Game Thread: Colorado Avalanche (6-1-0) at Buffalo Sabres (3-5-0) – 29 Oct 2023 – 1:00PM EDT

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# Colorado [](/r/coloradoavalanche) Avalanche (6-1-0) at Buffalo [](/r/sabres) Sabres (3-5-0)

#KeyBank Center

##In-Game Updates

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##Time

|PT|MT|CT|ET|AT|UTC|
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|10:00AM|11:00AM|12:00PM|1:00PM|2:00PM|5:00PM|##Game Info:

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|TV|MSG-B, ALT2, SN|
|Other|[Preview](https://www.nhl.com/news/colorado-avalanche-buffalo-sabres-game-preview-october-29) – [Boxscore](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020126/boxscore) – [Recap](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020126/recap)|
|GameCenter|[On NHL.com](https://www.nhl.com/gamecenter/2023020126/playbyplay)|

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##Projected Lineups

||Left|Center|Right||Left|Center|Right|
|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|:–:|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jordan Greenway|Tage Thompson|Zach Benson|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Artturi Lehkonen|Nathan MacKinnon|Valeri Nichushkin|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jeff Skinner|Casey Mittelstadt|John Jason Peterka|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Tomas Tatar|Ryan Johansen|Mikko Rantanen|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Victor Olofsson|Dylan Cozens|Alex Tuch|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Miles Wood|Ross Colton|Jonathan Drouin|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Zemgus Girgensons|Peyton Krebs|Kyle Okposo|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Andrew Cogliano|Fredrik Olofsson|Logan O’Connor|

||Left D|Right D||Left D|Right D|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Rasmus Dahlin|Mattias Samuelsson|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Devon Toews|Cale Makar|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Owen Power|Henri Jokiharju|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Bowen Byram|Samuel Girard|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ryan Johnson|Jacob Bryson|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Jack Johnson|Josh Manson|

||Goalies||Goalies|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Alexandar Georgiev|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devin Cooley|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Ivan Prosvetov|

[Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/buffalo-sabres/line-combinations/), [Source](https://www.dailyfaceoff.com/teams/colorado-avalanche/line-combinations/)

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##Injuries

||Player|Date|Injury|Status|Details|Return|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Connor Clifton|28 Oct 2023|Suspension|OUT|Clifton has been suspended for two games following a check to the head of Nico Hischier in Friday’s loss to the New Jersey Devils.|03 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|27 Oct 2023|Lower Body|IR|Comrie (lower body) is considered week-to-week, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|07 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|21 Oct 2023|Lower Body|OUT|Levi (lower body) might be available to suit up as the backup goalie Wednesday against the Philadelphia Flyers, Lance Lysowski of The Buffalo News reports.|01 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Matthew Savoie|19 Sep 2023|Shoulder|IR-NR|Savoie (shoulder) was sent to AHL Rochester on Sunday for a conditioning assignment.|01 Nov 2023|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Jack Quinn|21 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Surgery|14 Nov 2023|
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|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Jean-Luc Foudy|20 Sep 2023|Lower Body|IR-NR|Foudy has a lower-body injury and has not been cleared to participate at the start of training camp Thursday, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.|01 Nov 2023|
|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Chris Wagner|20 Sep 2023|Achilles|IR-NR|Wagner suffered a ruptured Achilles prior to training camp, Peter Baugh of The Athletic reports.|05 Feb 2024|
|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Calum Ritchie|20 Sep 2023|Shoulder|OUT|Not Specified|01 Nov 2023|
|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Pavel Francouz|25 Sep 2023|Groin|IR-LT|General manager Chris MacFarland said Francouz (groin) is out indefinitely in a press conference Wednesday, Jesse Montano of Guerilla Sports reports.|07 Nov 2023|
|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Gabriel Landeskog||Knee|IR-LT|Surgery|01 Apr 2024|

[Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/buffalo-sabres/injuries), [Source](https://puckpedia.com/team/colorado-avalanche/injuries)

##Team Stats

|Team|GP|W|L|OT|P|P%|GF/G|GA/G|PP%|PK%|SF/G|SA/G|FO%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|8|3|5|0|6|0.375|2.88|3.38|12.00|87.10|30.12|31.25|50.00|
|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|7|6|1|0|12|0.857|3.86|2.29|23.08|93.10|36.29|28.71|50.00|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/team/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”points”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=50&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=0&cayenneExp=gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

## Goalie Breakdown

||Name|GP|GS|W|L|OT|SO|GAA|SV%|
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|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Devon Levi|4|4|1|3|0|0|3.26|0.892|
|[BUF](/r/sabres)|Eric Comrie|3|3|1|1|0|0|2.45|0.914|
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|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Alexandar Georgiev|7|7|6|1|0|1|2.31|0.918|
|[COL](/r/coloradoavalanche)|Ivan Prosvetov|1|0|0|0|0|0|0.00|1.000|

[Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=7 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024), [Source](https://api.nhle.com/stats/rest/en/goalie/summary?isAggregate=false&isGame=false&sort=[{“property”:”wins”,”direction”:”DESC”},{“property”:”savePct”,”direction”:”DESC”}]&start=0&limit=100&factCayenneExp=gamesPlayed>=1&cayenneExp=teamId=21 and gameTypeId=2 and seasonId<=20232024 and seasonId>=20232024)

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