Overview
- Colorado collected its fifth straight win to move to 12-1-5, while Buffalo fell for the fifth game in a row.
- Rookie Gavin Brindley scored the late second-period tiebreaker and added an assist after stepping into Valeri Nichushkin’s top-six spot for a career-high workload.
- Gabriel Landeskog reached 250 career goals with an empty-netter after an earlier tally was wiped out for goaltender interference involving Jack Drury.
- Alex Lyon was pulled 6:10 into the game after allowing two goals on three shots, and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves in relief.
- Mackenzie Blackwood earned the win with 19 saves as Buffalo’s road woes continued, now winless in seven away games.