Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 24, 2024

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Goals	1	2	3	T		Shots	1	2	3	T
BUF	1	2	2	5		BUF	13	11	13	37
LAK	3	0	0	3		LAK	13	13	14	40

: BUF 71LAK 70
: BUF 2.75LAK 3.58
PP goals: BUF 0LAK 1
Hits: BUF 16LAK 26
Blocks: BUF 13LAK 23
PIM: BUF 6LAK 8
: BUF 46%LAK 54%

Fantasy takeaways

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

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 5–3

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 5–3 at LAK. JJ Peterka (BUF) led the scoring with 2G 1A. New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Thompson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.

Points
JJ Peterka had two goals and an assist (3 points) on 4 shots in 18:51.Peterka
Points
Jack Quinn had a goal and 2 assists (3 points) on 5 shots in 16:35.Quinn
Points
Adrian Kempe had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 3 shots in 19:34.Kempe
Points
Dylan Cozens had a goal and an assist (2 points) on 4 shots in 14:53.Cozens
New line
New look for BUF: Okposo–Skinner–Thompson skated 9:32 together at 5v5 as the L1 trio (44.4% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Okposo Skinner Thompson
Usage
Zemgus Girgensons (BUF) played 1:01, −11:01 down on his 12:02 season average over 62 games.Girgensons
Goalie
Devon Levi (BUF) faced 40 shots and stopped 37 (.925), +11 against a season average of 29.0; the win.Levi
New line
New look for BUF: Tuch–Greenway–Mittelstadt skated 7:56 together at 5v5 as the L2 trio (31.6% of the shot attempts), a combination not used in the team's last 5 games.Tuch Greenway Mittelstadt

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

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LAK
BUF
Goal
Shot on goal
Missed
Blocked

Showing 141 of 141 attempts · LAK 70 · BUF 71

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 28% of the game, LAK 35%.

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
	66	68
	2.57	3.25
	2.49	3.07
	10	12
	6	7
	17	11
	−0.016	+0.016
	28%	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.

Buffalo Sabres

L1Okposo – Skinner – Thompson
9:3244% CF
L2Tuch – Greenway – Mittelstadt
7:5632% CF
L3Cozens – Quinn – Peterka
6:5164% CF
D1Clifton – Johnson
11:4745% CF
D2Jokiharju – Power
10:3259% CF
D3Bryson – Dahlin
9:0933% CF

PP1Skinner – Tuch – Thompson – Mittelstadt – Dahlin
5:1671% CF
PP2Okposo – Mittelstadt – Quinn – Peterka – Power
1:13
PK1FGreenway – Cozens
1:50
PK2FTuch – Quinn
1:03
PK1DClifton – Power
2:03
PK2DJokiharju – Dahlin
1:45

Current BUF line combinations →

Los Angeles Kings

L1Kopitar – Kempe – Byfield
11:5856% CF
L2Danault – Fiala – Moore
11:0743% CF
L3Lewis – Grundstrom – Fagemo
7:1262% CF
L4Dubois – Anderson-Dolan – Laferriere
6:5848% CF
D1Gavrikov – Roy
15:3157% CF
D2Doughty – Anderson
14:5253% CF
D3Englund – Clarke
10:0255% CF

PP1Kopitar – Doughty – Fiala – Kempe – Byfield
2:0975% CF
PP2Danault – Dubois – Moore – Laferriere – Clarke
0:58100% CF
PK1FLewis – Anderson-Dolan
2:35
PK2FDanault – Moore
2:31
PK1DDoughty – Anderson
3:05
PK2DGavrikov – Roy
2:39

Current LAK 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.

Buffalo Sabres

BUF skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Tage Thompson C	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.40	2	1	4	19:37	—	—	51	25
Jeff Skinner L	L1	0	0	0	0	4	0.37	1	0	2	17:53	—	—	44	22
Kyle Okposo R	L1	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	2	0	0	15:57	—	—	53	28
Alex Tuch R	L2	1	0	1	-1	6	0.43	1	0	0	21:24	—	—	49	43
Casey Mittelstadt C	L2	0	1	1	-1	1	0.01	0	0	0	19:39	—	—	38	41
Jordan Greenway L	L2	0	0	0	-2	0	0.00	2	1	0	15:42	—	—	33	35
JJ Peterka R	L3	2	1	3	+4	4	0.26	0	0	0	18:51	—	—	56	75
Jack Quinn R	L3	1	2	3	+4	5	0.29	0	0	0	16:35	—	—	71	86
Dylan Cozens C	L3	1	1	2	+3	4	0.62	1	0	0	14:53	—	—	47	74
Connor Clifton D	D1	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	2	2	0	19:36	—	—	42	34
Ryan Johnson D	D1	0	1	1	+1	2	0.21	0	1	0	13:37	—	—	54	60
Owen Power D	D2	0	0	0	+2	0	0.00	1	0	0	23:54	—	—	55	44
Henri Jokiharju D	D2	0	0	0	+2	1	0.04	1	2	0	18:21	—	—	58	35
Rasmus Dahlin D	D3	0	0	0	0	1	0.01	0	3	0	26:00	—	—	46	48
Jacob Bryson D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	0	1	0	10:50	—	—	39	48
Eric Robinson L	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.03	0	2	0	10:48	—	—	43	31
Peyton Krebs C	—	0	1	1	+1	1	0.00	2	0	0	10:40	—	—	56	36
Zemgus Girgensons C	—	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	1:01	—	—	50	22

