Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles KingsOct 31, 2021

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	2	0	2		BUF	7	9	8	24
LAK	0	1	2	3		LAK	7	14	13	34

: BUF 35LAK 62
: BUF 1.33LAK 4.42
PP goals: BUF 0LAK 1
Hits: BUF 20LAK 17
Blocks: BUF 12LAK 8
PIM: BUF 17LAK 9
: BUF 43%LAK 57%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings edge Buffalo Sabres 3–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 3–2 at home. Anze Kopitar (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 1A. New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Girgensons skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
Anze Kopitar had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 24:18.Kopitar
Points
Adrian Kempe had 2 assists (2 points) on 4 shots in 17:13.Kempe
Points
Tobias Bjornfot had 2 assists (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:47.Bjornfot
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Girgensons skated 9:52 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (63.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Skinner Girgensons
New line
New look for LAK: Grundstrom–Moore–Kupari skated 9:24 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (50% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Grundstrom Moore Kupari
New line
New look for BUF: Murray–Caggiula–Ruotsalainen skated 7:00 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (55.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Murray Caggiula Ruotsalainen
New line
New look for LAK: Brown–Kopitar–Kaliyev skated 8:15 together at 5v5 as the L3 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Brown Kopitar Kaliyev
Usage
Dustin Brown (LAK) played 21:25, +6:47 up on his 14:38 season average over 63 games.Brown

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

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

LAK
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 97 of 97 attempts · LAK 62 · BUF 35

Game flow

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

Cumulative shot attempts

LAK
BUF
Goal
Power play (shaded)

Pressure Index

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

: descriptive only, the team with more pressure scored the next goal about half the time. In control: BUF 10% of the game, LAK 58%.

Shift chart

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

Shifts

LAK

BUF

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	BUF	LAK
	37	50
	1.34	2.94
	1.32	2.74
	12	11
	6	4
	4	6
	−0.077	+0.077
	10%	58%

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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Skinner – Girgensons
9:5264% CF
L2Olofsson – Asplund – Thompson
9:4260% CF
L3Murray – Caggiula – Ruotsalainen
7:0056% CF
L4Hinostroza – Bjork – Cozens
3:300% CF
D1Butcher – Dahlin
16:4946% CF
D2Pysyk – Hagg
12:4920% CF
D3Miller – Bryson
12:0157% CF

PP1Skinner – Olofsson – Asplund – Thompson – Dahlin
2:1733% CF
PP2Okposo – Miller – Girgensons – Bryson – Cozens
1:09
PK1FBjork – Ruotsalainen
1:56
PK2FOkposo – Girgensons
1:12
PK1DPysyk – Hagg
3:30
PK2DMiller – Bryson
3:23

Current BUF line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Danault – Kempe – Iafallo
9:5452% CF
L2Grundstrom – Moore – Kupari
9:2450% CF
L3Brown – Kopitar – Kaliyev
8:1567% CF
L4Lemieux – Andersson – Lizotte
5:1264% CF
D1Anderson – Bjornfot
17:0761% CF
D2Maatta – Roy
12:5536% CF
D3Edler – Clague
11:4464% CF

PP1Brown – Kopitar – Kempe – Clague – Kaliyev
3:5580% CF
PP2Danault – Roy – Moore – Iafallo – Kupari
3:2150% CF
PK1FKopitar – Iafallo
0:57
PK2FDanault – Kempe
0:55
PK1DAnderson – Bjornfot
1:53
PK2DEdler – Roy
1:16

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

3:07
BUFRasmus AsplundSHwrist0.16 xG
BUF: Miller, Hinostroza, Asplund, DahlinLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Kempe, Clague, Kaliyev
BUF 1 – 0 LAK
7:39
BUFVictor Olofsson (Jacob Bryson)wrist0.09 xG
BUF: Miller, Olofsson, Asplund, Thompson, BrysonLAK: Edler, Danault, Kempe, Clague, Iafallo
BUF 2 – 0 LAK
8:39
LAKCarl Grundstrom (Anze Kopitar, Tobias Bjornfot)wrist0.25 xG
BUF: Butcher, Murray, Caggiula, Dahlin, RuotsalainenLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Roy, Grundstrom, Anderson
BUF 2 – 1 LAK

