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Los Angeles Kings at Buffalo Sabres

Jan 29, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Team Goals Shots
Los Angeles Kings 1 38
Buffalo Sabres 4 32

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
07:14 BUF Alex Tuch (20) PP Ryan McLeod (25), Jack Quinn (20) 0 - 1
11:17 BUF Mattias Samuelsson (9) Rasmus Dahlin (32), Jack Quinn (21) 0 - 2
2nd Period
06:29 BUF Alex Tuch (21) Bowen Byram (16), Zach Benson (19) 0 - 3
07:47 LAK Adrian Kempe (18) PP Kevin Fiala (20), Brandt Clarke (20) 1 - 3
3rd Period
19:00 BUF Alex Tuch (22) Jack Quinn (22), Ryan McLeod (26) 1 - 4

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
05:23 LAK Jeff Malott Roughing 2
05:23 LAK Jeff Malott Roughing 2
05:23 BUF Michael Kesselring Roughing 2
14:04 BUF Peyton Krebs Roughing 2
14:04 BUF Peyton Krebs Roughing 2
14:04 LAK Quinton Byfield Roughing 2
2nd Period
07:36 BUF Rasmus Dahlin Slashing 2
3rd Period
07:00 LAK Samuel Helenius Tripping 2
16:52 LAK Team Too many men on the ice 2
19:44 BUF Peyton Krebs Misconduct 10
19:44 LAK Jeff Malott Misconduct 10
19:44 BUF Michael Kesselring Misconduct 10
19:44 LAK Samuel Helenius Misconduct 10

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Los Angeles Kings 68 53 38 1 3.1 56.6
Buffalo Sabres 52 39 32 4 3.5 43.4

How the game went

151050Start2nd3rdBuffalo 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: 3.1 expected, 1 scored · Buffalo Sabres: 3.5 expected, 4 scored

0123Start2nd3rdEndLAK goal, 7:47 of 2nd, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 7:14 of 1st, a 9% chanceBUF goal, 11:17 of 1st, a 3% chanceBUF goal, 6:29 of 2nd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 19:00 of 3rd, a 45% chanceBUF 3.5LAK 3.1

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.

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
Warren Foegele · Trevor Moore · Quinton Byfield11:0550.043.90-1
Joel Armia · Kevin Fiala · Andrei Kuzmenko9:4865.053.40-0
Corey Perry · Adrian Kempe · Alex Laferriere9:3455.071.90-0
Jeff Malott · Samuel Helenius · Taylor Ward7:0342.133.70-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Doughty · Mikey Anderson16:0353.856.90-0
Brian Dumoulin · Cody Ceci12:3158.370.20-1
Joel Edmundson · Brandt Clarke11:5544.444.00-1

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
9 Adrian Kempe R 1 0 1 -1 0 4 3 16:49 0.27 15-11 1.21-0.35
22 Kevin Fiala L 0 1 1 -1 0 2 0 17:23 0.14 17-8 0.63-0.35
92 Brandt Clarke D 0 1 1 -2 0 2 0 21:04 0.19 26-24 0.92-1.16
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 16:15 0.03 20-13 0.71-0.51
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 -1 0 2 1 18:52 0.12 17-10 0.71-0.28
6 Joel Edmundson D 0 0 0 -1 0 3 1 17:53 0.12 20-20 0.83-0.92
8 Drew Doughty D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 2 22:48 0.04 19-13 1.16-0.77
12 Trevor Moore L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 3 16:14 0.04 18-13 0.75-0.83
14 Alex Laferriere R 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 17:40 0.54 15-12 1.00-0.51
37 Warren Foegele L 0 0 0 -1 0 2 0 14:27 0.21 15-15 0.71-0.99
39 Jeff Malott L 0 0 0 -1 14 1 6 09:39 0.14 12-13 0.40-0.50
40 Joel Armia R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 2 16:47 0.13 18-9 0.50-0.36
44 Mikey Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 19:30 0.52 17-12 1.05-0.76
52 Taylor Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 2 11:48 0.14 12-12 0.29-0.52
55 Quinton Byfield R 0 0 0 -1 2 1 0 15:54 0.13 15-13 0.65-0.83
62 Andrei Kuzmenko L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 15:39 0.14 18-9 0.49-0.36
79 Samuel Helenius C 0 0 0 -1 12 0 4 10:06 11-11 0.54-0.50
90 Corey Perry R 0 0 0 -1 0 3 0 15:27 0.24 15-12 0.90-0.51
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
35 Darcy Kuemper L 31 28 3 59:54 2.48 -0.52

Buffalo Sabres

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Zach Benson12:4557.970.61-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn11:3640.025.31-0
Beck Malenstyn · Peyton Krebs · Tyson Kozak10:3636.425.90-0
Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund · Konsta Helenius10:3139.138.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Bowen Byram · Owen Power9:1655.065.01-0
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin7:1457.136.61-0
Rasmus Dahlin · Michael Kesselring5:2350.057.10-0

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
89 Alex Tuch R 3 0 3 2 0 7 0 17:57 0.58 22-17 1.28-0.69
22 Jack Quinn R 0 3 3 2 0 1 0 14:47 0.15 6-12 0.35-1.09
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 2 2 2 0 1 0 16:30 0.12 6-9 0.35-1.03
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 23:24 0.03 19-28 0.66-1.17
6 Zach Benson L 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 18:26 0.24 23-18 1.45-0.69
24 Bowen Byram D 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 20:40 0.02 15-21 0.71-1.29
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 0 1 1 1 2 2 1 25:53 0.21 17-19 0.88-1.35
7 Michael Kesselring D 0 0 0 0 12 2 0 14:29 0.06 13-14 0.69-0.63
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 17:17 6-9 0.35-1.03
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 0 0 0 14 2 0 12:50 0.11 8-17 0.17-0.55
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 22:24 0.28 19-23 1.08-0.65
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 12:27 8-15 0.17-0.48
48 Tyson Kozak C 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 11:45 0.04 8-14 0.17-0.48
72 Tage Thompson C 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 18:04 0.45 23-16 1.45-0.53
73 Zach Metsa D 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 09:19 0.00 9-15 0.38-0.30
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 13:58 0.00 9-17 0.23-0.57
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 14:32 0.12 9-19 0.23-0.49
94 Konsta Helenius C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:07 0.11 10-17 0.41-0.43
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
34 Alex Lyon W 38 37 1 60:00 3.02 +2.02