NHL · Saturday 31 October · Crypto.com Arena
Los Angeles Kings – Buffalo Sabres 2:3: NHL, 31/10/2026
Key facts
Form, table position, scoring and head-to-head in one place
Form: up to the last 5 matches in all competitions, most recent on the left (W = win, D = draw, L = loss). Averages come from the league table; where there is none, from these recent matches.
Form · last 5
League position
Goals per game · season
Match report
The match in a few sentences: score, scorers, table impact
The text is generated automatically from the match data and updates with it.
NHL: Los Angeles Kings – Buffalo Sabres 2:3 (31 October). Buffalo Sabres won. Venue: Crypto.com Arena.
By period: 0:1, 1:1, 1:1.
Goals: J. Quinn (Buffalo Sabres); T. Thompson (Buffalo Sabres) ×2; C. Perry (Los Angeles Kings); A. Lee (Los Angeles Kings).
Table now: Los Angeles Kings — 14th, 12 points from 15 matches; Buffalo Sabres — 9th, 19 points from 17 matches.
Score by period
Goals in each period
OT = overtime, SO = shoot-out.
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | Σ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Kings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
Events
Goals with assists and penalties by period
1st period
- 05'pen.
Slashing
- 06'
- 15'pen.
Slashing
- 15'pen.
Slashing
- 17'pen.
Slashing
2nd period
- 08'pen.
Slashing
- 12'pen.
Holding
- 15'
🏒 T. Thompson0:2
assist: Z. Benson, M. Samuelsson
- 17'pen.
Slashing
- 17'
- 19'pen.
Cross-checking
3rd period
- 01'
🏒 A. Lee2:2
assist: S. Laughton, J. Armia
- 13'pen.
Tripping
- 13'
🏒 T. Thompson2:3
Power-play
- 16'pen.
Roughing
- 20'pen.
Slashing
Game leaders
Top performers in this game
Points (goals + assists)
- 12
- 22
- 31
- 41
- 51
- 61
Skaters
Each skater's contribution in this game
G = goals, A = assists, P = points (G + A), Pen. = penalties. Counted from match events; +/−, shots and time on ice are not available from the data source.
Los Angeles Kings
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Lee | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| C. Perry | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| B. Clarke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| J. Armia | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| S. Laughton | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. Moore | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| B. Dumoulin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| J. Edmundson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| M. Anderson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Buffalo Sabres
| Player | G | A | P | Pen. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| T. Thompson | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Z. Benson | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| J. Quinn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| M. Samuelsson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| R. Dahlin | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| J. Norris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| L. Crevier | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| P. Krebs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| R. McLeod | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Goaltenders
Shots, saves and goals against
SOG = shots on goal, SV = saves, GA = goals against, SV% = SV / SOG, TOI = time on ice.
Los Angeles Kings
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Forsberg | 31 | 28 | 3 | 90.3% |
Buffalo Sabres
| Goaltender | SOG | SV | GA | SV% |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U. Luukkonen(W) | 29 | 27 | 2 | 93.1% |
Team stats
Both teams' numbers side by side
- 29Shots on goal31
- 28Saves27
- 90%Save %93%
- 34Faceoffs won19
- 8Penalty minutes14
- 4Penalties7
- 1Power-play goals2
- 14%Power play %50%
- 50%Penalty kill %85%
- 0Short-handed goals0
Teams in the table
Both teams' positions in the league table
Full table on the competition page. Form: recent matches, most recent on the right.
| # | Team | P | W | OTW | OTL | L | Pts | Form |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 12 | LWLWL | |
| 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 19 | WWLWL |
Form
Team leaders
Each team's best players this season
Recent matches
Both teams' recent results in all competitions
H — home, A — away