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Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres

Regular season · Thursday, January 29, 2026 · KeyBank Center

Los Angeles KingsLos AngelesKingsAway

1–4

Final

SOG 38–32

Buffalo SabresBuffaloSabresHome

FDSNW · MSG-B

Game summary

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Kings outshot the Sabres 38-32.

Alex Tuch scored a hat trick. Mattias Samuelsson and Adrian Kempe also scored.

Alex Lyon made 37 saves on 38 shots for the win; Darcy Kuemper stopped 28 of 31.

Goals1st2nd3rdTSOG
Los Angeles KingsLAK010138
Buffalo SabresBUF211432

Three stars

  1. ★1st starAlex TuchBUF · 3G 0A
  2. ★2nd starAlex LyonBUF · .974 SV%
  3. ★3rd starJack QuinnBUF · 0G 3A

Scoring

1st period

2nd period

3rd period

Tired legs

Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.

0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+
1:28

0–2 · 1st 11:17 · Samuelsson. LAK stayed on through an icing. Dumoulin was 1:28 into his shift when it went in.

GoalLAK on iceBUF on ice

0–1 BUF

1st 7:14 · PP · Tuch

Foegele 0:39

0–2 BUF

1st 11:17 · Samuelsson

Long shift: Dumoulin 1:28

0–3 BUF

2nd 6:29 · Tuch

Edmundson 0:43

1–3 LAK

2nd 7:47 · PP · Kempe

Long shift: Samuelsson 1:18

1–4 BUF

3rd 19:00 · EN · Tuch

Armia 0:32

Hover or tap a bar for the skater.

Across the league. Share of 5v5 unblocked shots that went in, by how far into his shift the defending team’s longest-serving skater was (2025–26).
3.9%
5.8%
6.5%
7.1%
7.3%
0–20s20–40s40–60s60–80s80s+

1.9×

Shots against a skater 80s+ into his shift go in 1.9 times as often as against fresh legs (7.3% vs 3.9%).

30%

of 5v5 goals came with a defender 60s+ into his shift.

Team stats

LAKBUF
38Shots on goal32
38%Faceoff %63%
1/2Power play1/3
30Penalty minutes28
30Hits9
11Blocked shots13
20Giveaways16
5Takeaways6

Penalties

  • 1st 05:23Jeff Malott · roughing2 min
  • 1st 05:23Jeff Malott · roughing2 min
  • 1st 05:23Michael Kesselring · roughing2 min
  • 1st 14:04Peyton Krebs · roughing2 min
  • 1st 14:04Peyton Krebs · roughing2 min
  • 1st 14:04Quinton Byfield · roughing2 min
  • 2nd 07:36Rasmus Dahlin · slashing2 min
  • 3rd 07:00Samuel Helenius · tripping2 min
  • 3rd 16:52Bench · too many men on the ice2 min
  • 3rd 19:44Peyton Krebs · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:44Jeff Malott · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:44Michael Kesselring · misconduct10 min
  • 3rd 19:44Samuel Helenius · misconduct10 min

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