Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo Sabres

Sat, Feb 19, 2022 · KeyBank Center · 2021–22 Regular Season

Colorado Avalanche

5 – 3

Final

Buffalo Sabres

The Colorado Avalanche beat the Buffalo Sabres 5–3 on Sat, Feb 19, 2022 at KeyBank Center. Tage Thompson scored a hat trick. Darcy Kuemper made 29 saves for the win. Shots on goal were 36–32.

Linescore

Team	1st	2nd	3rd	T	SOG
COL	3	0	2	5	36
BUF	2	1	0	3	32

Scoring summary

Per	Time	Team	Str	Goal	Assists	Score
1st	02:50	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (17) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (15), Alex Tuch (13)	0–1
1st	03:35	COL	EV	Nathan MacKinnon (11) · wrist	Cale Makar (32), Devon Toews (27)	1–1
1st	11:18	COL	EV	J.T. Compher (9) · backhand	Nicolas Aube-Kubel (9)	2–1
1st	12:42	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (18) · wrist	Jeff Skinner (16), Rasmus Dahlin (25)	2–2
1st	13:02	COL	EV	Nazem Kadri (21) · wrist	Valeri Nichushkin (13)	3–2
2nd	12:54	BUF	EV	Tage Thompson (19) · wrist	Mattias Samuelsson (1)	3–3
3rd	08:37	COL	EV	Alex Newhook (11) · snap	Mikko Rantanen (32)	4–3
3rd	19:08	COL	SH EN	Mikko Rantanen (26) · wrist	Unassisted	5–3

Penalties

Per	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min
1st	18:44	BUF	Peyton Krebs	slashing	2
2nd	13:40	BUF	Mattias Samuelsson	interference	2
3rd	09:11	COL	Erik Johnson	tripping	2

Shot map

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

Expected goals: COL 4.60 · BUF 2.71 · xG% COL 63.0

Colorado Avalanche

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
96	Mikko Rantanen	R	1	1	2	+2	0	4	0	0		20:27	24
8	Cale Makar	D	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0		23:42	24
7	Devon Toews	D	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2		23:37	24
29	Nathan MacKinnon	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	1	0	50.0	20:16	24
91	Nazem Kadri	C	1	0	1	+1	0	5	0	0	41.7	17:14	24
13	Valeri Nichushkin	R	0	1	1	+1	0	2	1	0		16:41	23
37	J.T. Compher	L	1	0	1	+1	0	3	1	1	60.0	15:15	22
18	Alex Newhook	C	1	0	1	-1	0	3	0	1		13:21	16
16	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	R	0	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		10:22	14
49	Samuel Girard	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		20:18	27
92	Gabriel Landeskog	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	1	0	75.0	20:04	23
6	Erik Johnson	D	0	0	0	+2	2	0	0	3		17:47	22
95	Andre Burakovsky	L	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		16:59	21
3	Jack Johnson	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	1		16:36	25
17	Tyson Jost	C	0	0	0	+2	0	2	0	0		15:34	20
28	Ryan Murray	D	0	0	0	+1	0	2	0	2		15:20	19
43	Darren Helm	C	0	0	0	-2	0	1	1	0	25.0	7:16	10
25	Logan O'Connor	R	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		7:11	9

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
35	Darcy Kuemper	W	32	29	3	.906	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

#	Skater	Pos	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	HIT	BLK	FO%	TOI	SHF
72	Tage Thompson	C	3	0	3	+1	0	3	0	0	55.0	18:09	26
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	2	2	+1	0	4	0	1		17:52	22
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	-1	0	2	1	1		23:23	30
89	Alex Tuch	R	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	1		18:57	26
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	0	1	1	0	2	0	2	0		16:55	25
10	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	+1	0	0	0	1		21:27	30
45	Casey Fitzgerald	D	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0		20:20	26
13	Mark Pysyk	D	0	0	0	-2	0	0	1	1		18:14	23
78	Jacob Bryson	D	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	1		17:04	23
24	Dylan Cozens	C	0	0	0	-3	0	4	0	0	33.3	16:29	21
21	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	-1	0	3	1	1	100.0	16:18	23
71	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	-1	0	2	0	2		16:10	21
19	Peyton Krebs	C	0	0	0	-2	2	1	0	0		15:37	20
37	Casey Mittelstadt	C	0	0	0	-2	0	3	0	0	80.0	15:10	23
20	Cody Eakin	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	57.1	12:45	16
74	Rasmus Asplund	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		12:40	18
96	Anders Bjork	L	0	0	0	-1	0	1	0	0		10:30	13
15	John Hayden	C	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0		9:17	14

#	Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA	SV%	TOI
31	Dustin Tokarski	L	35	31	4	.886	58:43