Buffalo Sabres 3, Los Angeles Kings 2: final score and stats
Buffalo Sabres beat Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres 3 to Los Angeles Kings 2, on Saturday, October 31, 2026 at crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA. Below: the box score, top performers, team stats, injuries and recent form for Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres.
NHLSaturday, October 31, 2026
DateOct 31, 2026
Start time4:00 PM ET
Venuecrypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA
TVESPN+
Attendance16,161
Line score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | T |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Sabres | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Top performers
Team comparison
Buffalo SabresLos Angeles Kings
Goals per game
Goals allowed per game
7-4-3Record4-7-2
6th in Atlantic DivisionStanding7th in Pacific Division
4-4Road record / home record2-5
LWLWWLast 5LWLWL
L1StreakL1
Team stats
Buffalo SabresLos Angeles Kings
Blocked Shots
Hits
Takeaways
Shots
Power Play Goals
Power Play Opportunities
Power Play Percentage
Short Handed Goals
Shootout Goals
Faceoffs Won
Faceoff Win Percent
Giveaways
Total Penalties
Penalty Minutes
Injury report
Confirm lineups and injuries close to game time.
Buffalo Sabres
Alex Lyon G · Shoulder
Injured ReserveKonsta Helenius C · Upper Body
OutJustin Danforth RW · Upper Body
Injured ReserveMatt Grzelcyk D · Lower Body
Injured ReserveLos Angeles Kings
Erik Gustafsson D · Undisclosed - Not Specified
OutKevin Fiala LW · Lower Leg - Surgery
Injured ReserveJakub Dvorak D · Upper Body
Injured ReserveBox score
Buffalo Sabres Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zach Benson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23:20 | 3:10 | 4:05 | 16:05 | 29 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sam Carrick | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7:37 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 7:37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Josh Doan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13:22 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 13:22 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tyson Kozak | 4 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 11:27 | 0:00 | 3:34 | 7:53 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peyton Krebs | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 15:41 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 36.4 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Beck Malenstyn | 1 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 12:54 | 0:00 | 3:57 | 8:57 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ryan McLeod | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 14:25 | 0:12 | 4:44 | 9:29 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 57.1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Josh Norris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9:12 | 0:08 | 0:00 | 9:04 | 15 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 50.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Noah Ostlund | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:14 | 3:10 | 0:00 | 15:04 | 19 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Quinn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 | 3:11 | 0:00 | 14:20 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tage Thompson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 20:09 | 3:14 | 0:00 | 16:55 | 24 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 35.7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Jason Zucker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8:47 | 0:12 | 0:00 | 8:35 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis Crevier | 1 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 10:26 | 0:00 | 2:17 | 8:09 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Rasmus Dahlin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 23:21 | 2:46 | 0:00 | 20:35 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Zach Metsa | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10:22 | 0:00 | 0:46 | 9:36 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Owen Power | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27:12 | 0:39 | 5:01 | 21:32 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mattias Samuelsson | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25:59 | 0:00 | 4:25 | 21:34 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Olen Zellweger | 4 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 19:51 | 0:08 | 3:51 | 15:52 | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Buffalo Sabres Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | 2 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .931 | 22 | 4 | 1 | 60:00 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Forwards
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joel Armia | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10:40 | 0:03 | 1:18 | 9:19 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Quinton Byfield | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 22:15 | 4:41 | 0:11 | 17:23 | 25 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 71.4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Martin Chromiak | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17:31 | 4:27 | 0:00 | 13:04 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Erik Haula | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 11:44 | 3:32 | 1:18 | 6:54 | 23 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Samuel Helenius | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5:41 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 5:41 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 100.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Alex Laferriere | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 23:13 | 4:35 | 0:00 | 18:38 | 26 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott Laughton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11:05 | 0:13 | 1:53 | 8:59 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andre Lee | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9:32 | 0:11 | 0:10 | 9:11 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trevor Moore | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 18:30 | 2:20 | 1:56 | 14:14 | 24 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Artemi Panarin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24:50 | 5:37 | 0:00 | 19:13 | 24 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Corey Perry | 1 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 19:42 | 3:32 | 0:00 | 16:10 | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Taylor Ward | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6:11 | 0:00 | 0:00 | 6:11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Defenses
| Player | BS | HT | TK | +/- | TOI | PPTOI | SHTOI | ESTOI | SHFT | G | YTDG | A | S | SM | SOG | FW | FL | FO% | GV | PN | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mikey Anderson | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18:11 | 0:00 | 2:12 | 15:59 | 22 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Brandt Clarke | 2 | 2 | 0 | -1 | 20:07 | 3:19 | 0:09 | 16:39 | 24 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Drew Doughty | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 23:11 | 3:38 | 1:27 | 18:06 | 28 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Dumoulin | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14:38 | 0:00 | 0:43 | 13:55 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Joel Edmundson | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 18:05 | 0:03 | 2:10 | 15:52 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Erik Gustafsson | 2 | 1 | 0 | -1 | 21:35 | 4:48 | 0:01 | 16:46 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Los Angeles Kings Goalies
| Player | GA | SA | SOS | SOSA | SV | SV% | ESSV | PPSV | SHSV | TOI | YTDG | PIM |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anton Forsberg | 3 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 28 | .903 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 57:57 | 0 | 0 |
Recent form
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Frequently asked questions
Who won Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings?
Buffalo Sabres won, 3-2, on Saturday, October 31, 2026.
What was the final score of Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings?
Buffalo Sabres 3, Los Angeles Kings 2.
Who were the top performers?
Buffalo Sabres: Tage Thompson (2 goals). Los Angeles Kings: Andre Lee (1 goals).
Where is Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings played?
crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles, CA.
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