nhl Game Recap
Avalanche Down Buffalo 5-3 - Match Report
Colorado skated to a 5-3 victory over Buffalo on Saturday in NHL action at KeyBank Center.
The Avalanche were a -425 favorite in the win. The combined score went OVER the total, which closed at 6.0.
Colorado got goals from Mikko Rantanen, J.T. Compher, Nathan MacKinnon, Nazem Kadri, and Alex Newhook in the victory. MacKinnon opened the scoring at 3:35 of the first period.
Darcy Kuemper turned in a 29-save effort for the Avalanche.
Buffalo got a goal from Tage Thompson(3) in the loss, but it wasn't enough.
Dustin Tokarski stopped 31 of 35 shots for the Sabres, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
Colorado scored 0 times on 2 chances on the power play, while Buffalo went 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
Buffalo lost the shots on goal battle to Colorado by a margin of 36-32.
Next game, Colorado takes its act on the road to face Boston looking for another win. For Buffalo, they head on the road to face Columbus.