⚔️ Away Sabres 3-4-0
5–1
Final
👑 Home Kings 2-4-1
Goals 1st2nd3rdF
⚔️ BUF 1315
👑 LAK 0011

Sabres at Kings

Sabres beat Kings 5–1 at Crypto.com Arena on October 20, 2018.

🗓 📍 Crypto.com Arena, Los Angeles 🏒 2018-19 🔁 Sabres lead the season series 1–0
⚔️ Head-to-head

⭐ Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star ⚔️ BUF
Jeff Skinner
3 G
3 shots · 15:31 TOI
2nd star ⚔️ BUF
Jason Pominville
1 G, 2 A
3 shots · 14:03 TOI
3rd star ⚔️ BUF
Jack Eichel
3 A
5 shots · 16:00 TOI

🚨 Scoring

6 goals · in order
1st period
⚔️ Jason Pominville Go-ahead 1st · 10:24
Assists: Jack Eichel, Jake McCabe · beat Jonathan Quick
1–0
2nd period
⚔️ Jeff Skinner 2nd · 03:31
Assists: Jack Eichel, Jason Pominville · beat Jonathan Quick
2–0
⚔️ Jeff Skinner 2nd · 15:52
Assists: Marco Scandella, Jason Pominville · beat Jonathan Quick
3–0
⚔️ Zach Bogosian 2nd · 19:45
Assists: Johan Larsson, Zemgus Girgensons · beat Jonathan Quick
4–0
3rd period
👑 Drew Doughty PP 3rd · 12:16
Assists: Alex Iafallo, Jeff Carter · beat Linus Ullmark
4–1
⚔️ Jeff Skinner Empty net 3rd · 19:35
Assists: Evan Rodrigues, Jack Eichel
5–1

🧩 Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
⚔️Sabres
L1 Larsson · Girgensons · Rodrigues 17:21
L2 Eichel · Skinner · Sobotka 15:31
L3 Sheary · Berglund · Pominville 13:28
L4 Reinhart · Mittelstadt · Okposo 12:20
D1 Ristolainen · McCabe 24:07
D2 Nelson · Dahlin 19:36
D3 Scandella · Bogosian 15:44
👑Kings
L1 Kovalchuk · Kopitar · Carter 22:34
L2 Iafallo · Toffoli · Kempe 18:30
L3 Pearson · Lewis · Rempal 13:44
L4 Wagner · Clifford · Thompson 8:49
D1 Doughty · Martinez 24:38
D2 Muzzin · Phaneuf 17:26
D3 Fantenberg · Forbort 13:40

📊 Team stats

Away left · home right
⚔️BUF LAK👑
26 Shots on goal 20
0/1 Power play (goals / chances) 1/3
9 Hits 20
17 Blocked shots 10
2 Takeaways 2
13 Giveaways 10
15 Penalty minutes 11
BUF shooting 19.2% (5/26) LAK shooting 5.0% (1/20)

🥅 Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
⚔️Sabres
Linus Ullmark
19/20
.950 SV% · 1 GA · 60:00 TOI
👑Kings
Jonathan Quick
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 55:19 TOI

🗺 Where the goals came from

6 of 6 goals located
Jason Pominville · 1st 10:24 · 1–0 Jeff Skinner · 2nd 03:31 · 2–0 Jeff Skinner · 2nd 15:52 · 3–0 Zach Bogosian · 2nd 19:45 · 4–0 Drew Doughty · 3rd 12:16 · 4–1 Jeff Skinner · 3rd 19:35 · 5–1
BUF LAK
The net is on the right for both teams. Hover a dot for the goal.

🔮 Period by period

AI
After 1st — 1–0
Sabres
Sabres — leading by 1 goal after 1st: 2-0 (100% win rate, 2 games)
Kings
Kings — trailing by 1 goal after 1st: 0-0-1 (0% win rate, 1 game)

⚔️ Last meetings

All →
Sabres lead the season series 1–0
Feb 172018 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 4–2 Oct 142017 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 2–4 Mar 162017 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 0–2 Dec 132016 👑LAK @ ⚔️BUF 3–6 Feb 272016 ⚔️BUF @ 👑LAK 0–2
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❓ BUF vs LAK, answered

Who won Sabres vs Kings on October 20, 2018?

Sabres won 5–1. The final score was Sabres 5, Kings 1.

Who scored for Sabres?

Jeff Skinner (3), Jason Pominville, Zach Bogosian.

Who scored for Kings?

Drew Doughty.

How did the Sabres goalie play?

Linus Ullmark made 19 saves on 20 shots (.950 save percentage).

How did the Kings goalie play?

Jonathan Quick made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

Where is Sabres vs Kings played?

At Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, the Kings home rink.

What is the Sabres vs Kings season series?

Sabres lead the season series 1–0 after 1 game.

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🧭 Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
⚔️ Sabres
BeforeOct 18 ⚔️BUF @ 🦈SJS 1–5 AfterOct 21 ⚔️BUF @ 🦆ANA 4–2
👑 Kings
BeforeOct 18 🏝️NYI @ 👑LAK 7–2 AfterOct 23 👑LAK @ ⭐DAL 2–4
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