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Saturday, March 21, 2026
4:00 PM ET
Crypto.com Arena (MSG-B)
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
4 – 1
Final
Los Angeles Kings
 LAK
48% xGF%
52% xGF%
BUF was expected to score 1.99 goals LAK was expected to score 2.19 goals
P1 P2 P3 0 1 2 Cumulative xG BUF LAK Dots represent goals
Shot Map (xG Shots Only) Shot Goal
xG by State Buffalo Sabres Los Angeles Kings
Strength State Time xG G Time xG G
Power Play 0:59 0.18 1 6:20 0.65 1
Even Strength 52:41 1.79 2 52:41 1.54 0
Penalty Kill 6:20 0.02 0 0:59 0.00 0
Score State Time xG G Time xG G
Up 2+ 7:49 0.37 0 0:00 0.00 0
Up 1 0:59 0.18 1 13:17 0.12 0
Tied 37:55 0.61 1 37:55 1.84 1
Down 1 13:17 0.83 1 0:59 0.00 0
Down 2+ 0:00 0.00 0 7:49 0.23 0
  • ► Artemi Panarin scores at 10:48 in the 1st period 0.08 xG (0-1)
  • ► Tage Thompson scores at 4:05 in the 2nd period 0.09 xG (1-1)
  • ► Sam Carrick scores at 11:12 in the 3rd period 0.13 xG (2-1)
  • ► Rasmus Dahlin scores at 12:11 in the 3rd period 0.08 xG (3-1)
  • ► Zach Benson scores at 17:35 in the 3rd period (4-1)
  • ► 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
LAK Jared Wright (R) 0.43 0 0 0 17 12:22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Quinton Byfield (R) 0.39 0 0 0 23 18:45 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Trevor Moore (L) 0.37 0 0 0 20 14:47 5 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Sam Carrick (C) 0.32 1 0 1 22 15:38 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Anze Kopitar (C) 0.23 0 1 1 23 19:52 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Joel Armia (R) 0.21 0 0 0 17 13:44 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Noah Ostlund (C) 0.18 0 0 0 20 13:01 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Doan (R) 0.16 0 0 0 21 12:44 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Tage Thompson (C) 0.15 1 0 1 25 18:11 3 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Josh Norris (C) 0.15 0 1 1 22 14:40 0 +1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Alex Laferriere (R) 0.12 0 0 0 22 18:32 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Artemi Panarin (L) 0.11 1 0 1 23 22:06 3 -2 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Peyton Krebs (C) 0.11 0 1 1 23 15:03 2 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Alex Tuch (R) 0.08 0 0 0 26 20:06 4 +1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Beck Malenstyn (L) 0.08 0 1 1 20 14:47 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Taylor Ward (R) 0.07 0 0 0 14 09:45 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jack Quinn (R) 0.06 0 0 0 15 11:43 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
LAK Adrian Kempe (R) 0.06 0 1 1 23 21:06 1 -2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Scott Laughton (C) 0.02 0 0 0 20 15:00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Jeff Malott (L) 0.00 0 0 0 14 10:00 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Benson (L) 0.00 1 1 2 19 15:16 1 +2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Samuel Helenius (C) 0.00 0 0 0 13 09:06 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Ryan McLeod (C) 0.00 0 0 0 18 11:52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Jason Zucker (L) 0.00 0 0 0 16 12:30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defensemen
Team Player xG G A Pts Shifts TOI SOG +/- PIM PPG PPP SHG GWG
BUF Rasmus Dahlin (D) 0.43 1 0 1 25 23:07 1 +2 0 1 0 0 0
BUF Owen Power (D) 0.13 0 0 0 24 22:02 3 0 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Brandt Clarke (D) 0.08 0 0 0 24 20:38 3 -2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Drew Doughty (D) 0.06 0 0 0 24 21:05 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Bowen Byram (D) 0.06 0 0 0 23 22:20 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Zach Metsa (D) 0.04 0 1 1 19 13:59 1 +1 2 0 0 0 0
BUF Logan Stanley (D) 0.04 0 0 0 21 16:26 3 +2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Joel Edmundson (D) 0.02 0 0 0 21 17:28 0 -2 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Cody Ceci (D) 0.01 0 0 0 20 18:11 1 -1 0 0 0 0 0
LAK Brian Dumoulin (D) 0.00 0 0 0 19 17:11 0 -1 0 0 0 0 0
BUF Mattias Samuelsson (D) 0.00 0 1 1 24 21:40 0 +1 2 0 0 0 0
LAK Mikey Anderson (D) 0.00 0 0 0 21 20:48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Goalies
Team Player SV%Ax SV% GSAx GA Saves TOI SA Dec SO
BUF Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G) +4.41% 0.963 1.2 1 26 60:00 27 W 0
LAK Anton Forsberg (G) -0.03% 0.938 -1.0 3 30 58:35 32 L 0