Los Angeles Kings vs. Buffalo SabresDec 21, 2019

FinalSaturday, Dec 21, 2019· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	1	2		LAK	10	10	7	27
BUF	0	2	1	3		BUF	6	11	11	28

: LAK 56BUF 42
: LAK 2.29BUF 3.12
PP goals: LAK 0BUF 0
Hits: LAK 14BUF 19
Blocks: LAK 5BUF 17
PIM: LAK 6BUF 4
: LAK 63%BUF 37%

Fantasy takeaways

Generated from the play-by-play, shifts and season context. No opinions, just what changed.

Buffalo Sabres edge Los Angeles Kings 3–2

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 3–2 at home. Sam Reinhart (BUF) led the scoring with 0G 2A. Trevor Lewis (LAK) played 0:26, −11:41 down on his 12:07 season average over 55 games.

Points
Sam Reinhart had 2 assists (2 points) on 2 shots in 21:33.Reinhart
Usage
Trevor Lewis (LAK) played 0:26, −11:41 down on his 12:07 season average over 55 games.Lewis
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Girgensons–Lazar skated 12:09 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (39.1% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Girgensons Lazar
Usage
Brandon Montour (BUF) played 11:12, −8:27 down on his 19:39 season average over 53 games.Montour
Usage
Evan Rodrigues (BUF) played 6:07, −5:17 down on his 11:24 season average over 44 games.Rodrigues
Usage
Nikolai Prokhorkin (LAK) played 17:24, +5:26 up on his 11:58 season average over 42 games.Prokhorkin
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 18:19, +4:35 up on his 13:44 season average over 68 games.Girgensons
Usage
Curtis Lazar (BUF) played 15:53, +4:10 up on his 11:43 season average over 37 games.Lazar

Shot map

Both teams on one rink, filtered by strength and period.

Shot map

Every attempt, sized by expected goals. Goals are rings, shots on goal dots, misses hollow, blocks crosses.

Strength

Period

Team

← LAK attacks left (bottom on phones)BUF attacks right (top on phones) →

BUF
LAK
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 98 of 98 attempts · BUF 42 · LAK 56

Game flow

Cumulative expected goals and shot attempts, with power plays shaded and goals marked.

Cumulative shot attempts

BUF
LAK
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

BUF pressure
LAK pressure
Goal
Control (|PI| > 0.25)

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: LAK 38% of the game, BUF 18%.

Shift chart

Every shift, grouped by line and pair; bars are coloured by strength state. Click a player to highlight.

Shifts

BUF

LAK

goals / penalties

Even strength
Power play
Penalty kill
Goal
Penalty

Sequence card

5-on-5 possession-chain numbers from the sequence engine (Draw Equity and control cover all situations).

Sequence card
Stat	LAK	BUF
	56	38
	1.85	1.97
	1.80	1.84
	13	10
	2	6
	10	7
	+0.074	−0.074
	38%	18%

Definitions: sequence xG, transition attempts, Draw Equity, control and the Pressure Index.

Lines used

Detected from who actually shared the ice, with time together. Percentages are the unit's share of shot attempts.

Los Angeles Kings

L1Brown – Kopitar – Iafallo
10:5244% CF
L2Toffoli – Prokhorkin – Amadio
4:5350% CF
L3Kempe – Wagner – Lizotte
3:1350% CF
D1Doughty – Ryan
17:5254% CF
D2Clague – Walker
14:4158% CF
D3Hutton – Roy
13:5984% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
1:300% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Toffoli – Clague – Iafallo
0:26100% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
2:43
PK2FKempe – Lizotte
0:40
PK1DDoughty – Ryan
1:39
PK2DHutton – Roy
0:50

Current LAK line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
15:2345% CF
L2Okposo – Girgensons – Lazar
12:0939% CF
L3Johansson – Skinner – Vesey
7:4050% CF
D1McCabe – Ristolainen
13:4858% CF
D2Bogosian – Dahlin
11:5530% CF
D3Scandella – Jokiharju
10:1844% CF

PP1Johansson – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel – Dahlin
3:1575% CF
PP2McCabe – Ristolainen – Reinhart – Olofsson – Eichel
0:27
PK1FGirgensons – Lazar
1:26
PK2FVesey – Asplund
0:23
PK1DBogosian – Scandella
1:26
PK2DRistolainen – Montour
0:23

