Overview
- Martin Nečas produced two goals and two assists, adding a late strike and then passing up a hat trick to set up Gabriel Landeskog on the empty net.
- Nathan MacKinnon notched an assist to extend his point streak to 11 games as Colorado improved to 12–1–5.
- Rookie Gavin Brindley, promoted to fill injured Valeri Nichushkin’s spot, logged a career-high 13:31 with a second-period go-ahead goal and an assist.
- Landeskog hit 250 career goals after an earlier tally was overturned for goaltender interference.
- Buffalo yanked starter Alex Lyon after two goals on three shots, got 26 saves in relief from Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, and slid to a fifth consecutive defeat despite goals from Bowen Byram, Tage Thompson and Jordan Greenway.