Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles KingsFeb 13, 2023

FinalMonday, Feb 13, 2023· Crypto.com Arena

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	0	0	2	2		BUF	5	11	13	29
LAK	0	4	1	5		LAK	7	10	11	28

: BUF 60LAK 51
: BUF 3.02LAK 2.32
PP goals: BUF 1LAK 2
Hits: BUF 17LAK 12
Blocks: BUF 10LAK 19
PIM: BUF 6LAK 12
: BUF 40%LAK 60%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2

Los Angeles Kings beat Buffalo Sabres 5–2 at home. Viktor Arvidsson (LAK) led the scoring with 1G 2A. LAK's first power-play unit (Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, Durzi and Kaliyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:14 together.

Points
Viktor Arvidsson had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 3 shots in 18:12.Arvidsson
Points
Phillip Danault had 3 assists (3 points) on 1 shot in 17:43.Danault
Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 16:36.Kempe
Points
Casey Mittelstadt had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 17:51.Mittelstadt
Points
Victor Olofsson had 2 assists (2 points) on 1 shot in 14:29.Olofsson
PP1
LAK's first power-play unit (Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, Durzi and Kaliyev) scored 1 power-play goal on 4 attempts in 2:14 together.Danault Arvidsson Moore Durzi Kaliyev
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Thompson–Mittelstadt skated 6:45 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (66.7% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Thompson Mittelstadt
Luck
LAK scored 5 goals on 2.32 expected goals (51 attempts), finishing well above its chances.

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 111 of 111 attempts · LAK 51 · BUF 60

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 45% of the game, LAK 19%.

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
	58	49
	2.83	1.99
	2.75	1.93
	12	8
	6	6
	18	11
	−0.089	+0.090
	45%	19%

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

L1Skinner – Tuch – Cozens
6:4929% CF
L2Okposo – Thompson – Mittelstadt
6:4567% CF
L3Asplund – Jost – Quinn
4:1073% CF
L4Girgensons – Olofsson – Krebs
2:4057% CF
D1Jokiharju – Power
11:1230% CF
D2Samuelsson – Dahlin
10:5369% CF
D3Clague – Lyubushkin
9:0350% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Dahlin – Cozens
5:2189% CF
PP2Okposo – Olofsson – Mittelstadt – Krebs – Power
3:2950% CF
PK1FOkposo – Tuch
0:49
PK2FGirgensons – Quinn
0:46
PK1DSamuelsson – Lyubushkin
0:56
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
0:46

Current BUF line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
11:0461% CF
L2Danault – Arvidsson – Moore
9:4253% CF
L3Fiala – Iafallo – Lizotte
8:2636% CF
L4Anderson-Dolan – Kupari – Kaliyev
5:5733% CF
D1Doughty – Anderson
18:3632% CF
D2Roy – Durzi
13:1079% CF
D3Edler – Walker
10:1950% CF

PP1Danault – Arvidsson – Moore – Durzi – Kaliyev
2:14100% CF
PP2Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
0:58100% CF
PK1FDanault – Kupari
3:36
PK2FKopitar – Iafallo
3:06
PK1DRoy – Durzi
3:41
PK2DDoughty – Anderson
3:08

Current LAK line combinations →

Scoring summary

Every goal with the skaters on the ice for it.

2nd period

9:20
LAKAdrian KempeSH (Blake Lizotte)snap0.01 xG
BUF: Okposo, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Krebs, PowerLAK: Edler, Doughty, Kempe, Lizotte
BUF 0 – 1 LAK
12:35
LAKArthur KaliyevPP (Phillip Danault, Viktor Arvidsson)snap0.13 xG
BUF: Okposo, Samuelsson, Lyubushkin, KrebsLAK: Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, Durzi, Kaliyev
BUF 0 – 2 LAK
18:41
LAKSean Walker (Phillip Danault, Viktor Arvidsson)snap0.03 xG
BUF: Olofsson, Asplund, Clague, Jost, LyubushkinLAK: Edler, Danault, Arvidsson, Moore, Walker
BUF 0 – 3 LAK
19:14
LAKMatt Roy (Adrian Kempe, Quinton Byfield)slap0.04 xG
BUF: Tuch, Thompson, Mittelstadt, Jokiharju, PowerLAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Roy, Durzi, Byfield
BUF 0 – 4 LAK

