Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles KingsOct 31, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Oct 31, 2026

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

BUFaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 45 km travel

LAKhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: BUF (1 day rest) at LAK (1 day rest).

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen56%
Alex Lyon26%
Colten Ellis18%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–6 at CBJ · Oct 1

L1Quinn – Ostlund – Benson
11:13
L2Thompson – Norris – Doan
10:19
L3McLeod – Krebs – Helenius
10:05
L4Carrick – Malenstyn – Kulich
6:00
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:10
D2Crevier – Power
10:21
D3Grzelcyk – Metsa
8:13
PP1Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan – Benson
4:22

Projected BUF lines →·BUF goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Los Angeles Kings

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Darcy Kuemper84%
Anton Forsberg16%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 4–8 at COL · Sep 30

L1Kempe – Panarin – Byfield
11:56
L2Zuccarello – Turcotte – Laferriere
10:27
L3Haula – Laughton – Moore
7:55
L4Armia – Lee – Helenius
6:17
D1Ceci – Anderson
12:13
D2Doughty – Dumoulin
11:38
D3Edmundson – Clarke
10:43
PP1Zuccarello – Kempe – Panarin – Byfield – Clarke
4:58

Projected LAK lines →·LAK goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Oct 31.

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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.