3 Los Angeles 2nd Pacific48-25-6-3

1 Buffalo 7th Atlantic36-39-5-2

FINAL 3 FINAL 1 7:00PM ET · Oct 10, 2024

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Kings vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Livescore Details
	1	2	3	Total	In Goal
LA Los Angeles	0	0	3	3	Darcy Kuemper
BUF Buffalo	0	1	0	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Location KeyBank Center

Referees Jake Brenk , Garrett Rank

Linesmen David Brisebois, Matt MacPherson

Attendance 19,070 attendance

Scoring Summary

Scoring Summary
Scoring - Period 1
No Scoring
Scoring - Period 2
16:55		A. Tuch (SH) Unassisted
Scoring - Period 3
0:13		A. Kopitar Assisted by: A. Laferriere , J. Edmundson
18:22		A. Kopitar (PP) Assisted by: K. Fiala , J. Spence
19:18		A. Kopitar (EN) Assisted by: A. Kempe , Q. Byfield

Penalty Summary

Penalties - Period 1
3:38		M. Anderson (2:00) Interference
4:29		J. Edmundson (2:00) Slashing
12:24		S. Lafferty (2:00) High Sticking
15:53		B. Malenstyn (2:00) Interference
Penalties - Period 2
3:51		J. Spence (2:00) Interference
16:09		B. Byram (2:00) Holding
18:08		A. Kempe (2:00) Hooking
Penalties - Period 3
2:22		P. Krebs (5:00) Fighting
2:22		K. Burroughs (5:00) Fighting
4:15		B. Clarke (2:00) Undefined
16:20		J. Zucker (10:00) Misconduct
16:20		P. Krebs (2:00) Roughing
17:53		M. Samuelsson (2:00) Slashing
19:18		D. Cozens (10:00) Misconduct

Shots On Goal

Shots On Goal
	1st	2nd	3rd	Total
Los Angeles	5	6	12	23
Buffalo	13	14	6	33

Team Statistics

Team Statistics
	G	SOG	S%	PP%	PK%	FW	PEN	PIM
Los Angeles	3	23	13.04	20.00	100.00	25	6	15
Buffalo	1	33	3.03	0.00	80.00	35	8	35

Goaltending

Los Angeles

Los Angeles Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
D. Kuemper	33	32	1	.970	0	59:36

Buffalo

Buffalo Goaltending
	Shots	Saves	GA	SV%	PIM	TOI
U. Luukkonen	22	20	2	.909	0	58:17

#	POS	Player	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	PPG	FW	FL	F%
0	C	T. Lewis	0	0	0	E	0	0	14	7:53	5:31	0:00	2:22	0	-	-	-
6	D	J. Edmundson	0	1	1	2	2	1	26	20:36	16:05	0:00	4:31	0	-	-	-
7	D	K. Burroughs	0	0	0	E	5	0	11	9:25	8:23	0:00	1:02	0	-	-	-
9	RW	A. Kempe	0	1	1	2	2	0	22	18:49	12:34	4:53	1:22	0	1	-	100
10	D	J. Spence	0	1	1	-1	2	0	23	21:37	14:49	4:26	2:22	0	-	-	-
11	C	A. Kopitar	3	0	3	2	0	4	24	19:00	12:22	4:48	1:50	1	10	14	42
12	LW	T. Moore	0	0	0	-1	0	2	23	18:01	12:03	3:01	2:57	0	-	-	-
14	RW	A. Laferriere	0	1	1	1	0	0	18	16:43	12:12	4:23	0:08	0	-	-	-
15	C	A. Turcotte	0	0	0	-1	0	0	11	8:00	5:01	2:59	0:00	0	1	1	50
22	LW	K. Fiala	0	1	1	E	0	1	22	17:56	13:09	4:47	0:00	0	-	-	-
24	C	P. Danault	0	0	0	-1	0	2	25	19:21	13:51	2:56	2:34	0	11	11	50
37	LW	W. Foegele	0	0	0	E	0	2	19	15:26	12:45	0:10	2:31	0	-	3	0
44	D	V. Gavrikov	0	0	0	2	0	1	24	22:57	16:24	0:13	6:20	0	-	-	-
44	D	M. Anderson	0	0	0	E	2	3	22	20:14	16:52	0:07	3:15	0	-	-	-
47	F	A. Lee	0	0	0	E	0	2	9	6:26	6:21	0:05	0:00	0	-	-	-
55	RW	Q. Byfield	0	1	1	E	0	4	23	19:14	12:34	3:43	2:57	0	2	6	25
84	LW	T. Jeannot	0	0	0	E	0	0	12	11:23	11:23	0:00	0:00	0	-	-	-
92	D	B. Clarke	0	0	0	E	2	1	20	17:23	13:49	3:34	0:00	0	-	-	-
35	G	D. Kuemper	0	0	0	-	0	0	-	59:36	42:45	8:01	8:50	0	-	-	-

