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BUF
Buffalo Sabres
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Colorado Avalanche
 COL
47% Win Probability
53% Win Probability
BUF is expected to score 2.97 goals COL is expected to score 3.33 goals

Data shown on this page was last updated on October 31, 2026 at 3:12 AM.
The rosters and injuries below reflect current state, not anticipated state on the date/time of this game.

Buffalo Sabres Colorado Avalanche
Record 6-4-3 7-5-1
L10 Record 4-3-3 5-4-1
Pts% 57.69% 57.69%
Division Rank 7 (Atlantic) 3 (Central)
Conference Rank 11 (Eastern) 6 (Western)
Projected Points 90.82 92.99
xGF/G 3.28+0.23 ● 3.05
xGA/G 3.22 ● +0.432.79
xGF% 50.44% ● +1.7852.22%
L10 xGF 31.79+3.01 ● 28.78
L10 xGA 32.93 ● +4.0128.92
L10 xGF% 49.12% ● +0.7649.88%
Forwards
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.43 8 7 15 13 19:22 5.6 2.4 55 14.5 0.102 4.3 149 67 45.0 0.83 -0.15 0.68
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.43 7 5 12 13 19:24 5.6 1.4 38 18.4 0.146 3.8 3 2 66.7 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.42 1 0 1 4 12:19 1.7 -0.7 9 11.1 0.185 -7.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.41 2 9 11 13 19:42 5.3 -4.3 29 6.9 0.183 -11.4 13 4 30.8 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Nathan MacKinnon (C) 0.37 8 14 22 13 20:45 4.8 3.2 52 15.4 0.093 6.1 230 106 46.1 0.35 -0.10 0.24
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.35 4 5 9 13 18:56 4.5 -0.5 30 13.3 0.150 -1.7 124 46 37.1 0.03 -0.17 -0.14
COL Logan O'Connor (R)+ 0.34 0 0 0 3 13:24 1.0 -1.0 6 0.0 0.172 -17.2 3 1 33.3 0.00 -0.04 -0.04
COL Artturi Lehkonen (L) 0.31 10 5 15 13 18:55 4.0 6.0 24 41.7 0.167 24.9 4 0 0.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Nazem Kadri (C) 0.31 2 8 10 13 19:14 4.0 -2.0 33 6.1 0.121 -6.0 87 44 50.6 0.15 -0.05 0.10
COL Brock Nelson (C) 0.25 3 5 8 13 18:11 3.3 -0.3 24 12.5 0.136 -1.1 227 101 44.5 0.24 -0.38 -0.15
COL Martin Necas (C) 0.25 6 10 16 13 19:56 3.2 1.8 28 21.4 0.115 9.9 4 2 50.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL T.J. Hughes (R) 0.24 2 2 4 13 14:46 3.1 -1.1 28 7.1 0.110 -3.9 46 23 50.0 0.05 -0.02 0.03
COL Nicolas Roy (C) 0.23 2 3 5 7 11:39 1.6 0.4 10 20.0 0.158 4.2 47 31 66.0 0.01 -0.04 -0.03
COL Gabriel Landeskog (L) 0.22 5 3 8 13 15:13 2.8 2.2 16 31.3 0.177 13.5 21 11 52.4 0.04 0.00 0.04
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.20 2 1 3 13 15:33 2.6 -0.6 20 10.0 0.129 -2.9 5 2 40.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.20 2 1 3 13 14:54 2.6 -0.6 15 13.3 0.171 -3.8 128 66 51.6 0.13 -0.47 -0.34
BUF Jiri Kulich (C)+ 0.18 1 2 3 8 13:09 1.4 -0.4 9 11.1 0.159 -4.8 55 28 50.9 0.00 -0.14 -0.14
COL Zachary L'Heureux (L)+ 0.16 0 1 1 4 6:48 0.6 -0.6 6 0.0 0.108 -10.8 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Jaden Schwartz (L) 0.15 4 5 9 13 13:49 1.9 2.1 22 18.2 0.087 9.4 1 1 100.0 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Konsta Helenius (C)+ 0.12 1 2 3 11 12:59 1.3 -0.3 12 8.3 0.112 -2.9 8 1 12.5 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
