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Buffalo Sabres vs Colorado Avalanche Wrap - Colorado Wins 3-2

The Avalanche earned a 3-2 victory over the Sabres on Wednesday at Pepsi Center.

Colorado won as a -189 favorite, while Over-Under bettors who played UNDER the total of 5.5 were rewarded at the payout window.

Colorado got goals from Martin Kaut, J.T. Compher, and Gabriel Landeskog in the victory. Landeskog opened the scoring at 14:24 of the first period.

Pavel Francouz stopped 31 of 33 Buffalo shots in the victory.

Zemgus Girgensons, and Curtis Lazar scored for the Sabres, finding the net behind Pavel Francouz.

Buffalo got a 31-stop effort from Carter Hutton in the loss.

On the power play, Colorado went 2-for-3, while the Sabres were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.

Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 34-33.

Colorado heads into a battle against the Hurricanes. Buffalo, meanwhile, will have their next action against Vegas.