3rd period

4:50
LAKAnze KopitarPP (Kale Clague, Adrian Kempe)snap0.11 xG
BUF: Pysyk, Girgensons, Hagg, AsplundLAK: Brown, Kopitar, Kempe, Clague, Iafallo
BUF 2 – 2 LAK
13:41
LAKAlex Iafallo (Tobias Bjornfot, Adrian Kempe)wrist0.14 xG
BUF: Okposo, Skinner, Miller, Asplund, BrysonLAK: Danault, Kempe, Anderson, Iafallo, Bjornfot
BUF 2 – 3 LAK

Box score

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

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.16	1	0	0	16:49	—	—	53	36
Zemgus Girgensons C	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.05	1	1	2	16:12	—	—	50	53
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	-1	1	0.12	0	0	0	14:43	—	—	56	38
Rasmus Asplund C	L2	1	0	1	+1	2	0.17	0	0	0	17:11	—	—	58	54
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	+1	3	0.17	1	0	0	16:17	—	—	48	54
Victor Olofsson L	L2	1	0	1	+1	3	0.29	0	0	0	14:07	—	—	53	63
Drake Caggiula L	L3	0	0	0	-1	2	0.05	1	0	0	15:26	—	—	31	14
Arttu Ruotsalainen C	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	1	0	0	13:38	—	—	57	22
Brett Murray L	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.05	1	0	2	11:06	—	—	31	14
Anders Bjork L	L4	0	0	0	0	4	0.09	1	0	0	14:25	—	—	30	19
Vinnie Hinostroza C	L4	0	0	0	+1	1	0.12	2	1	2	12:16	—	—	30	19
Dylan Cozens C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	0	5	10:17	—	—	7	0
Rasmus Dahlin D	D1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	22:19	—	—	48	36
Will Butcher D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:20	—	—	50	36
Mark Pysyk D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	0	18:38	—	—	21	13
Robert Hagg D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	2	3	2	18:34	—	—	19	23
Colin Miller D	D3	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	3	2	4	19:55	—	—	54	30
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	1	1	0	0	0.00	0	1	0	19:16	—	—	57	46

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Dustin Tokarski(start)	L	34	31	3	.912	4.42	59:25

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Phillip Danault C	L1	0	0	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	0	18:27	—	—	50	52
Adrian Kempe R	L1	0	2	2	-1	4	0.34	0	0	0	17:13	—	—	52	53
Alex Iafallo L	L1	1	0	1	0	6	0.65	0	1	0	17:01	—	—	54	55
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	0	2	0.25	1	0	0	16:22	—	—	63	79
Rasmus Kupari C	L2	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	2	14:32	—	—	46	18
Carl Grundstrom R	L2	1	0	1	+1	4	0.38	0	1	0	11:38	—	—	57	74
Anze Kopitar C	L3	1	1	2	0	4	0.50	0	0	0	24:18	—	—	59	76
Dustin Brown R	L3	0	0	0	0	4	0.92	6	0	0	21:25	—	—	52	74
Arthur Kaliyev R	L3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.13	0	0	0	13:29	—	—	63	95
Lias Andersson C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	14:59	—	—	64	52
Blake Lizotte C	L4	0	0	0	0	3	0.77	1	0	0	8:28	—	—	75	90
Brendan Lemieux L	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.02	4	0	7	7:02	—	—	60	86
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.05	2	0	0	20:58	—	—	61	75
Tobias Bjornfot D	D1	0	2	2	+1	3	0.06	0	3	0	19:47	—	—	61	71
Matt Roy D	D2	0	0	0	+1	1	0.03	1	1	0	21:10	—	—	44	47
Olli Maatta D	D2	0	0	0	0	0	0.06	1	1	0	15:13	—	—	36	22
Kale Clague D	D3	0	1	1	-2	1	0.10	0	0	0	18:55	—	—	65	81
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.04	0	1	0	15:40	—	—	62	81

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Jonathan Quick(start)	W	24	22	2	.917	1.33	59:23

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.