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Wed, Jan 24, 2024·Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles

Buffalo Sabres 5, Los Angeles Kings 3

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Los Angeles Kings win this game 62% of the time.

LAK winsBUF wins

Who was on the ice

Model-based

Line matchups and every shift of the game.

Line matchups

LAK forward lines and defence pairs (rows) against BUF's (columns) at 5-on-5. Darker cells shared more ice; the second number is xG for–against in that time. Click a cell to highlight it below.

Okposo–Skinner–ThompsonTuch–Greenway–MittelstadtCozens–Quinn–PeterkaTuch–Robinson–KrebsKrebs–Quinn–PeterkaMittelstadt–Quinn–PeterkaRobinson–Krebs–PeterkaOkposo–Greenway–MittelstadtOkposo–Thompson–PeterkaOkposo–Robinson–KrebsClifton–JohnsonJokiharju–PowerBryson–DahlinDahlin–PowerJokiharju–DahlinJohnson–PowerClifton–DahlinClifton–JokiharjuBryson–Power
Kopitar–Kempe–Byfield3:060.23–0.204:050.38–0.001:130.00–0.000:510.17–0.001:090.00–0.001:580.28–0.164:580.40–0.001:220.09–0.020:470.15–0.181:060.09–0.04
Danault–Fiala–Moore3:380.43–0.030:440.00–0.001:410.03–0.221:170.01–0.190:490.00–0.000:450.00–0.050:590.00–0.042:500.03–0.033:470.13–0.281:200.01–0.171:000.00–0.000:550.01–0.000:370.00–0.040:310.30–0.00
Lewis–Grundstrom–Fagemo1:180.12–0.000:390.00–0.001:290.02–0.000:300.00–0.000:350.00–0.000:420.03–0.022:350.13–0.002:290.06–0.000:480.00–0.020:420.03–0.02
Dubois–Anderson-Dolan–Laferriere0:410.00–0.060:460.17–0.021:530.05–0.220:390.01–0.043:030.22–0.181:020.00–0.061:260.23–0.02
Kopitar–Anderson-Dolan–Laferriere0:360.03–0.000:490.03–0.00
Lewis–Dubois–Laferriere0:490.00–0.290:500.00–0.29
Gavrikov–Roy3:270.34–0.134:080.12–0.291:040.04–0.171:170.10–0.040:460.00–0.001:090.09–0.021:000.00–0.055:210.12–0.323:240.13–0.153:160.32–0.170:320.00–0.000:380.15–0.180:460.03–0.02
Doughty–Anderson4:330.43–0.101:370.07–0.002:220.00–0.152:070.08–0.192:470.21–0.023:200.08–0.272:280.15–0.002:040.12–0.021:190.01–0.000:570.00–0.040:300.30–0.00
Englund–Clarke0:330.00–0.061:550.39–0.023:150.05–0.120:590.00–0.000:590.00–0.043:140.05–0.153:060.31–0.032:340.20–0.020:350.00–0.04
Doughty–Englund0:430.00–0.00
Shift chart

Every shift, one row per player.

P1P2P3EndKempe FKopitar FByfield FMoore FFiala FDanault FAnderson-Dolan FLaferriere FDubois FLewis FFagemo FGrundstrom FRoy DGavrikov DDoughty DAnderson DEnglund DClarke DTalbot GGreenway FMittelstadt FTuch FOkposo FThompson FSkinner FQuinn FCozens FPeterka FKrebs FRobinson FGirgensons FDahlin DBryson DJokiharju DPower DClifton DJohnson DLevi G
LAKBUFFull-height lines are goals; short ticks at the top are shots. Hover to see who was on the ice.

Shift totals

Rasmus DahlinBUF2826:000:561:5863
Drew DoughtyLAK2424:361:022:0924
Owen PowerBUF2823:540:511:3525
Anze KopitarLAK2421:430:542:2625
Matt RoyLAK2521:260:512:1903
Alex TuchBUF2721:240:482:0153
Vladislav GavrikovLAK2220:410:561:5615
Mikey AndersonLAK2220:140:551:4804
Casey MittelstadtBUF1819:391:063:2931
Tage ThompsonBUF2119:370:562:1081
Connor CliftonBUF2119:360:561:3914
Adrian KempeLAK2419:340:492:5225
JJ PeterkaBUF2318:510:491:2721
Kevin FialaLAK1718:331:052:3613
Henri JokiharjuBUF2218:210:501:5041
Quinton ByfieldLAK2118:140:522:4222
Jeff SkinnerBUF2117:530:512:08100
Trevor MooreLAK2217:360:481:1224
Jack QuinnBUF2116:350:472:2931
Phillip DanaultLAK2215:580:441:1215
Kyle OkposoBUF2015:570:481:1961
Jordan GreenwayBUF2115:420:451:5424
Dylan CozensBUF1914:530:471:4535
Brandt ClarkeLAK1814:420:491:5222
Andreas EnglundLAK1714:030:501:3213
Ryan JohnsonBUF1913:370:431:3612
Jaret Anderson-DolanLAK1713:280:481:3621
Alex LaferriereLAK1513:270:541:3420
Trevor LewisLAK1713:060:461:1312
Pierre-Luc DuboisLAK1611:170:421:2130
Jacob BrysonBUF1510:500:431:5211
Eric RobinsonBUF1510:480:431:1711
Peyton KrebsBUF1710:400:381:2102
Carl GrundstromLAK128:080:411:0011
Samuel FagemoLAK127:500:390:5611
Zemgus GirgensonsBUF31:010:200:3900