Buffalo Sabres vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 13, 2025

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	2	1	0	3		BUF	6	8	7	21
COL	3	1	2	6		COL	6	12	16	34

: BUF 55COL 72
: BUF 3.20COL 4.56
PP goals: BUF 1COL 0
Hits: BUF 16COL 22
Blocks: BUF 11COL 13
PIM: BUF 4COL 6
: BUF 41%COL 59%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3 at home. Martin Necas (COL) led the scoring with 2G 2A. New look for COL: Nelson–Colton–Brindley skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Martin Necas had two goals and 2 assists (4 points) on 2 shots in 21:37.Necas
Points
Gavin Brindley had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:02.Brindley
Points
Tage Thompson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 5 shots in 18:37.Thompson
New line
New look for COL: Nelson–Colton–Brindley skated 9:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (52.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Nelson Colton Brindley
Usage
Isak Rosen (BUF) played 17:33, +6:13 up on his 11:20 season average over 36 games.Rosen
Usage
Artturi Lehkonen (COL) played 22:28, +4:03 up on his 18:25 season average over 69 games.Lehkonen
Usage
Gabriel Landeskog (COL) played 12:32, −3:57 down on his 16:29 season average over 59 games.Landeskog
Usage
Jordan Greenway (BUF) played 16:07, +3:46 up on his 12:21 season average over 39 games.Greenway

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← BUF attacks left (bottom on phones)COL attacks right (top on phones) →

COL
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 127 of 127 attempts · COL 72 · BUF 55

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

COL
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

COL pressure
BUF pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 30% of the game, COL 39%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

COL

BUF

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Head-to-head matchups

COL skaters (rows) against BUF skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the COL side.

Matchup matrix

COL xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	BUF	COL
	48	68
	2.55	3.04
	2.48	2.95
	7	14
	5	8
	22	29
	−0.050	+0.050
	30%	39%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – McLeod
10:4450% CF
L2Greenway – Doan – Kozak
10:3842% CF
L3Quinn – Rosen – Ostlund
10:1050% CF
L4Malenstyn – Krebs – Dunne
9:0138% CF
D1Timmins – Byram
13:5737% CF
D2Samuelsson – Power
12:4958% CF
D3Bryson – Kesselring
7:3537% CF

PP1Thompson – Byram – Quinn – Rosen – Ostlund
5:40100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Krebs – Doan – Power
0:51100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:14
PK2FGreenway – Kozak
1:12
PK1DTimmins – Samuelsson
3:30
PK2DBryson – Kesselring
0:24

Current BUF line combinations →

Colorado Avalanche

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
13:5655% CF
L2Nelson – Colton – Brindley
9:4553% CF
L3Landeskog – Olofsson – Drury
7:1956% CF
L4Kelly – Bardakov – Makar
5:1955% CF
D1Toews – Makar
14:5776% CF
D2Girard – Malinski
13:0456% CF
D3Burns – Manson
12:3345% CF

PP1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Olofsson – Necas – Makar
3:31100% CF
PP2Nelson – Landeskog – Toews – Colton – Brindley
0:260% CF
PK1FKelly – Drury
2:44
PK2FNelson – Lehkonen
2:31
PK1DToews – Makar
3:33
PK2DBurns – Manson
3:13

Current COL line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	1	1	2	-1	5	0.68	0	1	0	18:37	—	—	45	62
Ryan McLeod C	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.22	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	45	67
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.12	0	0	0	15:28	—	—	47	59
Jordan Greenway L	L2	1	0	1	-2	1	0.27	0	1	0	16:07	—	—	35	37
Tyson Kozak C	L2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.05	1	1	2	14:22	—	—	39	41
Josh Doan R	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.07	1	0	0	14:06	—	—	36	42
Noah Ostlund C	L3	0	0	0	-2	2	0.19	0	0	0	18:18	—	—	46	33
Isak Rosen R	L3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.36	2	0	0	17:33	—	—	43	34
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.20	0	0	0	17:15	—	—	50	50
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	1	1	-2	0	0.02	4	1	0	13:21	—	—	40	24
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	4	1	0	11:54	—	—	35	27
Josh Dunne C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	11:13	—	—	33	22
Bowen Byram D	D1	1	0	1	0	4	0.64	1	1	0	24:21	—	—	33	47
Conor Timmins D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	1	0	21:09	—	—	38	45
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	-3	1	0.11	2	2	0	23:13	—	—	49	45
Owen Power D	D2	0	1	1	-2	0	0.13	0	0	2	20:12	—	—	50	51
Michael Kesselring D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:48	—	—	39	39
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	10:18	—	—	32	41

