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Buffalo Sabres4
Los Angeles Kings1

Shots on goal : BUF 33 — LAK 27 · Crypto.com Arena

Three stars

BUFGame statsLAK

33Shots on goal27
35 %Faceoff win %65 %
1/1Power play1/3
6Penalty minutes2
15Hits27
16Blocked shots15
10Giveaways11
7Takeaways4

Shots by period

P1P2P3Total
BUF1371333
LAK813627

Season seriesBUF 2 – 0 LAK

Official NHL reports

Shot map

GoalShot on goalMissed shot
← BUF 4 / 34 / 431 / 27 / 37 LAK →
Missed shot — Adrian Kempe (LAK), P1 02:13 · wristMissed shot — Adrian Kempe (LAK), P1 05:03 · wristMissed shot — Taylor Ward (LAK), P1 05:24 · tip-inMissed shot — Quinton Byfield (LAK), P1 08:47 · wristMissed shot — Joel Edmundson (LAK), P1 09:00 · slapMissed shot — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 11:50 · snapMissed shot — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P1 13:32 · snapMissed shot — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 14:17 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P1 18:25 · wristMissed shot — Anze Kopitar (LAK), P2 02:44 · slapMissed shot — Quinton Byfield (LAK), P2 08:41 · tip-inMissed shot — Sam Carrick (BUF), P2 09:05 · slapMissed shot — Joel Armia (LAK), P2 15:44 · snapMissed shot — Trevor Moore (LAK), P2 17:07 · wristMissed shot — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 07:13 · wristMissed shot — Drew Doughty (LAK), P3 10:05 · slapMissed shot — Sam Carrick (BUF), P3 12:41 · wristMissed shot — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 14:13 · tip-inMissed shot — Josh Norris (BUF), P3 15:10 · wristShot on goal — Alex Laferriere (LAK), P1 00:08 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 01:03 · wristShot on goal — Adrian Kempe (LAK), P1 01:56 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 04:40 · snapShot on goal — Quinton Byfield (LAK), P1 06:13 · tip-inShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 06:25 · backhandShot on goal — Trevor Moore (LAK), P1 08:37 · wristShot on goal — Alex Laferriere (LAK), P1 08:39 · wristShot on goal — Artemi Panarin (LAK), P1 08:58 · slapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 10:05 · snapShot on goal — Artemi Panarin (LAK), P1 10:34 · slapShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P1 12:13 · slapShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P1 13:24 · wristShot on goal — Owen Power (BUF), P1 13:42 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P1 16:22 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P1 16:29 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P1 17:34 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P1 17:57 · wristShot on goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P1 18:44 · tip-inShot on goal — Zach Metsa (BUF), P1 19:12 · wristShot on goal — Brandt Clarke (LAK), P2 01:12 · tip-inShot on goal — Drew Doughty (LAK), P2 03:06 · slapShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P2 04:01 · wristShot on goal — Trevor Moore (LAK), P2 06:57 · wristShot on goal — Trevor Moore (LAK), P2 09:12 · wristShot on goal — Jared Wright (LAK), P2 10:21 · snapShot on goal — Cody Ceci (LAK), P2 10:25 · slapShot on goal — Jared Wright (LAK), P2 11:11 · tip-inShot on goal — Jared Wright (LAK), P2 11:12 · batShot on goal — Brandt Clarke (LAK), P2 11:17 · wristShot on goal — Brandt Clarke (LAK), P2 11:52 · wristShot on goal — Anze Kopitar (LAK), P2 11:56 · slapShot on goal — Drew Doughty (LAK), P2 12:11 · wristShot on goal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P2 12:17 · wristShot on goal — Beck Malenstyn (BUF), P2 13:01 · wristShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P2 14:21 · wristShot on goal — Quinton Byfield (LAK), P2 14:35 · wristShot on goal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 14:44 · wristShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P2 17:39 · wristShot on goal — Noah Ostlund (BUF), P3 01:59 · wristShot on goal — Trevor Moore (LAK), P3 02:44 · wristShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 03:57 · snapShot on goal — Alex Tuch (BUF), P3 04:15 · wristShot on goal — Jack Quinn (BUF), P3 04:57 · wristShot on goal — Scott Laughton (LAK), P3 05:47 · wristShot on goal — Peyton Krebs (BUF), P3 06:52 · wristShot on goal — Trevor Moore (LAK), P3 10:32 · deflectedShot on goal — Quinton Byfield (LAK), P3 10:33 · backhandShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P3 10:54 · slapShot on goal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 12:07 · snapShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 13:04 · wristShot on goal — Josh Doan (BUF), P3 13:13 · wristShot on goal — Bowen Byram (BUF), P3 14:38 · slapShot on goal — Joel Armia (LAK), P3 16:08 · backhandShot on goal — Jared Wright (LAK), P3 18:31 · wristShot on goal — Logan Stanley (BUF), P3 19:01 · wristGoal — Artemi Panarin (LAK), P1 10:48 · slapGoal — Tage Thompson (BUF), P2 04:05 · wristGoal — Sam Carrick (BUF), P3 11:12 · backhandGoal — Rasmus Dahlin (BUF), P3 12:11Goal — Zach Benson (BUF), P3 17:35 · wrist

Goals / shots on goal / attempts. Each team keeps its side for the whole game: the visitors attack left, the home team right. NHL coordinates.

Goals

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Penalties

1st period

  • 09:53BUFJack Quinn — Hooking (2 min) · drawn by Adrian Kempe

2nd period

  • 11:15BUFMattias Samuelsson — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Joel Armia
  • 18:05BUFZach Metsa — Tripping (2 min) · drawn by Scott Laughton

3rd period

  • 11:12LAKBench — Delaying game unsuccessful challenge (2 min) · served by A. Kempe

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
Z. BensonL1121015:16
J. NorrisC0110014:40
S. CarrickC1013115:38
J. ZuckerL0000112:30
P. KrebsC0112115:03
J. QuinnR0002211:43
B. MalenstynL0123314:47
R. McLeodC0000011:52
T. ThompsonC1013118:11
N. OstlundC0002013:01
A. TuchR0014120:06
J. DoanR0003112:44
B. ByramD0002122:20
M. SamuelssonD0110021:40
O. PowerD0003022:02
R. DahlinD1021123:07
L. StanleyD0023116:26
Z. MetsaD0111113:59
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
U. Luukkonen(W)26/2796.3 %60:00
C. Ellis0/0—00:00

Los Angeles Kings

PlayerGA+/-SOGHITTOI
A. KempeR01-21221:06
A. PanarinL10-23022:06
A. KopitarC01-21019:52
T. MooreL0005114:47
A. LaferriereR00-12518:32
S. LaughtonC0001415:00
J. MalottL00-10210:00
J. ArmiaR0001113:44
T. WardR00-10209:45
J. WrightR0004112:22
Q. ByfieldR0003018:45
S. HeleniusC00-10309:06
B. DumoulinD00-10017:11
C. CeciD00-11118:11
J. EdmundsonD00-20217:28
D. DoughtyD0002221:05
M. AndersonD0000120:48
B. ClarkeD00-23020:38
GoalieSavesSV%TOI
A. Forsberg(L)30/3293.8 %58:35
D. Kuemper0/0—00:00

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