Los Angeles Kings vs. Buffalo SabresJan 29, 2026

FinalThursday, Jan 29, 2026· KeyBank Center

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
LAK	0	1	0	1		LAK	12	19	7	38
BUF	2	1	1	4		BUF	8	14	10	32

: LAK 68BUF 52
: LAK 2.81BUF 3.13
PP goals: LAK 1BUF 1
Hits: LAK 30BUF 9
Blocks: LAK 11BUF 13
PIM: LAK 28BUF 28
: LAK 38%BUF 63%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1 at home. Alex Tuch (BUF) led the scoring with 3G 0A. LAK's first power-play unit (Perry, Fiala, Kempe, Clarke and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:27 together.

Points
Alex Tuch had a hat trick (3 points) on 7 shots in 17:57.Tuch
Points
Jack Quinn had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 14:47.Quinn
Points
Ryan McLeod had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 16:30.McLeod
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Perry, Fiala, Kempe, Clarke and Kuzmenko) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 1:27 together.Perry Fiala Kempe Clarke Kuzmenko
Goalie
Alex Lyon (BUF) faced 38 shots and stopped 37 (.974), +11 against a season average of 27.2; the win.Lyon
Luck
LAK scored 1 goal on 2.81 expected goals (68 attempts), well short of its chances.
Usage
Quinton Byfield (LAK) played 15:54, −4:11 down on his 20:05 season average over 78 games.Byfield
Shots
Alex Tuch (BUF) led everyone with 7 shot on goals, scoring 3 times.Tuch

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 120 of 120 attempts · BUF 52 · LAK 68

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 27%.

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

Head-to-head matchups

BUF skaters (rows) against LAK skaters (columns) at 5v5. Square size is time together; colour is xGF% from the BUF side.

Matchup matrix

BUF xGF% 4060square size = TOI together · blank = under 1:00

Sequence card

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

Sequence card
Stat	LAK	BUF
	73	54
	2.89	2.62
	2.83	2.57
	8	17
	5	0
	19	30
	−0.102	+0.102
	38%	27%

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

L1Foegele – Moore – Byfield
11:0554% CF
L2Armia – Fiala – Kuzmenko
9:4865% CF
L3Perry – Kempe – Laferriere
9:3450% CF
L4Malott – Helenius – Ward
7:0342% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
16:0358% CF
D2Dumoulin – Ceci
12:3363% CF
D3Edmundson – Clarke
11:5644% CF

PP1Perry – Fiala – Kempe – Clarke – Kuzmenko
1:27100% CF
PP2Doughty – Foegele – Moore – Laferriere – Ward
0:38100% CF
PK1FByfield – Laferriere
2:21
PK2FArmia – Moore
1:01
PK1DEdmundson – Ceci
4:04
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
1:05

Current LAK line combinations →

Buffalo Sabres

L1Tuch – Thompson – Benson
12:4561% CF
L2Zucker – McLeod – Quinn
11:3640% CF
L3Malenstyn – Krebs – Kozak
10:3632% CF
L4Doan – Ostlund – Helenius
10:3135% CF
D1Byram – Power
9:1655% CF
D2Dahlin – Kesselring
5:2550% CF
D3Samuelsson – Metsa
4:4854% CF

PP1Zucker – Thompson – Dahlin – Doan – Ostlund
2:08100% CF
PP2Tuch – McLeod – Byram – Quinn – Benson
1:48100% CF
PK1FTuch – McLeod
1:27
PK2FMalenstyn – Benson
0:43
PK1DSamuelsson – Dahlin
1:16
PK2DByram – Power
0:43

