Buffalo Sabres at Colorado Avalanche

Thu, Nov 13, 2025 · Ball Arena · 2025–26 Regular Season

Buffalo Sabres

3 – 6

Final

Colorado Avalanche

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 6–3 on Thu, Nov 13, 2025 at Ball Arena. Martin Necas scored twice. Mackenzie Blackwood made 18 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 21–34.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
BUF	2	1	0	3	21
COL	3	1	2	6	34

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	00:52	COL	EV	Martin Necas (11) · wrist	Cale Makar (18), Devon Toews (7)	0–1
1st	06:10	COL	EV	Artturi Lehkonen (8) · snap	Sam Malinski (8), Martin Necas (11)	0–2
1st	07:47	BUF	EV	Bowen Byram (2) · snap	Tage Thompson (7), Alex Tuch (9)	1–2
1st	09:46	COL	EV	Brock Nelson (4) · snap	Ross Colton (7), Gavin Brindley (3)	1–3
1st	13:28	BUF	EV	Jordan Greenway (1) · slap	Owen Power (5), Josh Doan (6)	2–3
2nd	14:56	BUF	PP	Tage Thompson (7) · slap	Isak Rosen (2), Peyton Krebs (4)	3–3
2nd	16:22	COL	EV	Gavin Brindley (4) · wrist	Josh Manson (2), Brent Burns (8)	3–4
3rd	16:53	COL	EV	Martin Necas (12) · snap	Nathan MacKinnon (19), Samuel Girard (1)	3–5
3rd	18:11	COL	SH EN	Gabriel Landeskog (2) · snap	Martin Necas (12)	3–6

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	19:07	COL	Bench	delaying game unsuccessful challenge	2
2nd	06:30	COL	Gabriel Landeskog	hooking	2
2nd	08:45	BUF	Owen Power	tripping	2
2nd	13:50	COL	Nathan MacKinnon	slashing	2
3rd	03:01	BUF	Tyson Kozak	high sticking	2
3rd	14:14	COL	Parker Kelly	high sticking	2

Shot map

Goal● Shot on goal○ MissedSize = expected goals (xG)

Expected goals: BUF 2.95 · COL 5.32 · xG% BUF 35.6

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	1	1	2	-1	0	5	0	1	64.7	18:37	24
4	Bowen Byram	D	1	0	1	0	0	4	1	1		24:21	31
25	Owen Power	D	0	1	1	-2	2	0	0	0		20:12	30
63	Isak Rosen	R	0	1	1	-2	0	2	2	0		17:33	23
12	Jordan Greenway	L	1	0	1	-2	0	1	0	1		16:07	24
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0		15:28	25
91	Josh Doan	R	0	1	1	-1	0	1	1	0		14:06	23
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	1	1	-2	0	0	4	1	57.1	13:21	17
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	0	0	-3	0	1	2	2		23:13	26
21	Conor Timmins	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	1		21:09	31
86	Noah Ostlund	C	0	0	0	-2	0	2	0	0	8.3	18:18	23
22	Jack Quinn	R	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17:15	22
71	Ryan McLeod	C	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1	25.0	15:40	26
48	Tyson Kozak	C	0	0	0	-1	2	1	1	1	42.1	14:22	25
8	Michael Kesselring	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13:48	18
29	Beck Malenstyn	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	4	1		11:54	16
44	Josh Dunne	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	1	1	50.0	11:13	15
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0		10:18	16

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	30	27	3	.900	52:55
34	Alex Lyon		3	1	2	.333	6:10

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
88	Martin Necas	C	2	2	4	+4	0	2	2	1		21:37	23
54	Gavin Brindley	C	1	1	2	+1	0	2	2	0		13:02	18
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	+2	0	2	0	1		25:32	25
62	Artturi Lehkonen	L	1	0	1	+3	0	4	0	1		22:28	25
7	Devon Toews	D	0	1	1	+2	0	1	3	1		22:07	26
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	0	1	1	+3	2	8	3	1	45.0	21:04	22
84	Brent Burns	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	0		18:03	21
42	Josh Manson	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	3	1		17:54	21
11	Brock Nelson	C	1	0	1	+2	0	3	0	1	66.7	17:10	25
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	1		16:54	23
70	Sam Malinski	D	0	1	1	+1	0	1	0	2		15:32	22
20	Ross Colton	C	0	1	1	+1	0	1	2	0	100.0	12:44	20
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	1	0	1	0	2	2	1	0	100.0	12:32	19
18	Jack Drury	C	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	66.7	14:28	19
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	1		13:34	18
17	Parker Kelly	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	2		12:10	18
93	Zakhar Bardakov	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	50.0	8:52	12
16	Taylor Makar	L	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0		7:11	12

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	W	21	18	3	.857	60:00