#	POS	Player	G	P	+/-	PIM	SOG	SHF	TOI	EV	PP	SH	SHG	FW	FL	F%
4	D	B. Byram	0	0	E	2	1	23	20:22	16:10	3:55	0:17	0	-	-	-
9	LW	Z. Benson	0	0	-1	0	1	24	19:09	14:19	3:59	0:51	0	-	-	-
12	LW	J. Greenway	0	0	E	0	1	23	15:15	11:02	0:00	4:13	0	-	1	0
17	LW	J. Zucker	0	0	E	12	1	19	13:19	8:32	4:47	0:00	0	-	-	-
19	C	P. Krebs	0	0	E	5	0	10	7:25	7:23	0:00	0:02	0	2	-	100
20	D	H. Jokiharju	0	0	E	0	1	25	18:42	15:05	0:08	3:29	0	-	-	-
20	C	J. Kulich	0	0	E	0	2	19	15:27	11:36	3:51	0:00	0	5	1	83
22	RW	J. Quinn	0	0	-1	0	1	19	15:01	11:03	3:58	0:00	0	-	-	-
23	D	M. Samuelsson	0	0	E	2	0	24	16:26	11:48	0:00	4:38	0	-	-	-
24	C	S. Lafferty	0	0	E	2	0	15	11:48	9:49	0:00	1:59	0	1	3	25
24	C	D. Cozens	0	0	-1	10	6	24	16:43	9:46	4:38	2:19	0	11	7	61
25	D	O. Power	0	0	E	0	2	29	23:58	16:30	4:47	2:41	0	-	-	-
26	D	R. Dahlin	0	0	-2	0	2	28	22:00	16:15	5:01	0:44	0	-	-	-
29	LW	B. Malenstyn	0	0	E	2	2	14	11:51	10:45	0:00	1:06	0	-	1	0
71	C	R. McLeod	0	0	1	0	3	22	13:09	10:49	0:00	2:20	0	7	4	64
72	C	T. Thompson	0	0	-2	0	5	22	19:07	14:10	4:57	0:00	0	8	8	50
75	D	C. Clifton	0	0	E	0	1	22	14:42	10:29	0:00	4:13	0	-	-	-
89	RW	A. Tuch	1	1	-1	0	4	27	18:50	11:56	4:09	2:45	1	1	-	100
1	G	U. Luukkonen	0	0	-	0	0	-	58:17	41:26	8:50	8:01	0	-	-	-

LA vs BUFRecords

Team Table
Team	Record	ATS	O/U	Away	Home
LA	0-0-0	0-0-0	0-0-0	0-0-0	0-0-0
BUF	0-2-0	0-2-0	0-2-0	0-1-0	0-1-0

