BUF
BUF
Buffalo Sabres
49-23-8 · W3 · L10: 5-3-2
W
W
W
L
W
W
W
W
W
W
Final
4—1
2026-03-21 · Crypto.com Arena
LAK
LAK
Los Angeles Kings
34-26-19 · W4 · L10: 6-1-3
SO
W
L
W
OT
W
L
W
L
W
BUF dominated expected goals 2.7 to 2.2

xG Flow

CUMULATIVE
01231ST2ND3RD
BUF xG
2.73
ACTUAL
4 — 1
LAK xG
2.19

Scoring Timeline

0.07
MED xG
LAK1P 10:48Power Play
Artemi Panarin
10
Artemi Panarin(24)
L · LAK · #10
Anze Kopitar (22), Adrian Kempe (33)
BUF 0 - 1 LAK
0.07
MED xG
BUF2P 04:05Even Strength
Tage Thompson
72
Tage Thompson(36)
C · BUF · #72
Peyton Krebs (24), Mattias Samuelsson (27)
BUF 1 - 1 LAK
0.20
HIGH xG
BUF3P 11:12Even Strength
Sam Carrick
10
Sam Carrick(9)
C · BUF · #10
Zach Benson (24), Zach Metsa (4)
BUF 2 - 1 LAK
0.32
HIGH xG
BUF3P 12:11Power Play
Rasmus Dahlin
26
Rasmus Dahlin(15)
D · BUF · #26
BUF 3 - 1 LAK
0.92
HIGH xG
BUF3P 17:35Power Play
Zach Benson
9
Zach Benson(8)
L · BUF · #9
Josh Norris (15), Beck Malenstyn (6)
BUF 4 - 1 LAK

Three Stars

PUCKLAB PICKS
★1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
1
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
G · BUF · #1
26/27 saves, .962 SV%, +1.3 GSAx
★2
Anton Forsberg
31
Anton Forsberg
G · LAK · #31
30/32 saves, .937 SV%, -1.1 GSAx
★3
Zach Benson
9
Zach Benson
L · BUF · #9
1G, 1A, 1 SOG

Team Stats

BUFLAK
33Shots27
2.73xGF2.19
54.3CF%45.7
34.5FO%65.5
1/1PP1/3
15Hits27
16Blocks15
10Giveaways11
7Takeaways4
6PIM2

Period Breakdown

PeriodBUF SOGLAK SOGBUF xGLAK xG
1st1370.710.63
2nd6130.170.99
3rd1161.860.58
Total30262.742.20

Penalties

4 TOTAL
1P 09:53
BUF
Jack Quinnhooking (2 min)
Drawn by Adrian Kempe
2P 11:15
BUF
Mattias Samuelssontripping (2 min)
Drawn by Joel Armia
2P 18:05
BUF
Zach Metsatripping (2 min)
Drawn by Scott Laughton
3P 11:12
LAK
Teamdelaying-game-unsuccessful-challenge (2 min)