Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres — October 13, 2025 Game Stats

Game Recap

The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Buffalo Sabres 3-1 on October 13, 2025. Despite the result, the Buffalo Sabres held the edge in expected goals (6.99 to 6.19) at 5-on-5, indicating the Colorado Avalanche received favorable bounces or strong goaltending. The Buffalo Sabres created 8 high-danger scoring chances compared to 7 from the Colorado Avalanche at 5-on-5. Nathan MacKinnon scored 2 goals. Josh Doan was the most dangerous skater with 1.66 individual expected goals on 3 shots at 5-on-5. The Colorado Avalanche outshot the Buffalo Sabres 37-28 in total shots on goal.

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xG Gameflow — cumulative expected goals chart tracking each team's xG as Colorado Avalanche vs Buffalo Sabres progressed on Oct 13, 2025
Shot heatmap — where shots were taken on the ice, color-coded by scoring probability
Event timeline — every goal, penalty, and key play mapped chronologically
Player matchup grid — head-to-head on-ice performance in Corsi and expected goals
Strength filter — 5v5 by default, with options for power play, penalty kill, and all situations

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Oct 13, 2025 · Regular Season

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Overview

	Period	Corsi			Fenwick			Shots			SC			HDSC			xG			Goals
		F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%	F	A	%
BUF	P1	26	14	65.0	20	12	62.5	13	10	56.5	16	11	59.3	7	1	87.5	4.35	1.74	71.4	1	1	50.0
	P2	28	22	56.0	18	16	52.9	11	12	47.8	17	12	58.6	1	4	20.0	2.46	2.94	45.6	0	2	0.0
	P3	12	27	30.8	7	23	23.3	4	15	21.1	10	20	33.3	2	2	50.0	1.41	3.41	29.3	0	0	—
	Total	66	63	51.2	45	51	46.9	28	37	43.1	43	43	50.0	10	7	58.8	8.22	8.09	50.4	1	3	25.0
COL	P1	14	26	35.0	12	20	37.5	10	13	43.5	11	16	40.7	1	7	12.5	1.74	4.35	28.6	1	1	50.0
	P2	22	28	44.0	16	18	47.1	12	11	52.2	12	17	41.4	4	1	80.0	2.94	2.46	54.4	2	0	100.0
	P3	27	12	69.2	23	7	76.7	15	4	78.9	20	10	66.7	2	2	50.0	3.41	1.41	70.7	0	0	—
	Total	63	66	48.8	51	45	53.1	37	28	56.9	43	43	50.0	7	10	41.2	8.09	8.22	49.6	3	1	75.0

Win Probability

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COL Favored

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Gameflow — Cumulative xG

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Shot Density Heatmap

COL Attempts

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Individual Event Map

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Player Matchup Grid

This grid shows how every skater on the home team (BUF) performed against every skater on the away team (COL) when they were on the ice at the same time.

Rows = BUF players, Columns = COL players. Forwards are listed first, then defensemen.
Green = the BUF player had a favorable matchup (above 50%). Red = unfavorable (below 50%).
Values shown from the home team's perspective. Toggle between CF% (shot attempt share) and xGF% (expected goal share).
Cells with fewer than 3 shared events are grayed out (insufficient sample). Hover over any cell for full details.

Stat:

BUF ↓ / COL →	MacKinnon	Necas	Nelson	Colton	Drury	Kelly	Brindley	Lehkonen	Landeskog	Olofsson	Kiviranta	Nichushkin	Makar	Toews	Manson	Burns	Malinski	Solovyov
Thompson	64	67	80	40	60	71	86	75	56	63	100	72	68	70	64	82	73	75
Kulich	11	14	60	45	67	17	33	33	38	63	25	62	41	65	14	14	73	57
McLeod	21	33	25	33	60	57	40	40	20	22	100	0	18	22	86	50	33	40
Kozak	33	33	89	73	40	100	100	0	100	63	100	100	36	44	78	50	85	100
Dunne	33	33	100	70	40	100	100	0	100	50	100	100	38	50	75	50	78	100
Krebs	71	75	50	45	50	40	40	50	25	33	100	0	38	25	83	67	80	40
Malenstyn	7	7	54	67	50	83	100	0	75	44	80	50	24	40	67	33	78	100
Zucker	60	67	89	43	63	43	50	57	86	60	100	89	58	73	71	63	88	50
Tuch	44	60	62	38	58	86	83	60	33	38	100	37	53	47	69	65	50	75
Doan	64	67	73	40	67	86	83	78	53	63	100	65	60	64	73	92	73	75
Danforth	6	6	0	36	56	17	33	7	0	38	20	0	10	20	14	14	36	57
Quinn	11	14	63	45	56	17	33	17	0	63	25	56	44	58	13	14	50	57
Dahlin	8	11	68	40	53	78	83	14	33	63	100	57	50	63	53	53	68	72
Byram	23	22	57	44	71	89	83	29	48	69	100	52	44	59	63	65	74	75
Power	31	37	0	36	55	50	67	34	25	7	67	23	21	41	77	53	42	0
Timmins	33	38	17	45	50	50	100	35	10	14	50	0	27	28	67	50	20	33
Bryson	43	50	55	56	50	45	56	0	57	63	50	57	44	50	63	33	82	80
Johnson	—	—	75	47	50	42	50	—	63	63	40	67	50	50	50	50	71	80