Los Angeles Kings vs. Buffalo SabresOct 10, 2024

FinalThursday, Oct 10, 2024· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	0	3	3		LAK	5	6	12	23
BUF	0	1	0	1		BUF	13	14	6	33

: LAK 48BUF 77
: LAK 2.98BUF 4.74
PP goals: LAK 1BUF 0
Hits: LAK 20BUF 29
Blocks: LAK 19BUF 15
PIM: LAK 15BUF 35
: LAK 42%BUF 58%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 3–1 at BUF. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 3G 0A. New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Benson skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a hat trick (3 points) on 4 shots in 19:00.Kopitar
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Thompson–Benson skated 8:14 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (80.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Thompson Benson
Luck
BUF scored 1 goal on 4.74 expected goals (77 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Jordan Spence (LAK) played 21:37, +4:53 up on his 16:44 season average over 78 games.Spence
Usage
Peyton Krebs (BUF) played 7:25, −6:36 down on his 14:01 season average over 80 games.Krebs
Usage
Zach Benson (BUF) played 19:09, +4:23 up on his 14:46 season average over 74 games.Benson
Usage
Alex Turcotte (LAK) played 8:00, −3:48 down on his 11:48 season average over 67 games.Turcotte
Usage
Ryan McLeod (BUF) played 13:09, −3:43 down on his 16:52 season average over 78 games.McLeod

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 125 of 125 attempts · BUF 77 · LAK 48

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 16% of the game, BUF 51%.

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
	43	56
	1.85	2.00
	1.75	1.88
	6	14
	7	7
	17	17
	−0.063	+0.063
	16%	51%

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 – Laferriere
9:5043% CF
L2Fiala – Foegele – Byfield
9:4330% CF
L3Danault – Jeannot – Moore
8:4736% CF
L4Lewis – Turcotte – Lee
3:0271% CF
D1Anderson – Spence
11:2833% CF
D2Edmundson – Clarke
9:4729% CF
D3Burroughs – Gavrikov
6:5064% CF

PP1Kopitar – Fiala – Kempe – Laferriere – Clarke
4:1350% CF
PP2Danault – Moore – Turcotte – Spence – Byfield
2:4863% CF
PK1FFoegele – Byfield
2:30
PK2FDanault – Moore
1:57
PK1DEdmundson – Gavrikov
3:44
PK2DAnderson – Spence
1:47

Current LAK line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Benson
8:1481% CF
L2Cozens – Quinn – Kulich
7:2727% CF
L3Zucker – Greenway – McLeod
6:0650% CF
L4Lafferty – Malenstyn – Krebs
5:2033% CF
D1Jokiharju – Dahlin
9:2271% CF
D2Byram – Power
9:0565% CF
D3Clifton – Samuelsson
6:5538% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens – Power
4:4485% CF
PP2Tuch – Byram – Quinn – Kulich – Benson
3:49100% CF
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
2:19
PK2FTuch – McLeod
2:05
PK1DClifton – Samuelsson
3:33
PK2DJokiharju – Power
1:48

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

16:55
BUFAlex TuchSHsnap0.38 xG
LAK: Danault, Moore, Turcotte, Spence, ByfieldBUF: Tuch, Jokiharju, McLeod, Power
LAK 0 – 1 BUF

