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Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings

Oct 31, 2021 · STAPLES Center

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 2 24
Los Angeles Kings 3 34

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
2nd Period
03:07 BUF Rasmus Asplund (4) SH Unassisted 1 - 0
07:39 BUF Victor Olofsson (5) Jacob Bryson (4) 2 - 0
08:39 LAK Carl Grundstrom (2) Anze Kopitar (6), Tobias Bjornfot (1) 2 - 1
3rd Period
04:50 LAK Anze Kopitar (7) PP Kale Clague (2), Adrian Kempe (2) 2 - 2
13:41 LAK Alex Iafallo (4) Tobias Bjornfot (2), Adrian Kempe (3) 2 - 3

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
08:52 BUF Vinnie Hinostroza Tripping 2
2nd Period
01:30 BUF Zemgus Girgensons Interference 2
09:19 BUF Robert Hagg Tripping 2
12:38 LAK Brendan Lemieux Holding 2
16:03 LAK Brendan Lemieux Fighting 5
16:03 BUF Dylan Cozens Fighting 5
19:14 LAK Rasmus Kupari Holding 2
3rd Period
04:44 BUF Colin Miller Hooking 2
14:27 BUF Brett Murray Interference 2
17:23 BUF Colin Miller Delaying game puck over glass 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 35 27 24 2 2.0 42.5
Los Angeles Kings 62 50 34 3 5.4 57.5

How the game went

0510152025Start2nd3rdLos 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: 2.0 expected, 2 scored · Los Angeles Kings: 5.4 expected, 3 scored

024Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 3:07 of 2nd, a 14% chanceBUF goal, 7:39 of 2nd, a 22% chanceLAK goal, 8:39 of 2nd, a 31% chanceLAK goal, 4:50 of 3rd, a 11% chanceLAK goal, 13:41 of 3rd, a 16% chanceLAK 5.4BUF 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

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
Kyle Okposo · Jeff Skinner · Zemgus Girgensons9:5263.673.50-0
Victor Olofsson · Rasmus Asplund · Tage Thompson9:4260.070.71-0
Brett Murray · Drake Caggiula · Arttu Ruotsalainen7:0055.624.20-1
Brett Murray · Drake Caggiula · Dylan Cozens3:500.00.00-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Will Butcher · Rasmus Dahlin16:3048.037.60-1
Mark Pysyk · Robert Hagg12:4920.019.30-0
Colin Miller · Jacob Bryson11:5955.065.11-1

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

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
74 Rasmus Asplund C 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 17:11 0.15 11-8 0.57-0.39
95 Victor Olofsson L 1 0 1 1 0 3 0 14:07 0.42 10-9 0.56-0.25
78 Jacob Bryson D 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 19:16 12-9 1.10-0.59
4 Will Butcher D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 19:20 14-14 0.57-0.91
6 Colin Miller D 0 0 0 1 4 0 3 19:55 14-12 1.13-0.91
8 Kyle Okposo R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 16:49 0.31 9-8 0.74-0.60
8 Drake Caggiula L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 15:26 0.11 5-11 0.19-0.75
13 Mark Pysyk D 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18:38 5-19 0.12-0.79
18 Robert Hagg D 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 18:34 4-17 0.11-0.48
24 Vinnie Hinostroza C 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 12:16 0.22 6-14 0.31-0.68
24 Anders Bjork L 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 14:25 0.11 6-14 0.31-0.68
24 Dylan Cozens C 0 0 0 0 5 0 2 10:17 1-14 0.00-0.46
25 Arttu Ruotsalainen C 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 13:38 0.01 12-9 0.51-1.03
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 22:19 0.05 13-14 0.57-0.91
28 Zemgus Girgensons C 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 16:12 0.31 8-8 0.73-0.31
53 Jeff Skinner L 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 14:43 0.12 9-7 0.77-0.59
57 Brett Murray L 0 0 0 -1 2 0 1 11:06 0.09 5-11 0.19-0.75
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 16:17 0.14 11-12 0.57-0.36
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Dustin Tokarski L 34 31 3 59:25 4.31 +1.31

Los Angeles Kings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Phillip Danault · Adrian Kempe · Alex Iafallo9:5452.233.21-1
Carl Grundstrom · Trevor Moore · Rasmus Kupari9:2450.024.20-0
Dustin Brown · Anze Kopitar · Arthur Kaliyev8:1566.799.60-0
Brendan Lemieux · Lias Andersson · Blake Lizotte5:1263.645.80-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mikey Anderson · Tobias Bjornfot17:0761.359.71-0
Olli Maatta · Matt Roy12:5535.718.20-0
Alexander Edler · Kale Clague11:4464.057.30-1

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
11 Anze Kopitar C 1 1 2 0 0 4 0 24:18 0.40 13-10 0.96-0.26
9 Adrian Kempe R 0 2 2 -1 0 4 0 17:13 0.28 12-11 0.55-1.11
22 Tobias Bjornfot D 0 2 2 1 0 3 0 19:47 0.05 19-12 1.20-0.81
9 Alex Iafallo L 1 0 1 0 0 6 0 17:01 0.61 13-11 0.59-1.11
91 Carl Grundstrom R 1 0 1 1 0 4 0 11:38 0.51 8-6 0.52-0.16
38 Kale Clague D 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 18:55 0.08 17-9 0.67-0.50
2 Alexander Edler D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 15:40 0.02 17-10 0.68-0.51
3 Olli Maatta D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15:13 0.04 6-9 0.12-0.50
3 Matt Roy D 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 21:10 0.01 7-9 0.42-0.50
12 Trevor Moore L 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 16:22 0.30 10-7 0.38-0.21
15 Rasmus Kupari C 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 14:32 5-7 0.05-0.21
17 Lias Andersson C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14:59 16-9 0.42-0.49
23 Dustin Brown R 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 21:25 0.94 12-11 0.97-0.29
24 Phillip Danault C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18:27 0.12 12-12 0.55-1.14
28 Brendan Lemieux L 0 0 0 0 7 0 4 07:02 0.03 9-6 0.59-0.27
34 Arthur Kaliyev R 0 0 0 -1 0 1 0 13:29 0.15 5-3 0.57-0.03
44 Mikey Anderson D 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 20:58 0.03 20-13 1.51-0.82
46 Blake Lizotte C 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 08:28 0.56 12-4 0.73-0.24
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
32 Jonathan Quick W 24 22 2 59:23 2.01 +0.01