Avalanche 6, Sabres 5, OT

Buffalo 2 1 2 0 — 5 Colorado 0 1 4 1 — 6

First Period: 1, Buffalo, Zucker 12 (Thompson, Quinn), 13:17 (pp). 2, Buffalo, Byram 5 (Cozens, Zucker), 17:10. Penalties: Manson, COL (High Sticking), 12:18.

Second Period: 3, Buffalo, Zucker 13 (Dahlin, Thompson), 11:08 (pp). 4, Colorado, Makar 12 (Toews, Drouin), 14:58. Penalties: Colton, COL (Cross Checking), 10:12. Benson, BUF (Delay of Game), 17:03.

Third Period: 5, Colorado, Colton 12 (Girard), 1:05. 6, Buffalo, Benson 7 (Krebs, Peterka), 1:27. 7, Colorado, Rantanen 22 (Mittelstadt, MacKinnon), 4:17 (pp). 8, Buffalo, Zucker 14 (Thompson), 16:09. 9, Colorado, Makar 13 (MacKinnon, Toews), 17:34. 10, Colorado, Drouin 3 (Rantanen, MacKinnon), 19:52. Penalties: Colorado bench, served by Innala (Delay of Game), 1:27. Tuch, BUF (Hooking), 3:04. Cozens, BUF (Tripping), 3:19. Clifton, BUF (Cross Checking), 3:45. Lehkonen, COL (Roughing), 3:45.

Shots on goal: Buffalo 10-7-4-0: 21. Colorado 9-9-10-1: 29.

Power-play opportunities: Buffalo 2 of 3. Colorado 1 of 3.

Goalies: Buffalo, Luukkonen 11-12-4 (29 shots-23 saves). Colorado, Wedgewood 5-4-1 (18-14).