3rd period

0:13
LAKAnze Kopitar (Alex Laferriere, Joel Edmundson)snap0.18 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Edmundson, Kempe, Gavrikov, LaferriereBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Jokiharju, Dahlin, Benson
LAK 1 – 1 BUF
18:22
LAKAnze KopitarPP (Jordan Spence, Kevin Fiala)slap0.07 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Fiala, Kempe, Spence, ByfieldBUF: Clifton, Greenway, Krebs, Power
LAK 2 – 1 BUF
19:18
LAKAnze KopitarEN (Quinton Byfield, Adrian Kempe)wrist0.90 xG
LAK: Kopitar, Edmundson, Kempe, Gavrikov, ByfieldBUF: Tuch, Thompson, Dahlin, Cozens, Quinn, Power
LAK 3 – 1 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	3	0	3	+2	4	1.19	0	1	0	19:00	—	—	44	56
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	1	1	+2	0	0.20	2	1	2	18:49	—	—	47	55
Alex Laferriere R	L1	0	1	1	+1	0	0.00	0	1	0	16:43	—	—	37	51
Quinton Byfield R	L2	0	1	1	0	4	0.49	1	0	0	19:14	—	—	26	45
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	0	1	0.08	0	1	0	17:56	—	—	37	55
Warren Foegele L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	0	1	0	15:26	—	—	32	47
Phillip Danault C	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.44	3	0	0	19:21	—	—	48	44
Trevor Moore L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.13	1	1	0	18:01	—	—	41	47
Tanner Jeannot L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	0	0	11:23	—	—	48	15
Alex Turcotte C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	0	0	8:00	—	—	62	27
Trevor Lewis C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	2	0	7:53	—	—	58	68
Andre Lee L	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.09	2	0	0	6:26	—	—	80	60
Jordan Spence D	D1	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	2	3	2	21:37	—	—	41	14
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	3	0.05	1	0	2	20:14	—	—	39	21
Joel Edmundson D	D2	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	2	2	20:36	—	—	35	60
Brandt Clarke D	D2	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	2	3	2	17:23	—	—	31	35
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D3	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	0	2	0	22:57	—	—	57	67
Kyle Burroughs D	D3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	1	5	9:25	—	—	67	52

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	W	33	32	1	.970	4.74	59:36

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Benson L	L1	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	19:09	—	—	73	59
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	-2	5	0.73	0	0	0	19:07	—	—	78	66
Alex Tuch R	L1	1	1	-1	4	0.85	0	0	0	18:50	—	—	80	63
Dylan Cozens C	L2	0	0	-1	6	0.56	3	0	10	16:43	—	—	23	34
Jiri Kulich C	L2	0	0	0	2	0.16	1	0	0	15:27	—	—	25	24
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	0	-1	1	0.26	1	1	0	15:01	—	—	28	28
Jordan Greenway L	L3	0	0	0	1	0.16	4	2	0	15:15	—	—	58	59
Jason Zucker L	L3	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	0	12	13:19	—	—	59	62
Ryan McLeod C	L3	0	0	+1	3	0.84	0	1	0	13:09	—	—	50	49
Beck Malenstyn L	L4	0	0	0	2	0.17	4	1	2	11:51	—	—	23	43
Sam Lafferty C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	2	11:48	—	—	38	63
Peyton Krebs C	L4	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	7:25	—	—	40	1
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	-2	2	0.04	2	0	0	22:00	—	—	66	52
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	18:42	—	—	58	34
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	2	0.30	1	3	0	23:58	—	—	70	78
Bowen Byram D	D2	0	0	0	1	0.37	2	2	2	20:22	—	—	53	84
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	3	2	16:26	—	—	33	29
Connor Clifton D	D3	0	0	0	1	0.15	1	1	0	14:42	—	—	48	40

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen(start)	L	22	20	2	.909	2.08	58:17

Goal anatomy

Animated replays from NHL EDGE tracking, with the entry, passes and shot speed for each goal.

Alex Tuch (BUF SH) 2nd 16:55 · unassisted · Odd-man rush · loose puck · 1-on-0 at the blue line · 17.5 mph shot · 2.7 s from entry to goal.

Alex Tuch · 2nd 16:55 · BUF SH

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 0
Shot: 17.5 mph
Distance: 23 ft
Entry to goal: 2.7 s

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Anze Kopitar · 3rd 0:13 · LAK

Play: rush
Entry: loose
Odd man: No
Passes: 1
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 27 ft
Entry to goal: 6.1 s
Type: one-timer

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Anze Kopitar · 3rd 18:22 · LAK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 6 (royal road)
Shot: 60.3 mph
Distance: 34 ft

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Anze Kopitar · 3rd 19:18 · LAK EN

Play: dump-and-chase
Entry: dump
Odd man: No
Passes: 2 (royal road)
Shot: 47.3 mph
Distance: 11 ft
Entry to goal: 5.9 s

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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.