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Win / Loss

7-3

Over / Under

5-5-0

Head-To-Head
Date	Home	Result	ML	O/U	HSOG	ASOG	HPP	APP
Feb 13, '24	BUF	7 - 0	BUF +119	o6.0	24	33	1-2	0-3
Jan 24, '24	LA	5 - 3	BUF +170	o6.5	40	37	1-3	0-4
Feb 13, '23	LA	5 - 2	LA -142	o6.5	28	29	2-3	1-5
Dec 13, '22	BUF	6 - 0	BUF -101	u6.5	31	40	3-6	0-3
Mar 06, '22	BUF	3 - 0	LA -168	u6.0	19	32	0-1	0-1
Oct 31, '21	LA	3 - 2	LA -124	u5.5	34	24	1-6	0-2
Dec 21, '19	BUF	3 - 2	BUF -140	u6.0	28	27	0-3	0-2
Oct 17, '19	LA	3 - 0	BUF +108	u6.0	47	24	0-3	1-3
Dec 11, '18	BUF	4 - 3 (OT)	BUF -185	o5.5	47	29	2-8	0-4
Oct 20, '18	LA	5 - 1	BUF +159	o5.5	20	26	1-3	0-1

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-6-0-0

Over / Under

5-5-0

-$336

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
May 01, '24	@ EDM	L 3 - 4	L +168	o6.0	21	26	0-1	1-5
Apr 28, '24	EDM	L 0 - 1	L +148	u6.5	33	13	0-1	1-1
Apr 26, '24	EDM	L 1 - 6	L +131	o6.5	28	40	0-5	3-7
Apr 24, '24	@ EDM	W 5 - 4 (OT)	W +161	o6.0	26	31	0-3	1-3
Apr 22, '24	@ EDM	L 4 - 7	L +158	o5.5	37	44	0-2	3-4
Apr 18, '24	CHI	W 5 - 4 (OT)	W -405	o6.0	35	13	2-4	1-1
Apr 15, '24	MIN	L 1 - 3	L -155	u6.0	24	28	0-4	1-3
Apr 13, '24	ANA	W 3 - 1	W -385	u5.5	28	29	1-4	0-2
Apr 11, '24	CAL	W 4 - 1	W -192	u6.0	30	23	1-4	0-1
Apr 09, '24	@ ANA	L 1 - 3	L -271	u5.5	37	27	0-2	0-3

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 12, '24	@ BOS	L 1-2 (OT)	L -192	u5.5
Oct 14, '24	@ OTT	W 2-1	W -152	u6.0
Oct 16, '24	@ TOR	W 4-3 (OT)	W -137	o5.5

Record Last 10

Win / Loss

4-5-1-0

Over / Under

1-6-3

-$207

Team - Last 10
Date	vs	Result	ML	O/U	SF	SA	PP	PK
Oct 05, '24	@ NJ	L 1 - 3	L +116	u6.5	18	37	0-2	1-4
Oct 04, '24	NJ	L 1 - 4	L +125	u6.5	31	22	0-4	0-2
Apr 15, '24	@ TB	W 4 - 2	W +151	p6.0	34	33	0-2	0-2
Apr 13, '24	@ FLA	L 2 - 3 (OT)	L +193	u5.5	29	42	1-2	0-3
Apr 11, '24	WAS	W 4 - 2	W -132	p6.0	17	24	0-1	0-0
Apr 09, '24	@ DAL	L 2 - 3	L +193	u6.0	21	24	0-3	0-2
Apr 07, '24	@ DET	L 1 - 3	L +111	u6.5	38	24	1-2	1-2
Apr 05, '24	PHI	W 4 - 2	W -111	p6.0	19	34	0-0	0-2
Apr 02, '24	WAS	W 6 - 2	W -133	o6.0	35	26	2-2	1-3
Mar 30, '24	TOR	L 0 - 3	L +127	u6.5	34	22	0-6	0-4

Next 3 Games

Next 3 Games
Date	vs	Last vs	ML	O/U
Oct 12, '24	FLA	W 5-3	W -108	o6.5
Oct 16, '24	@ PIT	L 2-4	L -105	u6.5
Oct 17, '24	@ CLB	L 1-5	L -110	p6.0

LA vs BUF Preview

Los Angeles at

Buffalo

Last Meeting ( Feb 13, 2024 ) Los Angeles 0, Buffalo 7

Coming off a third straight playoff appearance, and despite an extended opening road stretch, the Los Angeles Kings are eager to start their season.

Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres already find themselves in a hole.

Starting their campaign with a seven-game road trip due to arena renovations at home, the Kings will try to hand the Sabres a third consecutive loss to start the season Thursday night.

Los Angeles has posted at least 99 points in each of the last three seasons, but has not won a playoff series since 2014. The Kings won't play a home game this season until Oct. 24.

Despite all that, the Kings are excited about what's potentially in store for the season. Adrian Kempe posted a personal-best 75 points and Trevor Moore set career highs for goals (31) and points (57) last season. They are two of the five Los Angeles skaters with at least 20 goals who are back in the mix.

That also includes 37-year-old Anze Kopitar, who will try for a third consecutive 20-goal campaign. Meanwhile, newcomers Warren Foegele (career-high 41 points with Edmonton in 2023-24), Tanner Jeannot, Joel Edmundson and Darcy Kuemper all add experience to the cause.

"The guys that they brought in, and the guys that have been on the team in the past, I think it's a good group in here," Edmundson told The Athletic.

"We have a lot of size. We've got a lot of speed. But, I think everyone can play physical and we got the tools to do it now."

Last season, Los Angeles ranked third in the NHL with a 2.41 goals-against average. David Rittich posted a 2.15 GAA in 24 games.

Cam Talbot recorded 27 wins and a 2.50 GAA in 54 games for Los Angeles but is now in Detroit. Enter Kuemper, in his second stint with the Kings, who looks to get back on track after a 3.31 GAA in 33 games for Washington last season.

Los Angeles has been outscored 13-0 in its last two games at Buffalo, but the Sabres must regroup and refocus after losing both games to New Jersey last week in the NHL Global Series in Prague.

Buffalo was outscored 7-2 in those contests, with star Tage Thompson and Owen Power recording the goals. The Sabres went 0-for-6 on the power play.

"Find it, fix it, forget about," forward Alex Tuch told the Sabres' official website. "You have to move on.

"If you dwell on it too much and look too far ahead, that's when things kind of spiral out of control. We're 0-2 to start the year. It's not the end of the world, but we know we have to play better."

Buffalo hopes to have injured forwards JJ Peterka and Zach Benson back Thursday. However, veteran forward Nicolas Aube-Kubel was placed on injured reserve with a lower-body issue.

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen and Devon Levi allowed three goals apiece in Prague. Luukkonen stopped 33 shots during the Sabres' 7-0 home rout of Los Angeles last season.

Thompson, looking to rebound from a 56-point campaign last season after posting 94 in 2022-23, has been held without a point in his last three games against the Kings.

--Field Level Media

LA vs BUFInjury report

Los Angeles's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Los Angeles Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
C	0	Trevor Lewis
C	0	Akil Thomas
LW	12	Trevor Moore
RW	14	Alex Laferriere
C	15	Alex Turcotte
LW	22	Kevin Fiala
C	24	Phillip Danault
LW	37	Warren Foegele
LW	39	Jeff Malott
LW	47	Andre Lee
C	53	Jack Studnicka
RW	55	Quinton Byfield
C	73	Francesco Pinelli
C	79	Samuel Helenius
LW	84	Tanner Jeannot

Defense
POS	#	Player
D	0	Kyle Burroughs
D	6	Joel Edmundson
D	8	Drew Doughty
D	10	Jordan Spence
G	35	Darcy Kuemper
G	40	Carter George
D	43	Jacob Moverare
D	44	Vladislav Gavrikov
D	44	Mikey Anderson
D	82	Caleb Jones
D	92	Brandt Clarke

Buffalo's Injuries

Player	POS	Status	Date	Note
No injuries to report.

