Game

Kings at Sabres

Sabres 4, Kings 1 · first star Alex Tuch (3 G, 0 A).

2025-26 regular season · Preseason. The 2026-27 regular season starts Sep 29. Data as of September 28, 2026, source NHL.

Los Angeles Kings 1 at Buffalo Sabres 4

Kings LAK

1 FINAL 4

Sabres BUF

Thursday, January 29, 2026 · 7:00 PM ET · KeyBank Center, Buffalo

Line score by period
Team	1	2	3	T	SOG
Kings	0	1	0	1	38
Sabres	2	1	1	4	32

Shot chart

Every shot attempt, computed from the league's play-by-play coordinates. Kings attack left, Sabres attack right, all periods folded onto one rink. Attempts are plotted where the league recorded them, so the 1 mark in a team's own end is an attempt logged from there: empty-net shots, long dumps on the net; 1 empty-net goal is drawn as a diamond. Boxscore shots on goal: LAK 38, BUF 32.

LAK in red BUF in blue goal empty-net goal shot on goal missed blocked Kings 38 shots on goal (1 goal, 15 missed, 15 blocked) attacking left; Sabres 32 shots on goal (4 goals, 7 missed, 13 blocked) attacking right.

Shots by period

Shots on goal, goals and attempts by period
Period	LAK SOG	LAK G	LAK ATT	BUF SOG	BUF G	BUF ATT
1st	12	0	20	8	2	18
2nd	19	1	26	14	1	22
3rd	7	0	22	10	1	12
Total	38	1	68	32	4	52

Shots by situation

Shots on goal and goals by strength of the shooting team
Situation	LAK SOG	LAK G	BUF SOG	BUF G
Even strength	33	0	28	3
Power play	4	1	4	1
Short-handed	1	0	0	0
Into an empty net	0	0	1	1

Attempt share by period

Kings took 56.7% of the shot attempts, and 57.5% of the 106 attempts taken at 5-on-5. An attempt is a goal, a shot on goal, a miss or a blocked shot; CF% is the share of them belonging to the Sabres and FF% their share of the ones that were not blocked, so the Kings hold the remainder. All situations unless the 5-on-5 figure is named. All 32 teams

Attempt share by period, all situations, Kings at Sabres
Period	BUF CF%	BUF FF%
1st	47.4	37.0
2nd	45.8	45.0
3rd	35.3	44.0
Game	43.3	42.4

Team totals only: per-player on-ice numbers need shift data, which this source does not publish.

Scoring summary

1st period

07:14 Alex Tuch (20) PP Ryan McLeod (25), Jack Quinn (20) · snap 0–1
11:17 Mattias Samuelsson (9) Rasmus Dahlin (32), Jack Quinn (21) · slap 0–2

2nd period

06:29 Alex Tuch (21) Bowen Byram (16), Zach Benson (19) · tip-in 0–3
07:47 Adrian Kempe (18) PP Kevin Fiala (20), Brandt Clarke (20) · tip-in 1–3

3rd period

19:00 Alex Tuch (22) EN Jack Quinn (22), Ryan McLeod (26) · snap 1–4

Three stars

Alex Tuch BUF · R #89 · 3 G, 0 A
Alex Lyon BUF · G #34 · 0 GA, .974 SV%
Jack Quinn BUF · R #22 · 0 G, 3 A

Penalties

Penalties
Period	Time	Team	Player	Infraction	Min	Drawn by
1st	05:23	LAK	Jeff Malott	roughing	2	Michael Kesselring
1st	05:23	LAK	Jeff Malott	roughing	2	Michael Kesselring
1st	05:23	BUF	Michael Kesselring	roughing	2	Jeff Malott
1st	14:04	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2	Quinton Byfield
1st	14:04	BUF	Peyton Krebs	roughing	2	Quinton Byfield
1st	14:04	LAK	Quinton Byfield	roughing	2	Peyton Krebs
2nd	07:36	BUF	Rasmus Dahlin	slashing	2	Trevor Moore
3rd	07:00	LAK	Samuel Helenius	tripping	2	Peyton Krebs
3rd	16:52	LAK	Bench	too many men on the ice	2	—
3rd	19:44	BUF	Peyton Krebs	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	19:44	LAK	Jeff Malott	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	19:44	BUF	Michael Kesselring	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—
3rd	19:44	LAK	Samuel Helenius	misconduct (misconduct)	10	—