Current BUF line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

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
Trevor Moore L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	3	0	0	16:14	—	—	61	38
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.16	0	0	2	15:54	—	—	57	32
Warren Foegele L	L1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.14	0	0	0	14:27	—	—	53	31
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	1	1	-1	2	0.20	0	0	0	17:23	—	—	68	65
Joel Armia R	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.12	2	0	0	16:47	—	—	67	62
Andrei Kuzmenko L	L2	0	0	0	0	1	0.18	0	1	0	15:39	—	—	67	60
Alex Laferriere R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.48	2	1	0	17:40	—	—	56	66
Adrian Kempe R	L3	1	0	1	-1	4	0.26	3	0	0	16:49	—	—	58	77
Corey Perry R	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.24	0	1	0	15:27	—	—	52	62
Taylor Ward R	L4	0	0	0	-1	3	0.17	2	0	0	11:48	—	—	50	37
Samuel Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	4	0	12	10:06	—	—	50	49
Jeff Malott L	L4	0	0	0	-1	1	0.15	6	1	14	9:39	—	—	52	44
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	2	1	0	22:48	—	—	63	55
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	4	0.30	2	0	0	19:30	—	—	62	52
Cody Ceci D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	1	2	0	18:52	—	—	67	69
Brian Dumoulin D	D2	0	0	0	-1	1	0.03	2	0	0	16:15	—	—	61	58
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	1	1	-2	2	0.19	0	3	0	21:04	—	—	50	42
Joel Edmundson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.06	1	1	0	17:53	—	—	50	45

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Darcy Kuemper(start)	L	31	28	3	.903	2.52	59:54

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Zach Benson L	L1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.20	0	0	0	18:26	—	—	59	69
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	+1	5	0.48	0	0	0	18:04	—	—	62	75
Alex Tuch R	L1	3	0	3	+2	7	1.15	0	0	0	17:57	—	—	59	66
Jason Zucker L	L2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	1	0	0	17:17	—	—	40	37
Ryan McLeod C	L2	0	2	2	+2	1	0.10	0	0	0	16:30	—	—	40	37
Jack Quinn R	L2	0	3	3	+2	1	0.22	0	0	0	14:47	—	—	33	36
Peyton Krebs C	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.14	0	0	14	12:50	—	—	28	23
Beck Malenstyn L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	0	12:27	—	—	30	26
Tyson Kozak C	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	3	1	0	11:45	—	—	32	26
Josh Doan R	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.09	0	2	0	14:32	—	—	29	30
Noah Ostlund C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	1	0	13:58	—	—	31	28
Konsta Helenius C	L4	0	0	0	0	2	0.16	0	0	0	13:07	—	—	33	44
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	+2	3	0.24	0	0	0	22:24	—	—	45	69
Bowen Byram D	D1	0	1	1	+2	1	0.01	0	2	0	20:40	—	—	42	42
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	1	0	2	25:53	—	—	44	40
Michael Kesselring D	D2	0	0	0	0	2	0.06	0	2	12	14:29	—	—	48	47
Mattias Samuelsson D	D3	1	0	1	+1	1	0.06	0	1	0	23:24	—	—	40	41
Zach Metsa D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	0	3	0	9:19	—	—	33	53

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Alex Lyon(start)	W	38	37	1	.974	2.81	60:00

Goal anatomy

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

Alex Tuch (BUF PP) 1st 7:14 · assists Ryan McLeod, Jack Quinn · Forecheck turnover · 36.8 mph shot.

Alex Tuch · 1st 7:14 · BUF PP

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 1
Shot: 36.8 mph
Distance: 26 ft

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Alex Tuch · 2nd 6:29 · BUF

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: 4-on-2
Passes: 3
Shot: 30.7 mph
Distance: 15 ft
Entry to goal: 7.7 s
Type: deflection

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Mattias Samuelsson · 1st 11:17 · BUF

Play: faceoff
Passes: 2
Shot: 40.1 mph
Distance: 58 ft
Type: one-timer

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Adrian Kempe · 2nd 7:47 · LAK PP

Play: deflection
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.1 mph
Distance: 17 ft
Type: deflection

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 19:00 · BUF EN

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 3
Shot: 69.8 mph
Distance: 60 ft
Entry to goal: 1.2 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.

Los Angeles Kings vs. Buffalo SabresJan 29, 2026

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 4–1

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Head-to-head matchups

Matchup matrix

Sequence card

Lines used

Los Angeles Kings

Buffalo Sabres

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Los Angeles Kings

Buffalo Sabres

Goal anatomy

Alex Tuch · 1st 7:14 · BUF PP

Alex Tuch · 2nd 6:29 · BUF

Mattias Samuelsson · 1st 11:17 · BUF

Adrian Kempe · 2nd 7:47 · LAK PP

Alex Tuch · 3rd 19:00 · BUF EN