring
1:05 - Avalanche Ross Colton (EV) Assists: Samuel Girard
1:27 - Sabres Zach Benson (EV) Assists: Peyton Krebs , JJ Peterka
4:17 - Avalanche Mikko Rantanen (PP) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Casey Mittelstadt
16:09 - Sabres Jason Zucker (EV) Assists: Tage Thompson
17:34 - Avalanche Cale Makar (EV) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Devon Toews
19:52 - Avalanche Jonathan Drouin (EV) Assists: Nathan MacKinnon , Mikko Rantanen
Penalties
1:27 - Avalanche Bench (2) Delay of game
 3:04 - Sabres Alex Tuch (2) Hooking
 3:19 - Sabres Dylan Cozens (2) Tripping
 3:45 - Avalanche Artturi Lehkonen (2) Roughing
 3:45 - Sabres Connor Clifton (2) Cross checking
Overtime
Scoring
0:48 - Avalanche Devon Toews (EV) Unassisted
Penalties
None.
Buffalo Sabres
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen G 0 0 0 0 0 60:48
James Reimer G 0 0 0 0 0 0:00
Bowen Byram D 1 0 1 E 0 1 21:15
Zach Benson LW 1 0 1 +1 2 1 9:34
Jason Zucker LW 3 1 4 +1 0 4 18:14
Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 E 0 0 8:42
Jiri Kulich C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 16:36
Jack Quinn RW 0 1 1 -1 0 0 15:22
Mattias Samuelsson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 24:27
Dylan Cozens C 0 1 1 -2 2 1 18:52
Owen Power D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 22:06
Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 23:17
Beck Malenstyn LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 15:59
Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 E 0 3 15:17
Tage Thompson C 0 3 3 -1 0 4 19:43
Connor Clifton D 0 0 0 +1 2 0 12:59
JJ Peterka RW 0 1 1 +1 0 2 11:53
Jacob Bryson D 0 0 0 +1 0 1 13:20
Sam Lafferty C 0 0 0 E 0 10:11
Alex Tuch RW 0 0 0 -2 2 0 19:24
Colorado Avalanche
Player POS G A P +/- PIM SOG TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood G 0 0 0 0 0 16:12
Scott Wedgewood G 0 0 0 0 0 41:27
Devon Toews D 1 2 3 +3 0 4 27:14
Cale Makar D 2 0 2 +3 0 5 28:17
Juuso Parssinen C 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:01
Parker Kelly C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 12:13
Ross Colton C 1 0 1 +1 2 2 14:24
Jere Innala LW 0 0 0 E 0 0 7:06
Oskar Olausson RW 0 0 0 E 0 2 7:57
Logan O'Connor RW 0 0 0 -1 0 1 10:47
Jonathan Drouin LW 1 1 2 +3 0 2 22:46
Nathan MacKinnon C 0 3 3 +2 0 3 26:16
Casey Mittelstadt C 0 1 1 +1 0 3 17:29
Josh Manson D 0 0 0 -1 2 1 17:59
Samuel Girard D 0 1 1 E 0 1 20:32
Artturi Lehkonen LW 0 0 0 +2 2 0 22:01
Keaton Middleton D 0 0 0 -2 0 1 9:41
Sam Malinski D 0 0 0 E 0 1 13:42
Joel Kiviranta LW 0 0 0 -1 0 0 10:39
Mikko Rantanen RW 1 1 2 +1 0 3 25:34
Goaltending
Buffalo
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen L (11-12-4) 29 23 6 .793 0 60:48
Colorado
  Shots Saves GA SV % PIM TOI
Scott Wedgewood 18 14 4 .778 0 41:27
Mackenzie Blackwood W (12-10-3) 3 2 1 .667 0 16:12