3rd period

5:14
LAKViktor ArvidssonPP (Phillip Danault, Sean Durzi)other0.30 xG
BUF: Jost, Jokiharju, Lyubushkin, CozensLAK: Kopitar, Danault, Kempe, Arvidsson, Durzi
BUF 0 – 5 LAK
10:16
BUFDylan Cozens (Victor Olofsson, Casey Mittelstadt)snap0.16 xG
BUF: Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Samuelsson, Cozens, PowerLAK: Kopitar, Kempe, Roy, Durzi, Byfield
BUF 1 – 5 LAK
15:09
BUFPeyton KrebsPP (Victor Olofsson, Casey Mittelstadt)snap0.15 xG
BUF: Okposo, Olofsson, Mittelstadt, Krebs, PowerLAK: Edler, Kempe, Walker, Lizotte
BUF 2 – 5 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
Alex Tuch R	L1	0	0	0	-1	3	0.31	0	1	0	20:20	—	—	29	20
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	0	0	0	20:12	—	—	35	35
Dylan Cozens C	L1	1	0	1	+1	3	0.28	0	0	2	17:50	—	—	48	68
Tage Thompson C	L2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.31	1	1	0	20:35	—	—	48	41
Kyle Okposo R	L2	0	0	0	-1	3	0.46	1	0	0	18:25	—	—	63	78
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	2	2	-1	1	0.17	1	0	0	17:51	—	—	56	76
Tyson Jost C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.01	2	1	0	10:20	—	—	65	64
Jack Quinn R	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.24	1	0	0	10:16	—	—	63	63
Rasmus Asplund C	L3	0	0	0	-1	3	0.13	1	0	0	8:51	—	—	71	66
Peyton Krebs C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.16	2	0	2	15:59	—	—	58	66
Victor Olofsson L	L4	0	2	2	-1	1	0.10	0	0	0	14:29	—	—	65	66
Zemgus Girgensons C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.03	2	1	2	11:04	—	—	53	59
Owen Power D	D1	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	1	0	22:24	—	—	41	39
Henri Jokiharju D	D1	0	0	0	-1	2	0.03	1	1	0	18:20	—	—	40	18
Rasmus Dahlin D	D2	0	0	0	0	5	0.36	2	0	0	25:24	—	—	65	44
Mattias Samuelsson D	D2	0	0	0	+1	0	0.19	2	1	0	17:58	—	—	68	72
Kale Clague D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.20	1	1	0	13:26	—	—	62	85
Ilya Lyubushkin D	D3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	0	2	0	13:01	—	—	48	76

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Craig Anderson(start)	L	28	23	5	.821	2.32	59:45

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	0	0	0	0	3	0.16	0	1	0	18:43	—	—	64	57
Adrian Kempe R	L1	1	1	2	+1	4	0.18	2	0	0	16:36	—	—	65	53
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	1	1	0	2	0.21	1	0	0	13:19	—	—	59	53
Viktor Arvidsson L	L2	1	2	3	+1	3	0.37	1	0	2	18:12	—	—	47	42
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	3	3	+1	1	0.02	1	1	0	17:43	—	—	50	53
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	+1	2	0.24	1	0	0	15:17	—	—	60	69
Blake Lizotte C	L3	0	1	1	+1	0	0.01	0	0	0	16:03	—	—	39	43
Kevin Fiala L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.14	0	1	2	15:44	—	—	30	25
Alex Iafallo L	L3	0	0	0	0	0	0.15	0	1	2	12:48	—	—	41	33
Rasmus Kupari C	L4	0	0	0	0	1	0.00	1	0	0	11:30	—	—	25	14
Arthur Kaliyev R	L4	1	0	1	0	2	0.25	2	0	2	9:29	—	—	31	18
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	7:35	—	—	33	21
Drew Doughty D	D1	0	0	0	+1	0	0.00	0	0	0	25:44	—	—	32	32
Mikey Anderson D	D1	0	0	0	0	1	0.02	1	6	2	22:47	—	—	33	35
Sean Durzi D	D2	0	1	1	0	3	0.07	1	0	0	20:34	—	—	79	62
Matt Roy D	D2	1	0	1	0	4	0.28	0	4	0	19:52	—	—	62	61
Sean Walker D	D3	1	0	1	+1	2	0.04	1	5	0	14:26	—	—	42	39
Alexander Edler D	D3	0	0	0	+2	0	0.18	0	0	2	13:50	—	—	52	31

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Pheonix Copley(start)	W	29	27	2	.931	3.02	60:00

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.