Boxscore

Los Angeles Kings

Kings skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Adrian Kempe #9	R	1	0	1	-1	4	3	0	0	28.6	16:49
Kevin Fiala #22	L	0	1	1	-1	2	0	0	0	0.0	17:23
Brandt Clarke #92	D	0	1	1	-2	2	0	3	0	0.0	21:04
Samuel Helenius #79	C	0	0	0	-1	0	4	0	12	50.0	10:06
Andrei Kuzmenko #96	L	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0.0	15:39
Jeff Malott #39	L	0	0	0	-1	1	6	1	14	0.0	09:39
Trevor Moore #12	L	0	0	0	-1	2	3	0	0	0.0	16:14
Warren Foegele #37	L	0	0	0	-1	2	0	0	0	50.0	14:27
Alex Laferriere #14	R	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	0	0.0	17:40
Corey Perry #10	R	0	0	0	-1	3	0	1	0	0.0	15:27
Joel Armia #40	R	0	0	0	-1	2	2	0	0	38.5	16:47
Quinton Byfield #55	R	0	0	0	-1	1	0	0	2	52.9	15:54
Taylor Ward #52	R	0	0	0	-1	3	2	0	0	0.0	11:48
Brian Dumoulin #2	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	0	0	0.0	16:15
Cody Ceci #5	D	0	0	0	-1	2	1	2	0	0.0	18:52
Drew Doughty #8	D	0	0	0	-1	1	2	1	0	0.0	22:48
Joel Edmundson #6	D	0	0	0	-1	3	1	1	0	0.0	17:53
Mikey Anderson #44	D	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	0	0.0	19:30

Kings goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Darcy Kuemper #35	L	31	28	3	.903	25/27	3/4	59:54

Buffalo Sabres

Sabres skaters · by points
Player	Pos	G	A	PTS	+/-	SOG	HITS	BLK	PIM	FO%	TOI
Alex Tuch #89	R	3	0	3	+2	7	0	0	0	0.0	17:57
Jack Quinn #22	R	0	3	3	+2	1	0	0	0	0.0	14:47
Ryan McLeod #71	C	0	2	2	+2	1	0	0	0	58.8	16:30
Mattias Samuelsson #23	D	1	0	1	+1	1	0	1	0	0.0	23:24
Zach Benson #6	L	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0.0	18:26
Bowen Byram #4	D	0	1	1	+2	1	0	2	0	0.0	20:40
Rasmus Dahlin #26	D	0	1	1	+1	2	1	0	2	0.0	25:53
Konsta Helenius #94	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	100.0	13:07
Noah Ostlund #86	C	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	60.0	13:58
Peyton Krebs #19	C	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	14	66.7	12:50
Tage Thompson #72	C	0	0	0	+1	5	0	0	0	53.3	18:04
Tyson Kozak #48	C	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	75.0	11:45
Beck Malenstyn #29	L	0	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0.0	12:27
Jason Zucker #17	L	0	0	0	+1	0	1	0	0	100.0	17:17
Josh Doan #91	R	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0.0	14:32
Michael Kesselring #8	D	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	12	0.0	14:29
Owen Power #25	D	0	0	0	+2	3	0	0	0	0.0	22:24
Zach Metsa #73	D	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0.0	09:19

Sabres goalies
Goalie	DEC	SA	SV	GA	SV%	EV	PP	TOI
Alex Lyon #34	W	38	37	1	.974	33/33	3/4	60:00

SOG shots on goal · BLK blocked shots · FO% faceoff win percentage · EV / PP saves over shots by strength. Skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Source NHL (boxscore, play-by-play, game summary). Shot locations are the league's tracked coordinates; the chart and the situation tables are computed by Play-Pause Hockey. Data as of 2026-09-28.