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Los Angeles Kings at Buffalo Sabres

Feb 17, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Los Angeles Kings 4 36
Buffalo Sabres 2 35

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
11:26 LAK Michael Amadio (3) Andy Andreoff (6) 1 - 0
2nd Period
12:02 LAK Anze Kopitar (24) Dustin Brown (23) 2 - 0
16:06 LAK Anze Kopitar (25) Alex Iafallo (14), Dustin Brown (24) 3 - 0
17:35 LAK Michael Amadio (4) Jonny Brodzinski (1), Drew Doughty (33) 4 - 0
3rd Period
00:30 BUF Marco Scandella (2) Unassisted 4 - 1
16:42 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen (5) Unassisted 4 - 2

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:22 BUF Rasmus Ristolainen Interference 2
08:03 LAK Dustin Brown Tripping 2
2nd Period
05:48 BUF Johan Larsson Tripping 2
3rd Period
06:09 BUF Benoit Pouliot Slashing 2
06:09 LAK Dion Phaneuf Slashing 2
06:09 LAK Dion Phaneuf Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Los Angeles Kings 62 46 36 4 2.4 55.7
Buffalo Sabres 61 47 35 2 2.0 44.3

How the game went

20151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo Sabres aheadLos Angeles Kings ahead

The gap in shot attempts as the game went on: how many more one team had taken than the other. The line is above the middle and red while Buffalo Sabres had taken more, and below it and blue while Los Angeles Kings had.

Expected goals

Los Angeles Kings: 2.4 expected, 4 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 2.0 expected, 2 scored

00.511.52Start2nd3rdEndLAK goal, 11:26 of 1st, a 6% chanceLAK goal, 12:02 of 2nd, a 13% chanceLAK goal, 16:06 of 2nd, a 10% chanceLAK goal, 17:35 of 2nd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 0:30 of 3rd, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 16:42 of 3rd, a 9% chanceLAK 2.4BUF 2.0

Each line climbs with every chance a team had: a small step for a shot from far out, a big one for a dangerous chance. A dot is a goal. Expected goals adds up how likely each shot was to go in, judged by where it was taken from, what kind of shot it was and whether it was a rebound. Blocked shots and the shootout are not counted. Before 2023-24 the NHL timed events less exactly, and differently from rink to rink, so expected goals for this season are rougher than for recent ones.

Where the attempts came from

Los Angeles Kings
Buffalo Sabres

There is a dot for each attempt, bigger for a better chance. "Show as heat map" shades the ice by where the attempts came from.

Los Angeles Kings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dustin Brown · Anze Kopitar · Alex Iafallo13:0760.068.22-1
Nate Thompson · Kyle Clifford · Tyler Toffoli10:0647.466.20-0
Andy Andreoff · Jonny Brodzinski · Michael Amadio7:4162.556.11-0
Torrey Mitchell · Tanner Pearson · Adrian Kempe7:3564.770.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Doughty · Derek Forbort17:0556.732.01-1
Jake Muzzin · Christian Folin12:4059.564.81-1
Dion Phaneuf · Alec Martinez12:1945.060.62-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

xG is the expected goals of a skater's own shots. CF-CA and xGF-xGA are the shot attempts and the expected goals for and against while he was on the ice at five-on-five. For a goalie, xGA is what the shots he faced were expected to produce, and the last column is how many of those he saved. What these numbers mean

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
11 Anze Kopitar C 2 0 2 0 0 4 0 22:39 0.27 14-14 0.48-0.60
22 Michael Amadio R 2 0 2 2 0 3 0 11:16 0.28 13-6 0.56-0.38
23 Dustin Brown R 0 2 2 0 2 3 0 20:53 0.17 12-15 0.48-0.60
8 Drew Doughty D 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 26:40 0.02 22-15 0.28-0.48
9 Alex Iafallo L 0 1 1 1 0 2 2 16:45 0.13 12-9 0.48-0.23
18 Andy Andreoff C 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 09:55 0.16 14-6 0.58-0.38
22 Jonny Brodzinski C 0 1 1 2 0 4 2 09:56 0.30 15-6 0.64-0.38
3 Dion Phaneuf D 0 0 0 2 4 1 4 14:18 0.01 10-12 0.44-0.28
8 Jake Muzzin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 19:57 0.06 25-17 1.08-0.61
9 Adrian Kempe R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 12:19 0.04 16-12 0.29-0.18
25 Alec Martinez D 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 19:07 0.02 11-12 0.44-0.29
27 Derek Forbort D 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 24:04 0.06 17-15 0.22-0.51
32 Christian Folin D 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 15:54 0.08 23-15 1.05-0.56
43 Kyle Clifford L 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 14:25 0.36 13-15 0.44-0.30
44 Nate Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 15:51 0.02 11-14 0.42-0.54
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 13:00 0.09 15-10 0.25-0.13
71 Torrey Mitchell C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13:38 14-6 0.22-0.08
73 Tyler Toffoli C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:23 0.02 13-16 0.42-0.31
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jonathan Quick 35 33 2 60:00 2.05 +0.05

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ryan O'Reilly · Evander Kane · Sam Reinhart8:4543.840.80-0
Jason Pominville · Johan Larsson · Scott Wilson6:2826.76.50-2
Benoit Pouliot · Kyle Okposo · Evan Rodrigues6:2333.316.70-2
Jacob Josefson · Jordan Nolan · Zemgus Girgensons6:0914.315.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Marco Scandella · Casey Nelson10:5842.120.60-1
Nathan Beaulieu · Rasmus Ristolainen10:4929.632.20-2
Justin Falk · Victor Antipin8:3731.312.30-0

The forwards and the defencemen who were on the ice together most at five-on-five, with the team's share of the shot attempts and expected goals, and the goals for and against, while they were out.

Players

# Skater Pos G A P +/- PIM Shots Hits TOI xG CF-CA xGF-xGA
6 Marco Scandella D 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 26:12 0.07 21-14 0.74-0.40
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 1 0 1 0 2 5 1 25:36 0.21 22-21 0.98-0.72
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 13:37 0.04 10-15 0.20-0.47
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 20:20 13-16 0.24-0.38
10 Jacob Josefson C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 11:20 0.05 5-7 0.23-0.26
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 18:37 0.25 14-14 0.32-0.23
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 1 14:18 0.13 12-12 0.25-0.45
20 Scott Wilson C 0 0 0 -2 0 2 2 14:25 0.02 10-20 0.22-0.75
22 Johan Larsson L 0 0 0 -2 2 2 1 13:28 0.06 7-20 0.10-0.74
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 -3 0 1 0 15:12 0.06 11-25 0.37-0.73
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:47 6-10 0.16-0.28
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17:32 0.27 17-15 0.72-0.78
42 Justin Falk D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 8 15:39 7-15 0.13-0.64
67 Benoit Pouliot L 0 0 0 -2 2 1 0 11:32 0.01 7-10 0.23-0.42
71 Jordan Nolan C 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 10:37 0.14 4-9 0.23-0.26
90 Ryan O'Reilly C 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 22:11 0.31 17-16 0.68-0.31
91 Evander Kane L 0 0 0 2 0 5 1 20:25 0.35 20-14 0.76-0.31
93 Victor Antipin D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:58 0.03 12-17 0.27-0.64
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
90 Robin Lehner 30 26 4 39:44 1.97 -2.03
1 Chad Johnson 6 6 0 17:30 0.17 +0.17