COL Fedor Svechkov (C) 0.12 2 5 7 13 13:28 1.6 0.4 11 18.2 0.141 4.1 94 44 46.8 0.06 0.00 0.06
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.12 1 2 3 13 15:06 1.5 -0.5 13 7.7 0.116 -4.0 147 76 51.7 0.23 -0.23 0.00
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.10 0 7 7 13 13:32 1.3 -1.3 7 0.0 0.179 -17.9 39 20 51.3 0.17 0.00 0.17
COL Parker Kelly (C) 0.09 2 4 6 13 13:01 1.2 0.8 15 13.3 0.081 5.3 30 10 33.3 0.00 -0.02 -0.02
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.08 0 2 2 13 10:51 1.0 -1.0 7 0.0 0.145 -14.5 7 4 57.1 0.00 -0.11 -0.11
BUF Justin Danforth (R)+ 0.04 0 0 0 6 9:09 0.3 -0.3 1 0.0 0.251 -25.1 40 20 50.0 0.00 -0.05 -0.05
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.04 1 0 1 5 11:00 0.2 0.8 2 50.0 0.090 41.0 26 12 46.2 0.00 -0.10 -0.10
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.01 0 1 1 5 7:39 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.046 -4.6 19 10 52.6 0.00 -0.01 -0.01
Defensemen
Team Player xGF/G G A Pts GP Avg TOI xGF G-xGF SOG S% xGF/S S%-xS% FO FOW FO% FO xGF FO xGA FO xG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.23 2 5 7 10 24:47 2.3 -0.3 31 6.5 0.073 -0.9 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Cale Makar (D) 0.18 3 8 11 12 22:25 2.2 0.8 34 8.8 0.064 2.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Olen Zellweger (D) 0.15 3 3 6 12 19:46 1.8 1.2 26 11.5 0.069 4.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.11 2 9 11 13 26:36 1.4 0.6 18 11.1 0.077 3.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.11 2 6 8 13 23:40 1.4 0.6 20 10.0 0.069 3.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Devon Toews (D) 0.10 4 7 11 13 20:41 1.3 2.7 21 19.0 0.064 12.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Sam Malinski (D) 0.06 0 5 5 12 17:19 0.7 -0.7 14 0.0 0.051 -5.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Josh Manson (D)+ 0.05 1 3 4 13 14:58 0.6 0.4 12 8.3 0.050 3.4 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Brent Burns (D) 0.04 0 5 5 13 16:10 0.6 -0.6 19 0.0 0.030 -3.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Dennis Gilbert (D) 0.03 1 1 2 5 9:55 0.2 0.8 1 100.0 0.174 82.6 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Louis Crevier (D) 0.03 0 1 1 13 13:25 0.4 -0.4 12 0.0 0.037 -3.7 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Brett Kulak (D) 0.03 0 4 4 13 19:09 0.4 -0.4 12 0.0 0.035 -3.5 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.03 0 2 2 11 12:31 0.3 -0.3 5 0.0 0.061 -6.1 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
COL Noah Juulsen (D) 0.03 0 1 1 8 10:37 0.2 -0.2 4 0.0 0.050 -5.0 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
BUF Matt Grzelcyk (D)+ 0.00 0 0 0 1 14:27 0.0 - 0 - - - 0 0 - 0.00 0.00 0.00
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax GSAx GAA SV% W GP L W% SO GA SA SV xGA
BUF Colten Ellis (G) +0.11% 0.1 3.11 0.880 3 5 1 60.0 1 14 117 103 14.1
COL Mackenzie Blackwood (G) +0.05% 0.1 2.81 0.894 6 9 3 66.7 0 25 236 211 25.1
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) -1.42% -3.3 3.56 0.866 3 9 3 33.3 0 31 231 200 27.7
COL Scott Wedgewood (G) -2.25% -2.8 3.48 0.889 1 4 2 25.0 0 14 126 112 11.2