GRIT & GF

Saturday, March 21, 2026

Buffalo Sabres

Los Angeles Kings

Expected goals, BUF–LAK
1.9–2.1
all situations, empty nets out
LAK share of xG
52.5%
50% is even
Shots on goal
34–27
BUF–LAK
Pre-game model
–
no projection stored

The story

The Sabres beat the Kings 4-1. Expected goals had it close, 2.0 to 2.1. Anze Kopitar has a point in 5 straight games. Artemi Panarin has a point in 5 straight games.

  • Anze Kopitar has a point in 5 straight games. He has 33 points in 54 games this season. The Kings fell 4-1 to the Sabres.

  • Artemi Panarin has a point in 5 straight games. He has 24 goals this season. He played 22:06 and had three shots on goal. The Kings fell 4-1 to the Sabres.

Shot attempts

Running count of unblocked attempts (shots on goal plus misses). Dots are goals. Hover to read any moment.

BUFLAK

Where the shots came from

5 goals from 80 unblocked attempts. Shots from a team's own half are left off.

GoalShot or miss
← BUF shootingLAK shooting →

Buffalo Sabres

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Rasmus Dahlin D23:071020.321140
Bowen Byram D22:200020.081181
Owen Power D22:020030.100088
Mattias Samuelsson D21:400100.000233
Alex Tuch R20:060040.071136
Tage Thompson C18:111030.141036
Logan Stanley D16:260030.041242
Sam Carrick C15:381030.271167
Zach Benson L15:161110.850051
Peyton Krebs C15:030120.111051
Beck Malenstyn L14:470130.103175
Josh Norris C14:400100.180272
Zach Metsa D13:590110.041251
Noah Ostlund C13:010020.210166
Josh Doan R12:440030.211165
Jason Zucker L12:300000.001026
Ryan McLeod C11:520000.000028
Jack Quinn R11:430020.062126

Los Angeles Kings

SkaterTOIGASOGixGHitsBlkxGF%
Artemi Panarin L22:061030.120027
Adrian Kempe R21:060110.042017
Drew Doughty D21:050020.062164
Mikey Anderson D20:480000.001060
Brandt Clarke D20:380030.050330
Anze Kopitar C19:520110.230029
Quinton Byfield R18:450030.320262
Alex Laferriere R18:320020.265263
Cody Ceci D18:110010.011243
Joel Edmundson D17:280000.012027
Brian Dumoulin D17:110000.000134
Scott Laughton C15:000010.024073
Trevor Moore L14:470050.331065
Joel Armia R13:440010.261372
Jared Wright R12:220040.361176
Jeff Malott L10:000000.00200
Taylor Ward R9:450000.042022
Samuel Helenius C9:060000.00310

The minute-by-minute expected goals flow is part of Pro

The game measured in chance quality, minute by minute, which shows when it tilted and toward whom.