Buffalo Starters Last Game

Offense
POS	#	Player
LW	6	Zach Benson
LW	12	Jordan Greenway
LW	17	Jason Zucker
C	19	Peyton Krebs
C	20	Jiri Kulich
RW	22	Jack Quinn
C	24	Sam Lafferty
LW	29	Beck Malenstyn
RW	63	Isak Rosen
C	71	Ryan McLeod
C	72	Tage Thompson
RW	77	JJ Peterka
C	86	Noah Ostlund
RW	89	Alex Tuch

Defense
POS	#	Player
G	1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
D	4	Bowen Byram
D	23	Mattias Samuelsson
D	25	Owen Power
D	75	Connor Clifton
D	78	Jacob Bryson

GoaltendersLast 5

Los Angeles
Buffalo

W/L

2-2-1-0

GAA

1.43

Save %

.905

Los Angeles Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
D.Kuemper	Sep 30, 2024	ANA 0 - LA 4	W	0	23	1.00	-	W -188	u6.0
D.Kuemper	Sep 25, 2024	VEG 2 - LA 3	W	1	12	.917	-	W -133	u5.5
C.George	Sep 25, 2024	VEG 2 - LA 3	-	1	12	.917	-	W -133	u5.5
E.Portillo	Sep 23, 2024	UTAH 3 - LA 2 (OT)	-	2	16	.875	-	L +203	u6.0
C.George	Sep 23, 2024	UTAH 3 - LA 2 (OT)	-	1	7	.857	-	L +203	u6.0
D.Rittich	May 1, 2024	EDM 4 - LA 3	L	4	26	.846	-	L +168	o6.0
D.Rittich	Apr 28, 2024	LA 0 - EDM 1	L	1	13	.923	-	L +148	u6.5

W/L

2-3-0-0

GAA

2.67

Save %

.881

Buffalo Goaltender Stats
	Date	Score	W/L	GA	SA	SV%	SO	ML	O/U
D.Levi	Oct 5, 2024	NJ 3 - BUF 1	L	3	37	.919	-	L +116	u6.5
U.Luukkonen	Oct 4, 2024	BUF 1 - NJ 4	L	3	22	.864	-	L +125	u6.5
F.Sandstrom	Sep 30, 2024	BUF 4 - DET 3 (OT)	W	3	21	.857	-	W +112	o5.5
S.Ratzlaff	Sep 28, 2024	CLB 6 - BUF 3	-	0	20	1.00	-	L +424	o6.0
F.Sandstrom	Sep 28, 2024	CLB 6 - BUF 3	L	5	22	.773	-	L +424	o6.0
F.Sandstrom	Sep 26, 2024	OTT 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	W	2	16	.875	-	W +189	u6.0

LA vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

LALos Angeles Offense
BUFBuffalo Offense

Goals

Goals
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
0.00	Total	3.50
0.00	1st Period	1.00
0.00	2nd Period	1.00
0.00	3rd Period	1.50
0.00	OT	0.00

Shots

Shots
OFFENSE	Stat	DEFENSE
0.00	Total	30.00
0.00	1st Period	11.50
0.00	2nd Period	12.00
0.00	3rd Period	6.50
0.00	OT	0.00

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct
SHOOTING	Stat	SAVE PCT.
0.00	Total	0.88
0.00	1st Period	0.91
0.00	2nd Period	0.92
0.00	3rd Period	0.77
0.00	OT	0.00

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Power Play vs Penalty Kill
POWERPLAY	Stat	PENALTY KILL
0 - 0	G/Att vs. GA/Att	1 - 6
0.00	PP % vs. PK %	83.33

Goaltenders

Goaltenders table
Los Angeles Goaltenders
Name	S	SV	SV%	WL
Darcy Kuemper	0	0	0.000	0-0-0
David Rittich	0	0	0.000	0-0-0

Kings vs Sabres Results, Match Player Stats & Records

Scoring Summary

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Shots On Goal

Team Statistics

Goaltending

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LA vs BUFRecords

LA vs BUFRecords

Head-To-HeadLast 10

Record Last 10

Next 3 Games

Record Last 10

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LA vs BUFInjury report

Los Angeles's Injuries

Los Angeles Starters Last Game

Buffalo's Injuries

Buffalo Starters Last Game

GoaltendersLast 5

LA vs BUFStats

Offense vs Defense

Goals

Shots

Shot Pct vs. Save Pct

Power Play vs Penalty Kill

Goaltenders

Betting Terminology

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