Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres
Regular season · Saturday, December 21, 2019 · KeyBank Center
FS-W · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 3–2 on Saturday, December 21, 2019 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres outshot the Kings 28–27.
Goals came from Adrian Kempe, Rasmus Ristolainen, Marco Scandella, Victor Olofsson and Dustin Brown.
Linus Ullmark made 25 saves on 27 shots for the win; Jonathan Quick stopped 25 of 27.
Three stars
Scoring
2nd period
Adrian Kempe (7)Blake Lizotte (10), Austin Wagner (4)1–001:32 LAK
Rasmus Ristolainen (3)Jimmy Vesey (7), Jeff Skinner (8)1–107:35 BUF
Marco Scandella (3)Sam Reinhart (17)1–216:48 BUF
3rd period
Victor Olofsson (16)Sam Reinhart (18), Jack Eichel (27)1–318:27 BUF · 
Dustin Brown (8)Drew Doughty (18), Alex Iafallo (12)2–319:22 LAK
Team stats
LAKBUF
2728
63%37%
0/20/3
64
1419
517
46
22
Penalties
- 15:52 into the first period
Brandon Montour · interference2 min - 17:08 into the first period
Tyler Toffoli · tripping2 min - 18:33 into the second periodJoakim Ryan · holding2 min
- 5:37 into the third periodJeff Carter · tripping2 min
- 6:37 into the third periodSam Reinhart · interference2 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Adrian KempeL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 18:28 |
| 19Alex IafalloL | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 1 | 19:22 |
| 23Dustin BrownL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | 17:43 |
| 46Blake LizotteC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 14:45 |
| 51Austin WagnerL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | −1 | 2 | 27:15 |
| 10Michael AmadioC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10:53 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 1 | 22:35 |
| 13Kyle CliffordL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:45 |
| 22Trevor LewisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 00:26 |
| 73Tyler ToffoliC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14:21 |
| 74Nikolai ProkhorkinL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 17:24 |
| 77Jeff CarterC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 16:16 |
| 3Matt RoyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | 16:30 |
| 6Joakim RyanD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 20:22 |
| 15Ben HuttonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 15:37 |
| 26Sean WalkerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 19:18 |
| 34Kale ClagueD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 0 | 17:57 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 32Jonathan QuickG | L | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 36Jack CampbellG | 0 | 0 | – |
Buffalo Sabres
| 23Sam ReinhartC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +2 | 2 | 21:33 |
| 9Jack EichelC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 2 | 22:11 |
| 13Jimmy VeseyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 14:14 |
| 53Jeff SkinnerC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 16:47 |
| 68Victor OlofssonR | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 21:13 |
| 6Marco ScandellaD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 15:57 |
| 55Rasmus RistolainenD | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 21:19 |
| 21Kyle OkposoR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 4 | 15:22 |
| 27Curtis LazarC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:53 |
| 28Zemgus GirgensonsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | 18:19 |
| 71Evan RodriguesC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 06:07 |
| 74Rasmus AsplundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | 08:32 |
| 90Marcus JohanssonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | 18:39 |
| 4Zach BogosianD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 18:04 |
| 10Henri JokiharjuD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | 16:48 |
| 19Jake McCabeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 15:46 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 18:04 |
| 62Brandon MontourD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:12 |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 35Linus UllmarkG | W | 27 | 2 | .926 |
| 40Carter HuttonG | 0 | 0 | – |