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Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings

Mar 21, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena

Team Goals Shots
Buffalo Sabres 4 33
Los Angeles Kings 1 27

Scoring

Time Team Goal Assists Score
1st Period
10:48 LAK Artemi Panarin (24) PP Anze Kopitar (22), Adrian Kempe (33) 0 - 1
2nd Period
04:05 BUF Tage Thompson (36) Peyton Krebs (24), Mattias Samuelsson (27) 1 - 1
3rd Period
11:12 BUF Sam Carrick (9) Zach Benson (24), Zach Metsa (4) 2 - 1
12:11 BUF Rasmus Dahlin (15) PP Unassisted 3 - 1
17:35 BUF Zach Benson (8) Josh Norris (15), Beck Malenstyn (6) 4 - 1

Penalties

Time Team Player Penalty Min
1st Period
09:53 BUF Jack Quinn Hooking 2
2nd Period
11:15 BUF Mattias Samuelsson Tripping 2
18:05 BUF Zach Metsa Tripping 2
3rd Period
11:12 LAK Team Delaying game unsuccessful challenge 2

Shot attempts

Team Attempts (Corsi) Unblocked (Fenwick) On goal Goals Expected goals 5-on-5 CF%
Buffalo Sabres 59 43 34 4 2.7 54.3
Los Angeles Kings 53 37 27 1 2.2 45.7

How the game went

64202468Start2nd3rdLos 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, 4 scored · Los Angeles Kings: 2.2 expected, 1 scored

012Start2nd3rdEndBUF goal, 4:05 of 2nd, a 16% chanceBUF goal, 11:12 of 3rd, a 12% chanceBUF goal, 12:11 of 3rd, a 8% chanceBUF goal, 17:35 of 3rd, a 51% chanceLAK goal, 10:48 of 1st, a 7% chanceBUF 2.7LAK 2.2

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

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
Alex Tuch · Tage Thompson · Peyton Krebs11:5958.352.71-0
Josh Norris · Josh Doan · Noah Ostlund10:1061.968.50-0
Sam Carrick · Beck Malenstyn · Zach Benson9:5171.465.41-0
Jason Zucker · Ryan McLeod · Jack Quinn8:3928.626.90-0
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Mattias Samuelsson · Rasmus Dahlin16:3540.645.81-0
Bowen Byram · Owen Power16:2479.288.20-0
Logan Stanley · Zach Metsa10:5747.838.81-0

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
6 Zach Benson L 1 1 2 2 0 1 0 15:16 11-7 0.30-0.29
10 Sam Carrick C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 15:38 0.27 16-7 0.47-0.22
26 Rasmus Dahlin D 1 0 1 2 0 1 1 23:07 0.34 16-20 0.67-0.67
72 Tage Thompson C 1 0 1 1 0 3 1 18:11 0.24 16-14 0.56-0.63
9 Josh Norris C 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 14:40 0.18 14-10 0.75-0.33
19 Peyton Krebs C 0 1 1 1 0 2 1 15:03 0.10 21-11 0.74-0.45
23 Mattias Samuelsson D 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 21:40 13-22 0.55-0.77
29 Beck Malenstyn L 0 1 1 2 0 3 3 14:47 0.15 17-5 0.56-0.18
73 Zach Metsa D 0 1 1 1 2 1 1 13:59 0.03 15-13 0.55-0.65
8 Logan Stanley D 0 0 0 2 0 3 1 16:26 0.04 12-14 0.43-0.72
17 Jason Zucker L 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 12:30 4-13 0.12-0.42
22 Jack Quinn R 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 11:43 0.06 4-13 0.12-0.42
24 Bowen Byram D 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 22:20 0.09 22-8 0.79-0.21
25 Owen Power D 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 22:02 0.12 22-7 0.80-0.15
71 Ryan McLeod C 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11:52 5-11 0.12-0.40
86 Noah Ostlund C 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 13:01 0.24 14-11 0.75-0.42
89 Alex Tuch R 0 0 0 1 0 4 1 20:06 0.12 15-15 0.51-0.57
91 Josh Doan R 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 12:44 0.21 13-9 0.71-0.42
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
1 Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen W 27 26 1 60:00 2.13 +1.13

Los Angeles Kings

Lines and pairings

Forward lineTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Anze Kopitar · Adrian Kempe · Artemi Panarin13:2252.225.10-1
Trevor Moore · Quinton Byfield · Alex Laferriere12:2855.262.30-0
Joel Armia · Scott Laughton · Jared Wright10:5356.384.60-0
Jeff Malott · Samuel Helenius · Taylor Ward7:4020.00.00-1
Defence pairTimeCF%xGF%Goals
Drew Doughty · Mikey Anderson17:5851.461.20-0
Brian Dumoulin · Cody Ceci14:5241.733.40-1
Joel Edmundson · Brandt Clarke14:4145.830.30-1

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
10 Artemi Panarin L 1 0 1 -2 0 3 0 22:06 0.12 14-12 0.27-0.65
9 Adrian Kempe R 0 1 1 -2 0 1 2 21:06 0.06 12-16 0.21-0.85
11 Anze Kopitar C 0 1 1 -2 0 1 0 19:52 0.35 15-13 0.29-0.66
2 Brian Dumoulin D 0 0 0 -1 0 0 0 17:11 10-16 0.19-0.48
5 Cody Ceci D 0 0 0 -1 0 1 1 18:11 0.02 11-15 0.22-0.39
6 Joel Edmundson D 0 0 0 -2 0 0 2 17:28 0.06 11-15 0.30-0.76
8 Drew Doughty D 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 21:05 0.08 21-19 1.09-0.68
12 Trevor Moore L 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 14:47 0.32 17-15 0.83-0.54
14 Alex Laferriere R 0 0 0 -1 0 2 5 18:32 0.29 17-15 0.83-0.61
21 Scott Laughton C 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 15:00 0.01 9-11 0.48-0.18
39 Jeff Malott L 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 10:00 2-13 0.00-0.51
40 Joel Armia R 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 13:44 0.22 9-10 0.48-0.20
44 Mikey Anderson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20:48 19-21 1.04-0.79
52 Taylor Ward R 0 0 0 -1 0 0 2 09:45 0.03 4-10 0.07-0.30
53 Jared Wright R 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 12:22 0.39 9-9 0.48-0.15
55 Quinton Byfield R 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 18:45 0.21 16-16 0.81-0.62
79 Samuel Helenius C 0 0 0 -1 0 0 3 09:06 2-10 0.00-0.44
92 Brandt Clarke D 0 0 0 -2 0 3 0 20:38 0.06 12-14 0.32-0.72
# Goalie Decision Shots against Saves Goals against TOI xGA Saved above xG
31 Anton Forsberg L 32 30 3 58:35 2.10 -0.90