BUF goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Devon Levi(start)	W	40	37	3	.925	3.58	60:00

Los Angeles Kings

LAK skaters
Skater	Line	G	A	P	+/-			Hits	Blk	PIM		PP	SH
Anze Kopitar C	L1	1	0	1	+2	3	0.25	0	2	0	21:43	—	—	56	71
Adrian Kempe R	L1	1	1	2	+2	3	0.38	2	0	2	19:34	—	—	54	70
Quinton Byfield R	L1	0	1	1	+2	3	0.80	2	0	0	18:14	—	—	57	72
Kevin Fiala L	L2	0	0	0	-4	2	0.35	1	0	0	18:33	—	—	46	49
Trevor Moore L	L2	0	0	0	-4	5	0.46	1	3	0	17:36	—	—	42	47
Phillip Danault C	L2	0	0	0	-3	2	0.19	0	1	0	15:58	—	—	48	54
Trevor Lewis C	L3	0	0	0	-1	0	0.00	1	0	2	13:06	—	—	46	36
Carl Grundstrom R	L3	0	0	0	0	2	0.07	1	0	0	8:08	—	—	60	64
Samuel Fagemo L	L3	0	0	0	0	1	0.11	1	0	0	7:50	—	—	57	64
Jaret Anderson-Dolan C	L4	0	0	0	-1	2	0.11	0	3	0	13:28	—	—	46	53
Alex Laferriere R	L4	0	1	1	-1	2	0.32	0	0	0	13:27	—	—	49	48
Pierre-Luc Dubois C	L4	1	0	1	-1	2	0.15	2	0	2	11:17	—	—	48	52
Matt Roy D	D1	0	1	1	-1	2	0.06	0	3	2	21:26	—	—	53	44
Vladislav Gavrikov D	D1	0	0	0	-1	4	0.23	2	1	0	20:41	—	—	58	45
Drew Doughty D	D2	0	1	1	-1	0	0.00	3	1	0	24:36	—	—	50	79
Mikey Anderson D	D2	0	0	0	-1	2	0.07	3	4	0	20:14	—	—	48	67
Brandt Clarke D	D3	0	1	1	-1	4	0.03	2	1	0	14:42	—	—	52	66
Andreas Englund D	D3	0	0	0	-1	1	0.01	5	4	0	14:03	—	—	43	52

LAK goalies
Goalie	Dec	SA	SV	GA			TOI
Cam Talbot(start)	L	37	32	5	.865	2.75	57:24

Goal anatomy

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

Anze Kopitar (LAK) 1st 2:55 · assists Adrian Kempe, Matt Roy · Deflection · carried in · 31.4 mph shot · 2.9 s from entry to goal.

Anze Kopitar · 1st 2:55 · LAK

Play: deflection
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 31.4 mph
Distance: 9 ft
Entry to goal: 2.9 s
Type: one-timer

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JJ Peterka · 1st 5:01 · BUF

Play: rebound
Entry: carry
Odd man: 3-on-1
Passes: 0
Shot: 34.2 mph
Distance: 13 ft
Entry to goal: 3.0 s
Type: rebound

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Adrian Kempe · 1st 5:24 · LAK

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 2
Shot: 57.7 mph
Distance: 33 ft

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Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 9:44 · LAK PP

Play: cycle
Passes: 4
Shot: 65.4 mph
Distance: 35 ft

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JJ Peterka · 2nd 8:22 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: pass
Odd man: 1-on-0
Passes: 1
Shot: 49.2 mph
Distance: 19 ft
Entry to goal: 1.9 s

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Jack Quinn · 2nd 10:30 · BUF

Play: odd-man-rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: 5-on-2
Passes: 0
Shot: 53.4 mph
Distance: 38 ft
Entry to goal: 3.4 s

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Alex Tuch · 3rd 5:49 · BUF

Play: turnover-forecheck
Passes: 0
Shot: 45.2 mph
Distance: 17 ft

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Dylan Cozens · 3rd 8:54 · BUF

Play: rush
Entry: carry
Odd man: No
Passes: 0
Shot: 77.0 mph
Distance: 45 ft
Entry to goal: 1.5 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.

Buffalo Sabres vs. Los Angeles KingsJan 24, 2024

Fantasy takeaways

Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings 5–3

Shot map

Shot map

Game flow

Cumulative shot attempts

Shift chart

Shifts

Sequence card

Lines used

Buffalo Sabres

Los Angeles Kings

Scoring summary

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Box score

Buffalo Sabres

Los Angeles Kings

Goal anatomy

Anze Kopitar · 1st 2:55 · LAK

JJ Peterka · 1st 5:01 · BUF

Adrian Kempe · 1st 5:24 · LAK

Pierre-Luc Dubois · 1st 9:44 · LAK PP

JJ Peterka · 2nd 8:22 · BUF

Jack Quinn · 2nd 10:30 · BUF

Alex Tuch · 3rd 5:49 · BUF

Dylan Cozens · 3rd 8:54 · BUF