Los Angeles Kings vs. Buffalo SabresDec 13, 2022

FinalTuesday, Dec 13, 2022· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	0	0		LAK	16	14	10	40
BUF	0	0	6	6		BUF	3	12	16	31

: LAK 55BUF 64
: LAK 2.38BUF 2.27
PP goals: LAK 0BUF 3
Hits: LAK 19BUF 12
Blocks: LAK 22BUF 7
PIM: LAK 12BUF 6
: LAK 50%BUF 50%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres rout Los Angeles Kings 6–0

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 6–0 at home. Tage Thompson (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 7:09 together.

Points
Tage Thompson had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 5 shots in 19:29.Thompson
Points
Dylan Cozens had 3 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 19:23.Cozens
Points
Alex Tuch had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 19:58.Tuch
Points
Victor Olofsson had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 1 shot in 12:13.Olofsson
Points
Rasmus Asplund had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 9:04.Asplund
PP1
BUF's first power-play unit (Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin and Cozens) scored 2 power-play goals on 11 attempts in 7:09 together.Tuch Thompson Mittelstadt Dahlin Cozens
Luck
BUF scored 6 goals on 2.27 expected goals (64 attempts), finishing well above its chances.
Goalie
Craig Anderson (BUF) faced 40 shots and stopped 40 (.1000), +8 against a season average of 31.7; the win.Anderson

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 119 of 119 attempts · BUF 64 · LAK 55

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 30% of the game, BUF 35%.

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
	50	55
	1.76	1.86
	1.70	1.84
	8	8
	5	6
	10	17
	+0.020	−0.019
	30%	35%

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 – Fiala – Kaliyev
11:4047% CF
L2Kempe – Vilardi – Iafallo
10:0738% CF
L3Grundstrom – Fagemo – Lizotte
7:4250% CF
L4Danault – Moore – Anderson-Dolan
7:3854% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
17:1345% CF
D2Roy – Durzi
14:3540% CF
D3Walker – Bjornfot
10:4358% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Vilardi
3:1482% CF
PP2Danault – Moore – Iafallo – Durzi – Kaliyev
1:41100% CF
PK1FIafallo – Lizotte
3:20
PK2FKopitar – Kempe
3:08
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
5:03
PK2DRoy – Durzi
2:14

Current LAK line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt
10:3469% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
7:5842% CF
L3Okposo – Girgensons – Krebs
7:4470% CF
L4Olofsson – Asplund – Jost
6:1920% CF
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
14:4338% CF
D2Clague – Fitzgerald
9:5053% CF
D3Bryson – Power
9:2464% CF

PP1Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin – Cozens
7:0992% CF
PP2Olofsson – Krebs – Quinn – Peterka – Power
2:27
PK1FCozens – Peterka
1:25
PK2FJost – Quinn
1:21
PK1DFitzgerald – Samuelsson
2:23
PK2DBryson – Dahlin
0:47

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

3rd period

1:21
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Dylan Cozens)wrist0.05 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Doughty, AndersonBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Cozens
LAK 0 – 1 BUF
9:56
BUFVictor Olofsson (Rasmus Asplund, Tyson Jost)wrist0.17 xG
LAK: Danault, Moore, Anderson-Dolan, Walker, BjornfotBUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Jost, Samuelsson, Dahlin
LAK 0 – 2 BUF
10:09
BUFJJ Peterka (Jack Quinn, Dylan Cozens)wrist0.06 xG
LAK: Doughty, Grundstrom, Anderson, Fagemo, LizotteBUF: Clague, Fitzgerald, Cozens, Quinn, Peterka
LAK 0 – 3 BUF
14:31
BUFAlex TuchPP (Tage Thompson, Dylan Cozens)wrist0.14 xG
LAK: Doughty, Danault, Anderson, IafalloBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Cozens, Power
LAK 0 – 4 BUF
16:27
BUFTage ThompsonPP (Rasmus Dahlin, Alex Tuch)slap0.09 xG
LAK: Roy, Anderson-Dolan, Durzi, LizotteBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Dahlin, Cozens
LAK 0 – 5 BUF
18:33
BUFPeyton Krebs (Victor Olofsson, Rasmus Asplund)wrist0.16 xG
LAK: Roy, Grundstrom, Durzi, Fagemo, LizotteBUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Clague, Krebs, Power
LAK 0 – 6 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	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	3	0.15	2	1	0	20:40	—	—	49	63
Kevin Fiala L	L1	0	4	0.21	0	2	2	17:12	—	—	47	61
Arthur Kaliyev R	L1	0	3	0.36	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	49	63
Adrian Kempe R	L2	0	5	0.13	0	0	0	18:08	—	—	41	36
Alex Iafallo L	L2	0	3	0.15	1	2	0	17:42	—	—	41	38
Gabriel Vilardi C	L2	0	1	0.25	0	0	2	15:59	—	—	44	35
Blake Lizotte C	L3	-2	0	0.00	1	0	0	12:43	—	—	53	50
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	-2	1	0.17	3	2	6	9:49	—	—	41	41
Samuel Fagemo L	L3	-2	0	0.02	1	0	0	8:52	—	—	50	47
Phillip Danault C	L4	-1	1	0.01	2	2	0	15:01	—	—	50	24
Trevor Moore L	L4	-1	4	0.33	1	0	2	13:25	—	—	50	32
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	-1	0	0.00	1	0	0	10:13	—	—	65	41
Drew Doughty D	D1	-1	5	0.32	1	3	0	25:47	—	—	47	61
Mikey Anderson D	D1	-1	1	0.04	1	4	0	22:59	—	—	45	60
Sean Durzi D	D2	-1	3	0.05	0	0	0	20:09	—	—	39	25
Matt Roy D	D2	-1	0	0.00	1	5	0	18:01	—	—	42	32
Tobias Bjornfot D	D3	-1	3	0.05	3	1	0	14:17	—	—	56	57
Sean Walker D	D3	-1	3	0.13	1	0	0	13:53	—	—	61	64

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	L	31	25	6	.806	2.27	60:00

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	2	0	4	0.34	0	0	0	19:58	—	—	69	66
Tage Thompson C	L1	2	1	3	0	5	0.31	0	0	0	19:29	—	—	67	66
Casey Mittelstadt C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.10	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	66	64
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	3	3	+1	3	0.24	0	0	2	19:23	—	—	37	18
JJ Peterka R	L2	1	0	1	+1	1	0.14	0	0	0	16:15	—	—	37	29
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:25	—	—	41	30
Peyton Krebs C	L3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.20	2	0	2	15:09	—	—	67	75
Kyle Okposo R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.18	0	0	0	13:05	—	—	67	74
Zemgus Girgensons C	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	2	0	0	12:49	—	—	69	81
Tyson Jost C	L4	0	1	1	+1	1	0.15	0	1	0	13:23	—	—	38	40
Victor Olofsson L	L4	1	1	2	+2	1	0.19	0	0	0	12:13	—	—	33	43
Rasmus Asplund C	L4	0	2	2	+2	1	0.01	1	0	0	9:04	—	—	33	36
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	1	1	+1	3	0.11	2	2	0	25:08	—	—	41	33
Mattias Samuelsson D	D1	0	0	0	+1	1	0.01	2	1	0	22:51	—	—	47	40
Casey Fitzgerald D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.07	1	0	0	15:02	—	—	41	49
Kale Clague D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	0	0	13:42	—	—	59	70
Owen Power D	D3	0	0	0	+1	3	0.15	1	3	2	20:43	—	—	66	89
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	0	0	12:41	—	—	64	75

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	W	40	40	0	.1000	2.38	59:50

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.