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	L	30	27	3	.900	2.81	52:55
Alex Lyon(start)	—	3	1	2	.333	0.52	6:10

Colorado Avalanche

COL skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Artturi Lehkonen L	L1	1	0	1	+3	4	0.62	0	1	0	22:28	—	—	53	65
Martin Necas C	L1	2	2	4	+4	2	0.52	2	1	0	21:37	—	—	56	65
Nathan MacKinnon C	L1	0	1	1	+3	8	0.57	3	1	2	21:04	—	—	59	67
Brock Nelson C	L2	1	0	1	+2	3	0.25	0	1	0	17:10	—	—	64	51
Gavin Brindley C	L2	1	1	2	+1	2	0.04	2	0	0	13:02	—	—	62	51
Ross Colton C	L2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.16	2	0	0	12:44	—	—	58	48
Jack Drury C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	0	0	0	14:28	—	—	61	39
Victor Olofsson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	1	0	13:34	—	—	60	35
Gabriel Landeskog L	L3	1	0	1	0	2	1.45	1	0	2	12:32	—	—	62	43
Parker Kelly C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	3	2	2	12:10	—	—	53	57
Zakhar Bardakov C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.08	0	0	0	8:52	—	—	56	51
Taylor Makar L	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.12	3	0	0	7:11	—	—	67	56
Cale Makar D	D1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.18	0	1	0	25:32	—	—	71	67
Devon Toews D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.07	3	1	0	22:07	—	—	73	78
Samuel Girard D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	16:54	—	—	54	47
Sam Malinski D	D2	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	0	2	0	15:32	—	—	54	44
Brent Burns D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.07	0	0	0	18:03	—	—	50	50
Josh Manson D	D3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.09	3	1	0	17:54	—	—	46	56

COL goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Mackenzie Blackwood(start)	W	21	18	3	.857	3.20	60:00

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Martin Necas (COL) 1st 0:52 · assists Cale Makar, Devon Toews · Rush · carried in · 34.9 mph shot · 2.1 s from entry to goal.

Martin Necas · 1st 0:52 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 34.9 mph
Distance: 10 ft
Entry to goal: 2.1 s

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Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 6:10 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 19.0 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s
Type: rebound

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Bowen Byram · 1st 7:47 · BUF

Play: rebound
Passes: 0
Shot: 10.5 mph
Distance: 2 ft
Type: rebound

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Brock Nelson · 1st 9:46 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: No
Passes: 7
Shot: 49.0 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s

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Jordan Greenway · 1st 13:28 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-3
Passes: 0
Shot: 27.9 mph
Distance: 21 ft
Entry to goal: 2.5 s

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Tage Thompson · 2nd 14:56 · BUF PP

Play: cycle
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-2
Passes: 3 (royal road)
Shot: 65.6 mph
Distance: 37 ft
Entry to goal: 8.7 s
Type: one-timer

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Gavin Brindley · 2nd 16:22 · COL

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 2
Shot: 61.5 mph
Distance: 33 ft
Entry to goal: 1.8 s

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Martin Necas · 3rd 16:53 · COL

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.7 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 6.0 s
Type: rebound

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Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 18:11 · COL EN

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 2-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 54.1 mph
Distance: 14 ft
Entry to goal: 4.7 s

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Colorado AvalancheNov 13, 2025

Fantasy takeaways

Colorado Avalanche beat Buffalo Sabres 6–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Colorado Avalanche

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Colorado Avalanche

Goal anatomy

Martin Necas · 1st 0:52 · COL

Artturi Lehkonen · 1st 6:10 · COL

Bowen Byram · 1st 7:47 · BUF

Brock Nelson · 1st 9:46 · COL

Jordan Greenway · 1st 13:28 · BUF

Tage Thompson · 2nd 14:56 · BUF PP

Gavin Brindley · 2nd 16:22 · COL

Martin Necas · 3rd 16:53 · COL

Gabriel Landeskog · 3rd 18:11 · COL EN