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Los Angeles Kings at Buffalo Sabres

Dec 11, 2018 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Los Angeles Kings 3 29
Buffalo Sabres 4 47

Decided in overtime.

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
06:11 LAK Jake Muzzin (2) Anze Kopitar (12), Alex Iafallo (8) 1 - 0
13:26 BUF Zemgus Girgensons (3) Unassisted 1 - 1
2nd Period
00:52 LAK Matt Luff (6) Jake Muzzin (9) 2 - 1
12:55 LAK Adrian Kempe (5) Brendan Leipsic (5), Derek Forbort (7) 3 - 1
3rd Period
03:47 BUF Jack Eichel (10) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (16), Sam Reinhart (18) 3 - 2
07:23 BUF Johan Larsson (2) Lawrence Pilut (2), Evan Rodrigues (8) 3 - 3
Overtime
01:49 BUF Jeff Skinner (21) PP Rasmus Ristolainen (17), Jack Eichel (28) 3 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
00:36 LAK Oscar Fantenberg Slashing 2
01:04 BUF Sam Reinhart High sticking 2
10:19 LAK Brendan Leipsic Slashing 2
15:03 BUF Vladimir Sobotka Slashing 2
16:08 LAK Team Too many men on the ice 2
2nd Period
02:42 BUF Kyle Okposo Interference 2
04:41 BUF Nathan Beaulieu Cross checking 2
09:37 LAK Dion Phaneuf Interference 2
18:10 LAK Jeff Carter Slashing 2
3rd Period
03:40 LAK Derek Forbort Hooking 2
05:44 BUF Zach Bogosian Fighting 5
05:44 LAK Nate Thompson Fighting 5
17:33 LAK Jeff Carter Tripping 2
19:56 LAK Oscar Fantenberg Holding 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Los Angeles Kings 48 36 29 3 2.4 46.8
Buffalo Sabres 74 59 47 4 3.6 53.2

How the game went

50510152025Start2nd3rdOTBuffalo 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, 3 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.6 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdOTLAK goal, 6:11 of 1st, a 6% chanceLAK goal, 0:52 of 2nd, a 10% chanceLAK goal, 12:55 of 2nd, a 6% chanceBUF goal, 13:26 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF goal, 3:47 of 3rd, a 5% chanceBUF goal, 7:23 of 3rd, a 10% chanceBUF goal, 1:49 of overtime, a 47% chanceBUF 3.6LAK 2.4

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 Iafallo10:3138.139.11-0
Tyler Toffoli · Nikita Scherbak · Adrian Kempe7:4955.080.21-0
Jeff Carter · Brendan Leipsic · Matt Luff6:1350.051.11-1
Nate Thompson · Michael Amadio · Austin Wagner4:0942.976.50-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jake Muzzin · Oscar Fantenberg11:0160.074.11-0
Derek Forbort · Sean Walker10:5450.068.81-1
Dion Phaneuf · Jake Muzzin5:2457.173.90-0

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
8 Jake Muzzin D 1 1 2 1 0 2 7 30:35 0.09 18-17 0.53-0.64
9 Adrian Kempe R 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 13:29 0.06 14-10 0.70-0.23
39 Matt Luff R 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 09:55 0.11 6-10 0.15-0.38
9 Alex Iafallo L 0 1 1 1 0 4 1 17:26 0.47 9-13 0.43-0.59
11 Anze Kopitar C 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 27:16 0.02 12-20 0.48-0.78
27 Derek Forbort D 0 1 1 0 2 1 3 26:22 0.02 15-18 0.89-0.50
28 Brendan Leipsic L 0 1 1 0 2 2 1 13:44 0.21 9-8 0.31-0.21
3 Dion Phaneuf D 0 0 0 0 2 4 1 11:22 0.13 7-7 0.20-0.14
5 Oscar Fantenberg D 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 24:23 13-14 0.57-0.23
8 Drew Doughty D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:25 2-8 0.09-0.23
21 Nikita Scherbak R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:42 0.12 16-11 0.68-0.23
22 Michael Amadio R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 06:29 0.11 4-8 0.14-0.17
23 Dustin Brown R 0 0 0 1 0 5 3 23:09 0.51 13-14 0.45-0.61
26 Austin Wagner L 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 06:10 3-4 0.13-0.04
26 Sean Walker D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 16:09 0.01 19-21 0.82-0.78
44 Nate Thompson C 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 12:11 4-7 0.22-0.10
73 Tyler Toffoli C 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 18:20 0.48 14-11 0.74-0.16
77 Jeff Carter C 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 17:22 0.05 7-9 0.24-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
40 Cal Petersen OTL 47 43 4 61:36 3.57 -0.43

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Jeff Skinner · Sam Reinhart · Jack Eichel12:5858.374.80-0
Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons · Evan Rodrigues8:4068.850.82-0
Kyle Okposo · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt8:1650.033.70-2
Jason Pominville · Vladimir Sobotka · Tage Thompson6:2428.67.10-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Zach Bogosian · Rasmus Dahlin10:4241.223.80-1
Rasmus Ristolainen · Lawrence Pilut8:5672.753.10-0
Nathan Beaulieu · Matt Tennyson8:0236.423.31-1

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
9 Jack Eichel C 1 1 2 0 0 10 1 25:57 0.66 18-11 0.61-0.19
55 Rasmus Ristolainen D 0 2 2 0 0 6 3 31:08 0.66 22-8 0.76-0.29
22 Johan Larsson L 1 0 1 2 0 3 1 12:24 0.24 12-5 0.35-0.32
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 1 0 1 2 0 1 3 12:25 0.10 12-5 0.34-0.32
53 Jeff Skinner L 1 0 1 -1 0 3 0 23:08 0.68 16-12 0.66-0.29
13 Sam Reinhart C 0 1 1 -1 2 3 1 22:55 0.22 16-12 0.57-0.30
17 Evan Rodrigues C 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 15:51 0.04 13-5 0.35-0.32
20 Lawrence Pilut D 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 15:53 0.07 10-7 0.21-0.23
7 Matt Tennyson D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 09:55 0.05 8-14 0.22-0.72
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -2 2 0 2 12:34 8-10 0.17-0.36
11 Casey Mittelstadt C 0 0 0 -2 0 0 0 10:23 8-9 0.17-0.35
17 Vladimir Sobotka C 0 0 0 -1 2 0 2 11:01 0.03 5-11 0.14-0.68
24 Zach Bogosian D 0 0 0 -2 5 2 2 21:53 0.04 10-14 0.16-0.54
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 28:34 0.56 15-14 0.64-0.50
28 Nathan Beaulieu D 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 15:34 0.07 19-17 0.51-0.82
29 Jason Pominville R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 07:40 5-10 0.14-0.58
43 Conor Sheary L 0 0 0 -2 0 2 0 11:38 0.08 9-10 0.19-0.36
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 10:29 0.12 4-11 0.04-0.59
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Linus Ullmark W 29 26 3 61:43 2.37 -0.63