Game

Avalanche at Sabres

Avalanche 3, Sabres 1 · first star Nathan MacKinnon (2 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Colorado Avalanche 3 at Buffalo Sabres 1

Avalanche COL

3 FINAL 1

Sabres BUF

Monday, October 13, 2025 · 12:30 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Avalanche	1	2	0	3	37
Sabres	1	0	0	1	28

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Avalanche attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net. Boxscore shots on goal: COL 37, BUF 28.

COL in red BUF in blue goal shot on goal missed blocked Avalanche 37 shots on goal (3 goals, 14 missed, 12 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 28 shots on goal (1 goal, 17 missed, 21 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	COL SOG	COL G	COL ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	10	1	14	13	1	26
2nd	12	2	22	11	0	28
3rd	15	0	27	4	0	12
Total	37	3	63	28	1	66

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	COL SOG	COL G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	26	3	24	1
Power play	10	0	3	0
Short-handed	1	0	1	0

Attempt share by period

Sabres took 51.2% of the shot attempts, and 53.2% of the 94 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Avalanche hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Avalanche at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	65.0	62.5
2nd	56.0	52.9
3rd	30.8	23.3
Game	51.2	46.9

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

03:14 Nathan MacKinnon (3) Martin Necas (4), Brent Burns (2) · backhand 1–0
16:32 Tage Thompson (1) Alex Tuch (1), Rasmus Dahlin (1) · wrist 1–1

2nd period

04:32 Cale Makar (1) Valeri Nichushkin (1) · snap 2–1
11:59 Nathan MacKinnon (4) Martin Necas (5), Cale Makar (4) · wrist 3–1

Three stars

Nathan MacKinnon COL · C #29 · 2 G, 0 A
Cale Makar COL · D #8 · 1 G, 1 A
Martin Necas COL · C #88 · 0 G, 2 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	04:38	COL	Jack Drury	tripping	2	Jack Quinn
1st	08:56	COL	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
1st	13:42	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2	Martin Necas
1st	18:15	COL	Cale Makar	slashing	2	Jason Zucker
2nd	08:54	BUF	Alex Tuch	tripping	2	Cale Makar
2nd	11:38	COL	Brent Burns	tripping	2	Alex Tuch
2nd	11:38	BUF	Alex Tuch	embellishment	2	—
3rd	10:08	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	interference	2	Valeri Nichushkin
3rd	16:12	BUF	Conor Timmins	delaying game puck over glass	2	—

Boxscore

Colorado Avalanche

Avalanche skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Nathan MacKinnon #29	C	2	0	2	+2	5	0	1	0	58.8	21:47
Cale Makar #8	D	1	1	2	+2	4	3	2	2	0.0	25:22
Martin Necas #88	C	0	2	2	+2	3	1	0	0	100.0	18:27
Valeri Nichushkin #13	R	0	1	1	+1	1	1	0	0	0.0	15:46
Brent Burns #84	D	0	1	1	+1	1	0	1	2	0.0	18:17
Brock Nelson #11	C	0	0	0	+1	2	1	4	0	55.0	16:23
Gavin Brindley #54	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	10:06
Jack Drury #18	C	0	0	0	-1	1	0	2	2	63.6	13:40
Parker Kelly #17	C	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	33.3	12:27
Ross Colton #20	C	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	100.0	13:23
Artturi Lehkonen #62	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	0.0	17:50
Gabriel Landeskog #92	L	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	100.0	13:35
Joel Kiviranta #94	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0.0	11:36
Victor Olofsson #95	L	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	13:31
Devon Toews #7	D	0	0	0	+1	2	0	1	0	0.0	23:34
Ilya Solovyov #28	D	0	0	0	0	3	2	3	0	0.0	12:04
Josh Manson #42	D	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	0	0.0	18:54
Sam Malinski #70	D	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	0	0.0	15:21

Avalanche goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Scott Wedgewood #41	W	28	27	1	.964	23/24	3/3	59:57

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Tage Thompson #72	C	1	0	1	+1	4	0	0	0	55.0	20:14
Alex Tuch #89	R	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	4	0.0	18:28
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	1	1	0	4	1	1	4	0.0	27:19
Jiri Kulich #20	C	0	0	0	-2	4	0	1	0	40.0	16:09
Josh Dunne #44	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	06:25
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0.0	11:07
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	0	0	-2	0	0	0	0	30.8	16:09
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	28.6	08:35
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	11:34
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	0	0.0	15:53
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	14:49
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	+1	4	1	0	0	0.0	17:34
Justin Danforth #15	R	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	54.5	17:35
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	25:59
Conor Timmins #21	D	0	0	0	-2	1	0	4	2	0.0	18:04
Jacob Bryson #78	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	11:50
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	-2	3	0	2	0	0.0	23:24
Ryan Johnson #33	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	10:32

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	L	37	34	3	.919	23/26	10/10	58:20

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.