Los Angeles Kings vs Buffalo Sabres

NHL

Kings

22-17-13, 57 PTS

1-4

Final

Sabres

31-17-5, 67 PTS

KeyBank Center

TV: Sportsnet+

On the ice

LA shoots leftBUF shoots right

Shots on goal

	1st	2nd	3rd	T
LA	12	19	7	38
BUF	8	14	10	32

In net

Darcy Kuemper28/31 SV, .903

Alex Lyon37/38 SV, .974

Team	1	2	3	T
LA	0	1	0	1
BUF	2	1	1	4

Who won: Sabres 4-1

The Buffalo Sabres beat the Los Angeles Kings 4-1 on Thursday, January 29, 2026 at KeyBank Center. The Sabres lead the series 1-0. The Sabres outscored the Kings 2-0 in the 1st period. Alex Tuch led the Sabres in goals (3). Adrian Kempe led the Kings in goals (1).

BUF

Forwards	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	G	YTDG	A	S	SM	FW	FL	FO%	GV	PN	PIM
Joel ArmiaRW	0	2	1	-1	16:47	0:00	1:57	14:50	20	0	10	0	2	1	5	8	38.5	2	0	0
Quinton ByfieldRW	0	0	1	-1	15:54	0:00	2:31	13:23	21	0	9	0	1	1	9	8	52.9	1	1	2
Kevin FialaLW	0	0	0	-1	17:23	1:28	0:03	15:52	22	0	18	1	2	1	0	1	0.0	3	0	0
Warren FoegeleLW	0	0	0	-1	14:27	0:40	0:39	13:08	18	0	6	0	2	2	1	1	50.0	2	0	0
Samuel HeleniusC	0	4	0	-1	10:06	0:00	0:00	10:06	14	0	2	0	0	0	4	4	50.0	0	2	12
Adrian KempeRW	0	3	0	-1	16:49	1:29	0:59	14:21	22	1	18	0	4	0	2	5	28.6	1	0	0
Andrei KuzmenkoLW	1	0	0	0	15:39	1:33	0:00	14:06	17	0	11	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	1	0	0
Alex LaferriereRW	1	2	0	0	17:40	0:42	3:37	13:21	20	0	13	0	4	0	0	7	0.0	1	0	0
Jeff MalottLW	1	6	0	-1	9:39	0:00	0:00	9:39	14	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	1	3	14
Trevor MooreLW	0	3	0	-1	16:14	0:43	1:55	13:36	21	0	6	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Corey PerryRW	1	0	1	-1	15:27	1:31	0:00	13:56	19	0	11	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	2	0	0
Taylor WardRW	0	2	0	-1	11:48	0:38	0:00	11:10	15	0	2	0	3	1	0	1	0.0	0	0	0

Defenses	BS	HT	TK	+/-	TOI	PPTOI	SHTOI	ESTOI	SHFT	YTDG	A	S	SM	GV
Mikey AndersonD	0	2	1	0	19:30	0:00	1:14	18:16	22	2	0	4	0	1
Cody CeciD	2	1	0	-1	18:52	0:00	4:14	14:38	23	1	0	2	2	1
Brandt ClarkeD	3	0	0	-2	21:04	1:27	0:24	19:13	23	6	1	2	1	1
Drew DoughtyD	1	2	1	-1	22:48	0:44	1:34	20:30	25	3	0	1	0	1
Brian DumoulinD	0	2	0	-1	16:15	0:00	0:00	16:15	18	1	0	1	1	0
Joel EdmundsonD	1	1	0	-1	17:53	0:00	4:17	13:36	22	2	0	3	1	0