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

1:32
LAKAdrian Kempe (Blake Lizotte, Austin Wagner)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Hutton, Kempe, Wagner, Roy, LizotteBUF: Scandella, Johansson, Skinner, Ristolainen, Asplund
LAK 1 – 0 BUF
7:35
BUFRasmus Ristolainen (Jimmy Vesey, Jeff Skinner)wrist0.44 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Clague, Iafallo, WalkerBUF: Skinner, Vesey, McCabe, Ristolainen, Eichel
LAK 1 – 1 BUF
16:48
BUFMarco Scandella (Sam Reinhart)slap0.02 xG
LAK: Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Ryan, KempeBUF: Scandella, Skinner, Reinhart, Eichel, Jokiharju
LAK 1 – 2 BUF

3rd period

18:27
BUFVictor OlofssonEN (Sam Reinhart, Jack Eichel)backhand0.53 xG
LAK: Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Clague, IafalloBUF: Bogosian, Ristolainen, Reinhart, Olofsson, Eichel
LAK 1 – 3 BUF
19:22
LAKDustin Brown (Drew Doughty, Alex Iafallo)slap0.15 xG
LAK: Carter, Brown, Kopitar, Doughty, Kempe, IafalloBUF: Okposo, Bogosian, Girgensons, Ristolainen, Eichel
LAK 2 – 3 BUF

Box score

Skaters grouped by the line they played on; CF% is the 5v5 share of shot attempts while on the ice.

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	-2	1	0.26	0	1	0	22:35	—	—	48	10
Alex Iafallo L	L1	0	1	1	-1	1	0.03	0	1	0	19:22	—	—	50	8
Dustin Brown R	L1	1	0	1	-2	3	0.41	1	0	0	17:43	—	—	54	32
Nikolai Prokhorkin L	L2	0	0	0	0	4	0.21	1	0	0	17:24	—	—	60	49
Tyler Toffoli C	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.22	0	0	2	14:21	—	—	56	56
Michael Amadio R	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.12	0	0	0	10:53	—	—	58	57
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	1	1	0	18:28	—	—	57	49
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.06	0	0	0	14:45	—	—	68	61
Austin Wagner L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.19	2	0	0	12:44	—	—	73	70
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.05	3	2	0	27:15	—	—	46	33
Joakim Ryan D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.03	0	0	2	20:22	—	—	54	39
Sean Walker D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	2	0	0	19:18	—	—	58	44
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.04	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	54	42
Matt Roy D	D3	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	1	0	0	16:30	—	—	72	71
Ben Hutton D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.04	1	0	0	15:37	—	—	85	98
Jeff Carter C	—	0	0	0	0	2	0.08	2	0	2	16:16	—	—	64	60
Kyle Clifford L	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.22	0	0	0	13:45	—	—	65	64
Trevor Lewis C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0:26	—	—	—	—

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	L	27	25	2	.926	2.08	58:19

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Jack Eichel C	L1	0	1	1	+2	2	0.25	0	4	0	22:11	—	—	56	85
Sam Reinhart C	L1	0	2	2	+2	2	0.32	0	0	2	21:33	—	—	50	72
Victor Olofsson L	L1	1	0	1	+1	1	0.59	0	0	0	21:13	—	—	46	71
Zemgus Girgensons C	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.02	1	0	0	18:19	—	—	31	28
Curtis Lazar C	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	2	0	0	15:53	—	—	35	33
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-1	4	0.15	1	2	0	15:22	—	—	41	37
Marcus Johansson L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.18	0	0	0	18:39	—	—	44	27
Jeff Skinner L	L3	0	1	1	+1	2	0.12	1	1	0	16:47	—	—	44	66
Jimmy Vesey L	L3	0	1	1	+1	1	0.04	1	0	0	14:14	—	—	45	76
Rasmus Ristolainen D	D1	1	0	1	0	3	0.48	5	2	0	21:19	—	—	47	62
Jake McCabe D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.05	1	0	0	15:46	—	—	58	64
Zach Bogosian D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.53	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	39	57
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.11	0	1	0	18:04	—	—	33	47
Henri Jokiharju D	D3	0	0	0	+1	2	0.01	2	3	0	16:48	—	—	41	30
Marco Scandella D	D3	1	0	1	0	2	0.03	2	1	0	15:57	—	—	30	12
Brandon Montour D	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	2	11:12	—	—	33	35
Rasmus Asplund C	—	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	8:32	—	—	18	13
Evan Rodrigues C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.05	0	2	0	6:07	—	—	18	19

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Linus Ullmark(start)	W	27	25	2	.926	2.29	60:00

Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.