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Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings

Oct 20, 2018 · STAPLES Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 5 26
Los Angeles Kings 1 20

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:24 BUF Jason Pominville (2) Jack Eichel (3), Jake McCabe (2) 1 - 0
2nd Period
03:31 BUF Jeff Skinner (2) Jack Eichel (4), Jason Pominville (1) 2 - 0
15:52 BUF Jeff Skinner (3) Marco Scandella (1), Jason Pominville (2) 3 - 0
19:45 BUF Zach Bogosian (1) Johan Larsson (1), Zemgus Girgensons (2) 4 - 0
3rd Period
12:16 LAK Drew Doughty (1) PP Alex Iafallo (5), Jeff Carter (3) 4 - 1
19:35 BUF Jeff Skinner (4) Evan Rodrigues (3), Jack Eichel (5) 5 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:17 LAK Jake Muzzin Interference 2
05:25 BUF Marco Scandella Hooking 2
13:02 BUF Jake McCabe Hooking 2
2nd Period
05:53 LAK Kyle Clifford Fighting 5
05:53 BUF Zach Bogosian Fighting 5
3rd Period
07:27 LAK Dion Phaneuf Slashing 2
07:27 BUF Jeff Skinner Slashing 2
11:09 LAK Nate Thompson Roughing 2
11:09 BUF Kyle Okposo Roughing 2
11:09 BUF Kyle Okposo Roughing 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 44 34 26 5 2.7 52.1
Los Angeles Kings 53 36 20 1 1.9 47.9

How the game went

2024681012Start2nd3rdLos Angeles Kings aheadBuffalo Sabres 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 Los Angeles Kings had taken more, and below it and blue while Buffalo Sabres had.

Expected goals

Buffalo Sabres: 2.7 expected, 5 scored · Los Angeles Kings: 1.9 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 10:24 of 1st, a 21% chanceBUF goal, 3:31 of 2nd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 15:52 of 2nd, a 13% chanceBUF goal, 19:45 of 2nd, a 2% chanceBUF goal, 19:35 of 3rd, a 53% chanceLAK goal, 12:16 of 3rd, a 17% chanceBUF 2.7LAK 1.9

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

Buffalo Sabres
Los Angeles Kings

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.

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jason Pominville · Jeff Skinner · Jack Eichel10:3757.174.53-0
Patrik Berglund · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons10:3662.598.41-0
Kyle Okposo · Evan Rodrigues · Casey Mittelstadt8:4350.061.50-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Conor Sheary · Sam Reinhart8:2850.034.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen15:2037.574.51-0
Casey Nelson · Rasmus Dahlin12:4965.277.10-0
Zach Bogosian · Marco Scandella9:5864.768.52-0

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
53 Jeff Skinner L 3 0 3 4 2 3 0 15:31 0.23 17-15 1.07-0.40
29 Jason Pominville R 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 14:03 0.30 16-15 1.01-0.40
9 Jack Eichel C 0 3 3 4 0 5 0 16:00 0.49 17-12 1.01-0.35
24 Zach Bogosian D 1 0 1 3 5 2 0 14:58 0.04 14-8 0.63-0.33
6 Marco Scandella D 0 1 1 2 2 1 0 16:29 0.01 12-13 0.58-0.56
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 1 0 3 0 16:09 0.22 6-5 0.25-0.13
22 Johan Larsson L 0 1 1 1 0 0 2 17:23 5-7 0.23-0.14
22 Jake McCabe D 0 1 1 2 2 0 0 21:57 9-12 0.80-0.27
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 17:21 0.06 6-4 0.23-0.08
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 0 4 2 3 10:12 0.20 5-5 0.21-0.13
8 Casey Nelson D 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 20:49 0.09 16-14 0.36-0.36
10 Patrik Berglund C 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 13:20 0.15 6-5 0.23-0.01
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 12:20 0.05 5-5 0.21-0.13
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:06 0.18 9-8 0.29-0.44
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:08 10-10 0.33-0.45
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 18:22 0.02 16-9 0.40-0.18
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:28 0.06 9-8 0.28-0.44
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 26:17 0.04 7-15 0.79-0.51
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark 20 19 1 60:00 1.84 +0.84

Los Angeles Kings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Ilya Kovalchuk · Jeff Carter · Sheldon Rempal10:5255.059.80-1
Anze Kopitar · Tyler Toffoli · Alex Iafallo10:3543.840.00-1
Trevor Lewis · Tanner Pearson · Adrian Kempe5:4754.563.60-0
Nate Thompson · Kyle Clifford · Austin Wagner4:5133.31.10-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Dion Phaneuf · Alec Martinez9:5730.827.20-0
Drew Doughty · Derek Forbort8:3235.317.90-2
Jake Muzzin · Alec Martinez7:0644.456.00-0

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
8 Drew Doughty D 1 0 1 -4 0 2 1 26:52 0.21 14-17 0.44-1.28
9 Alex Iafallo L 0 1 1 -2 0 2 1 20:39 0.30 7-10 0.31-0.47
77 Jeff Carter C 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 21:31 0.24 11-10 0.38-0.28
3 Dion Phaneuf D 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 15:32 0.04 8-13 0.31-0.32
5 Oscar Fantenberg D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 14:08 0.05 13-7 0.41-0.37
8 Jake Muzzin D 0 0 0 -1 2 2 0 19:21 0.06 15-8 0.44-0.22
9 Adrian Kempe R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 14:39 0.09 12-8 0.35-0.68
11 Anze Kopitar C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 1 23:45 0.21 8-15 0.33-0.65
17 Ilya Kovalchuk L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 3 22:34 0.23 12-11 0.38-0.28
25 Alec Martinez D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 22:25 0.01 8-17 0.20-0.34
26 Austin Wagner L 0 0 0 -2 0 0 6 10:48 0.00 6-10 0.10-0.74
27 Derek Forbort D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 13:13 10-12 0.31-1.03
43 Kyle Clifford L 0 0 0 -1 5 0 1 06:41 1-2 0.00-0.12
44 Nate Thompson C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 08:49 3-4 0.01-0.17
56 Sheldon Rempal R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 14:06 11-9 0.38-0.25
61 Trevor Lewis C 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 13:44 0.22 10-13 0.22-0.81
70 Tanner Pearson L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:24 0.01 9-7 0.27-0.29
73 Tyler Toffoli C 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 18:30 0.18 12-12 0.46-0.61
# Goalie Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jonathan Quick 25 21 4 55:19 2.09 -1.91