Los Angeles Kings vs. Buffalo SabresMar 6, 2022

FinalSunday, Mar 6, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	2	3		LAK	15	9	8	32
BUF	0	0	0	0		BUF	9	5	5	19

: LAK 51BUF 39
: LAK 3.53BUF 1.84
PP goals: LAK 0BUF 0
Hits: LAK 8BUF 17
Blocks: LAK 6BUF 8
PIM: LAK 2BUF 2
: LAK 62%BUF 38%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 3–0 at BUF. Andreas Athanasiou (LAK) led the scoring with 2G 0A. New look for BUF: Eakin–Hinostroza–Hayden skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Andreas Athanasiou had two goals (2 points) on 2 shots in 13:12.Athanasiou
New line
New look for BUF: Eakin–Hinostroza–Hayden skated 9:34 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (40% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Eakin Hinostroza Hayden
New line
New look for LAK: Athanasiou–Lizotte–Kaliyev skated 9:33 together at 5v5 as the L4 trio (57.9% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Athanasiou Lizotte Kaliyev
Luck
BUF scored 0 goals on 1.84 expected goals (39 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Mikey Anderson (LAK) played 23:59, +3:56 up on his 20:03 season average over 56 games.Anderson
Usage
Alex Iafallo (LAK) played 15:01, −3:32 down on his 18:33 season average over 78 games.Iafallo
Usage
Jacob Bryson (BUF) played 23:43, +5:27 up on his 18:16 season average over 72 games.Bryson
Usage
Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) played 11:51, −5:12 down on his 17:03 season average over 65 games.Arvidsson

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 90 of 90 attempts · BUF 39 · LAK 51

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 29% of the game, BUF 20%.

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
	55	43
	2.18	1.92
	2.04	1.88
	7	8
	6	6
	20	8
	+0.087	−0.087
	29%	20%

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

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Anderson-Dolan
14:4757% CF
L2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
10:3570% CF
L3Brown – Iafallo – Byfield
10:2950% CF
L4Athanasiou – Lizotte – Kaliyev
9:3358% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
21:0047% CF
D2Maatta – Roy
17:5473% CF
D3Durzi – Bjornfot
12:1136% CF

PP1Danault – Athanasiou – Moore – Durzi – Kaliyev
0:540% CF
PP2Brown – Kopitar – Doughty – Kempe – Iafallo
0:48100% CF
PK1FAthanasiou – Lizotte
0:25
PK2FKopitar – Kempe
0:24
PK1DMaatta – Roy
0:40
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
0:37

Current LAK line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Mittelstadt – Cozens
14:5043% CF
L2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson
10:3957% CF
L3Eakin – Hinostroza – Hayden
9:3440% CF
L4Olofsson – Asplund – Krebs
8:4433% CF
D1Bryson – Dahlin
19:1337% CF
D2Fitzgerald – Samuelsson
16:2332% CF
D3Pysyk – Hagg
12:3263% CF

PP1Okposo – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Bryson – Cozens
1:00
PP2Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Krebs
0:4550% CF
PK1FTuch – Thompson
0:58
PK2FAsplund – Cozens
0:23
PK1DFitzgerald – Samuelsson
1:09
PK2DPysyk – Hagg
0:23

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

16:55
LAKAndreas Athanasiou (Mikey Anderson, Arthur Kaliyev)wrist0.06 xG
LAK: Doughty, Athanasiou, Anderson, Lizotte, KaliyevBUF: Okposo, Fitzgerald, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, Cozens
LAK 1 – 0 BUF

3rd period

19:01
LAKAndreas AthanasiouEN (Alex Iafallo, Blake Lizotte)wrist0.94 xG
LAK: Maatta, Athanasiou, Roy, Iafallo, LizotteBUF: Skinner, Hinostroza, Thompson, Fitzgerald, Bryson, Krebs
LAK 2 – 0 BUF
19:53
LAKDustin BrownEN (Phillip Danault)wrist0.60 xG
LAK: Brown, Doughty, Danault, Moore, AndersonBUF: Okposo, Pysyk, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Cozens
LAK 3 – 0 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	0	2	0.00	0	0	0	19:06	—	—	56	48
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.15	0	0	0	17:39	—	—	57	56
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	3	0	0	16:57	—	—	57	56
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	+1	4	0.60	0	0	0	17:02	—	—	63	67
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.35	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	60	64
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.27	0	0	0	11:51	—	—	71	73
Dustin Brown R	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.63	1	0	2	15:55	—	—	41	37
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	1	1	+1	3	0.05	0	0	0	15:01	—	—	39	14
Quinton Byfield R	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:57	—	—	46	26
Andreas Athanasiou C	L4	2	0	2	+2	2	0.99	0	0	0	13:12	—	—	55	35
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	1	1	+2	1	0.03	0	0	0	12:33	—	—	55	35
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	0	1	1	+1	3	0.08	0	0	0	12:04	—	—	55	35
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+2	2	0.01	2	3	0	25:42	—	—	47	39
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.05	1	0	0	23:59	—	—	49	48
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.20	0	0	0	20:54	—	—	74	72
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	1	0	19:07	—	—	73	70
Sean Durzi D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	1	0	14:56	—	—	33	22
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	13:35	—	—	36	22

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cal Petersen(start)	W	19	19	0	.1000	1.84	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Okposo R	L1	-2	2	0.18	0	0	0	18:23	—	—	44	31
Dylan Cozens C	L1	-2	0	0.00	0	0	0	18:16	—	—	46	31
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	-2	0	0.01	1	0	0	18:05	—	—	42	17
Tage Thompson C	L2	-1	3	0.53	1	1	0	18:14	—	—	52	54
Jeff Skinner L	L2	-1	2	0.31	0	0	0	16:50	—	—	53	60
Alex Tuch R	L2	0	4	0.28	0	1	0	15:02	—	—	52	56
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L3	-1	1	0.09	0	0	0	13:47	—	—	40	30
Cody Eakin C	L3	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	13:46	—	—	38	48
John Hayden C	L3	0	0	0.04	4	0	2	11:53	—	—	46	55
Victor Olofsson L	L4	-1	1	0.17	0	0	0	13:01	—	—	33	51
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	11:28	—	—	33	51
Peyton Krebs C	L4	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	11:20	—	—	33	52
Jacob Bryson D	D1	-1	0	0.00	1	2	0	23:43	—	—	38	44
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	-1	1	0.04	4	1	0	23:23	—	—	43	46
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	-2	1	0.00	1	1	0	21:01	—	—	35	32
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	-1	0	0.00	1	1	0	18:53	—	—	39	35
Mark Pysyk D	D3	-1	2	0.10	1	0	0	15:51	—	—	63	78
Robert Hagg D	D3	0	2	0.08	3	1	0	15:43	—	—	61	78

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	30	29	1	.967	2.00	59:21

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.