Scores against former team

Byram entered the game sixth among NHL defensemen in even-strength points with 20. Former Avs teammate Cale Makar and Vancouver's Quinn Hughes were co-leaders with 26 and current Buffalo mate Owen Power was third with 22.

Bowen Byram was a key blue-liner when the Colorado Avalanche won the Stanley Cup in 2022, but with a deep defensive corps and a need for a second-line center, he was deemed expendable last year.