Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings

Oct 17, 2019 · STAPLES Center

Team	Goals	Shots
Buffalo Sabres	3	24
Los Angeles Kings	0	47

Scoring

Time	Team	Goal	Assists	Score
1st Period
02:36	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt (1)	Jimmy Vesey (1)	1 - 0
05:20	BUF	Conor Sheary (3)	Casey Mittelstadt (3), Rasmus Dahlin (8)	2 - 0
2nd Period
02:32	BUF	Casey Mittelstadt (2) PP	Rasmus Ristolainen (3), Colin Miller (4)	3 - 0

Penalties

Time	Team	Player	Penalty	Min
1st Period
14:12	LAK	Ilya Kovalchuk	High sticking	2
2nd Period
00:45	LAK	Ilya Kovalchuk	Cross checking	2
08:40	BUF	Marcus Johansson	Tripping	2
19:11	BUF	Jake McCabe	High sticking	2
19:39	BUF	Johan Larsson	Slashing	2
3rd Period
17:03	LAK	Ilya Kovalchuk	High sticking	2

Shot attempts

Team	Attempts (Corsi)	Unblocked (Fenwick)	On goal	Goals	Expected goals	5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres	46	31	24	3	2.5	31.0
Los Angeles Kings	92	68	47	0	4.2	69.0

How the game went

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: 2.5 expected, 3 scored · Los Angeles Kings: 4.2 expected, 0 scored

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 line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Kyle Okposo · Johan Larsson · Zemgus Girgensons	12:54	43.5	64.0	0-0
Sam Reinhart · Victor Olofsson · Jack Eichel	12:39	22.2	40.1	0-0
Vladimir Sobotka · Marcus Johansson · Jeff Skinner	12:06	25.8	19.3	0-0
Jimmy Vesey · Conor Sheary · Casey Mittelstadt	8:45	47.1	30.7	2-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Jake McCabe · Rasmus Ristolainen	16:21	11.5	8.6	1-0
Colin Miller · Rasmus Dahlin	14:05	36.7	42.2	1-0
Marco Scandella · Henri Jokiharju	13:52	44.8	43.4	0-0

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	Casey Mittelstadt	C	2	1	3	2	0	3	0	12:19	0.42	8-9	0.38-0.86
43	Conor Sheary	L	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	10:33	0.13	8-9	0.38-0.86
6	Colin Miller	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	19:08	0.02	18-33	0.71-1.04
26	Jimmy Vesey	L	0	1	1	2	0	1	0	11:05	0.06	8-13	0.38-1.34
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	19:32		18-35	0.71-1.25
55	Rasmus Ristolainen	D	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	22:55	0.05	5-24	0.25-0.99
6	Marco Scandella	D	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20:19	0.03	15-24	0.78-1.56
8	Kyle Okposo	R	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	13:26	0.12	11-13	0.56-0.31
9	Jack Eichel	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:50	0.07	8-28	0.42-0.63
13	Sam Reinhart	C	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16:48	0.14	9-28	0.42-0.63
17	Vladimir Sobotka	C	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	15:42	0.12	8-23	0.23-0.94
20	Henri Jokiharju	D	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	17:26	0.04	13-17	0.62-0.85
22	Johan Larsson	L	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	16:00	0.08	11-20	0.56-1.15
22	Jake McCabe	D	0	0	0	1	2	1	4	18:18	0.03	3-27	0.09-1.46
28	Zemgus Girgensons	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	15:32	0.35	10-20	0.56-1.15
53	Jeff Skinner	L	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17:05	0.09	9-23	0.23-0.94
90	Marcus Johansson	L	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14:41		9-26	0.23-1.30
95	Victor Olofsson	L	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	16:21	0.20	9-28	0.42-0.63

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
40	Carter Hutton	47	47	0	60:00	4.26	+4.26

Los Angeles Kings

Lines and pairings

Forward line	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Dustin Brown · Anze Kopitar · Alex Iafallo	13:28	72.7	65.3	0-0
Jeff Carter · Tyler Toffoli · Blake Lizotte	10:49	73.9	91.2	0-0
Ilya Kovalchuk · Trevor Lewis · Adrian Kempe	7:08	71.4	62.6	0-0
Kyle Clifford · Michael Amadio · Austin Wagner	4:52	64.7	49.2	0-0

Defence pair	Time	CF%	xGF%	Goals
Drew Doughty · Ben Hutton	16:07	65.8	69.5	0-0
Alec Martinez · Sean Walker	16:00	76.7	66.3	0-1
Joakim Ryan · Matt Roy	13:46	57.1	71.2	0-1

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	+/-	PIM	Shots	Hits	TOI	xG	CF-CA	xGF-xGA
3	Matt Roy	D	-1	0	1	1	16:05	0.02	16-12	1.02-0.41
8	Drew Doughty	D	0	0	4	3	24:30	0.11	26-14	1.03-0.47
9	Adrian Kempe	R	0	0	2	1	15:12	0.28	15-6	0.66-0.50
9	Alex Iafallo	L	0	0	5	2	18:10	0.23	26-11	0.92-0.37
11	Anze Kopitar	C	0	0	1	1	20:15	0.21	25-11	0.74-0.46
17	Ilya Kovalchuk	L	-2	6	2	5	15:56	0.67	16-11	0.81-0.71
17	Ben Hutton	D	0	0	3	0	19:42	0.04	27-13	1.00-0.42
22	Michael Amadio	R	-2	0	3	1	11:10	0.20	18-12	1.11-0.53
23	Dustin Brown	R	0	0	2	4	20:16	0.20	25-10	0.74-0.37
25	Alec Martinez	D	-1	0	1	0	19:27	0.08	35-11	1.51-0.75
26	Austin Wagner	L	-2	0	1	1	06:29	0.10	11-8	0.26-0.41
26	Sean Walker	D	-1	0	3	3	18:17	0.13	37-10	1.48-0.70
33	Joakim Ryan	D	-1	0	1	0	17:14	0.18	18-12	1.07-0.41
43	Kyle Clifford	L	0	0	3	2	09:23	0.11	19-7	0.80-0.32
46	Blake Lizotte	C	0	0	3	2	14:19	0.17	22-7	1.07-0.09
61	Trevor Lewis	C	0	0	2	0	13:13	0.07	19-8	0.72-0.34
73	Tyler Toffoli	C	0	0	4	0	16:55	0.72	23-10	1.54-0.45
77	Jeff Carter	C	0	0	5	0	17:40	0.70	22-7	1.40-0.18

#	Goalie	Shots against	Saves	Goals against	TOI	xGA	Saved above xG
32	Jack Campbell	24	21	3	60:00	2.02	-0.98