Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings
Regular season · Saturday, March 21, 2026 · Crypto.com Arena
FDSNW · MSG-B
Game summary
The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Saturday, March 21, 2026 at Crypto.com Arena. The Sabres outshot the Kings 33-27.
Goals came from Artemi Panarin, Tage Thompson, Sam Carrick, Rasmus Dahlin and Zach Benson.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 26 saves on 27 shots for the win; Anton Forsberg stopped 30 of 32.
Three stars
Scoring
1st period
Artemi Panarin (24)Anze Kopitar (22), Adrian Kempe (33)0–110:48 LAK · PPG
2nd period
Tage Thompson (36)Peyton Krebs (24), Mattias Samuelsson (27)Ceci 1:04 into shift1–104:05 BUF
3rd period
Sam Carrick (9)Zach Benson (24), Zach Metsa (4)2–111:12 BUF
Rasmus Dahlin (15)UnassistedEdmundson 1:35 into shift3–112:11 BUF · PPG
Zach Benson (8)Josh Norris (15), Beck Malenstyn (6)4–117:35 BUF · EN
Tired legs
Seconds into the shift for every skater on the ice at each goal. Taller bar, longer shift.
3–1 · 3rd 12:11 · Dahlin. Edmundson was 1:35 into his shift when it went in.
0–1 LAK
1st 10:48 · PP · Panarin
Tuch 0:55
1–1 BUF
2nd 4:05 · Thompson
Long shift: Ceci 1:04
2–1 BUF
3rd 11:12 · Carrick
Kopitar 0:36
3–1 BUF
3rd 12:11 · PP · Dahlin
Stuck out there: Edmundson 1:35
4–1 BUF
3rd 17:35 · EN · Benson
Panarin 1:01
Hover or tap a bar for the skater.
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
Penalties
- 1st 09:53
Jack Quinn · hooking2 min - 2nd 11:15Mattias Samuelsson · tripping2 min
- 2nd 18:05Zach Metsa · tripping2 min
- 3rd 11:12
Bench · delaying game unsuccessful challenge2 min
Season series
Buffalo Sabres
| 6Zach BensonL | 1 | 1 | 2 | +2 | 1 | 15:16 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 14:40 |
| 10Sam CarrickC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 15:38 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | 15:03 |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | 14:47 |
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 3 | 18:11 |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 0 | 21:40 |
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 23:07 |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | 13:59 |
| 17Jason ZuckerL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12:30 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11:43 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11:52 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 13:01 |
| 89Alex TuchR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | 20:06 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12:44 |
| 4Bowen ByramD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 22:20 |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 22:02 |
| 64Logan StanleyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 3 | 16:26 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka LuukkonenG | W | 27 | 26 | 1 | .963 | 60:00 |
| 92Colten EllisG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |
Los Angeles Kings
| 9Adrian KempeR | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 21:06 |
| 10Artemi PanarinL | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 3 | 22:06 |
| 11Anze KopitarC | 0 | 1 | 1 | -2 | 1 | 19:52 |
| 12Trevor MooreL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 14:47 |
| 14Alex LaferriereR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 18:32 |
| 21Scott LaughtonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 15:00 |
| 39Jeff MalottL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 10:00 |
| 40Joel ArmiaR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13:44 |
| 52Taylor WardR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:45 |
| 53Jared WrightR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 12:22 |
| 55Quinton ByfieldR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:45 |
| 79Samuel HeleniusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 09:06 |
| 2Brian DumoulinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 17:11 |
| 5Cody CeciD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 18:11 |
| 6Joel EdmundsonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 0 | 17:28 |
| 8Drew DoughtyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 21:05 |
| 44Mikey AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20:48 |
| 92Brandt ClarkeD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 3 | 20:38 |
| Goalie | DEC | SA | SV | GA | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Anton ForsbergG | L | 32 | 30 | 3 | .938 | 58:35 |
| 35Darcy KuemperG | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 00:00 |