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Thursday, January 29, 2026
7:00 PM ET
KeyBank Center (MSG-B)
LAK
Los Angeles Kings
1 – 4
Final
Buffalo Sabres
 BUF
51% xGF%
49% xGF%
LAK was expected to score 2.97 goals BUF was expected to score 2.91 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 3 Cumulative xG LAK BUF Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Los Angeles Kings Buffalo Sabres
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 2:17 0.56 1 5:51 0.36 1
Even Strength 51:52 2.37 0 51:52 2.55 2
Penalty Kill 5:51 0.04 0 2:17 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 48:43 2.30 1
Up 1 0:00 0.00 0 4:03 0.26 1
Tied 7:14 0.13 0 7:14 0.35 1
Down 1 4:03 0.24 0 0:00 0.00 0
Down 2+ 48:43 2.60 1 0:00 0.00 0
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 7:14 in the 1st period 0.07 xG (0-1)
  • ► Mattias Samuelsson scores at 11:17 in the 1st period 0.02 xG (0-2)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 6:29 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (0-3)
  • ► Adrian Kempe scores at 7:47 in the 2nd period 0.15 xG (1-3)
  • ► Alex Tuch scores at 19:00 in the 3rd period (1-4)
  • ► Watch the full game recap here
BUF BUF xWin%
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Synthesized xGF% & GF% Analysis
Forwards
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.69 3 0 3 24 17:57 7 +2 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.50 0 0 0 21 18:04 5 +1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Adrian Kempe (R) 0.38 1 0 1 22 16:49 4 -1 0 1 0 0 0
LAK Alex Laferriere (R) 0.32 0 0 0 20 17:40 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.31 0 1 1 23 18:26 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Andrei Kuzmenko (L) 0.29 0 0 0 17 15:39 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Corey Perry (R) 0.26 0 0 0 19 15:27 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.26 0 2 2 21 16:30 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Warren Foegele (L) 0.24 0 0 0 18 14:27 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Taylor Ward (R) 0.19 0 0 0 15 11:48 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.17 0 0 0 19 14:32 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Jeff Malott (L) 0.17 0 0 0 14 09:39 1 -1 14 0 0 0 0
BUF Konsta Helenius (C) 0.16 0 0 0 15 13:07 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Kevin Fiala (L) 0.15 0 1 1 22 17:23 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.14 0 0 0 17 12:50 2 0 14 0 0 0 0
LAK Joel Armia (R) 0.12 0 0 0 20 16:47 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Quinton Byfield (R) 0.12 0 0 0 21 15:54 1 -1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.11 0 3 3 21 14:47 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Trevor Moore (L) 0.05 0 0 0 21 16:14 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tyson Kozak (C) 0.03 0 0 0 17 11:45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.01 0 0 0 17 13:58 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.00 0 0 0 17 12:27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Samuel Helenius (C) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:06 0 -1 12 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.00 0 0 0 20 17:17 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
LAK Mikey Anderson (D) 0.26 0 0 0 22 19:30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Brandt Clarke (D) 0.24 0 1 1 23 21:04 2 -2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.22 0 0 0 25 22:24 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.20 0 1 1 27 25:53 2 +1 2 0 0 0 0
LAK Joel Edmundson (D) 0.08 0 0 0 22 17:53 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Michael Kesselring (D) 0.07 0 0 0 17 14:29 2 0 12 0 0 0 0
LAK Cody Ceci (D) 0.07 0 0 0 23 18:52 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Brian Dumoulin (D) 0.03 0 0 0 18 16:15 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.02 1 0 1 27 23:24 1 +1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Drew Doughty (D) 0.01 0 0 0 25 22:48 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.01 0 0 0 12 09:19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.01 0 1 1 25 20:40 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Alex Lyon (G) +5.18% 0.974 2.0 1 37 60:00 38 W 0
LAK Darcy Kuemper (G) -0.30% 0.903 -0.1 3 28 59:54 31 L 0