Kings vs. Sabres (Dec 20, 2026)

Forward Matchup

A. Panarin

LAK LW #10

T. Thompson

BUF C #72

8

Goals

10

13

Points

17

42

Shots on Goal

63

Defenseman Matchup

B. Clarke

LAK D #92

O. Power

BUF D #25

10

Points

11

30

Blocks

17

5

Hits

3

Goalie Matchup

D. Kuemper

LAK G #35

U. Luukkonen

BUF G #1

4

Wins

4

.878

Save Pct

.874

3.65

Goals Against Avg

3.40

LAK

Team Stats

BUF

2.77

Goals per Game

3.07

3.46

Goals Against per Game

3.43

28.00

Shots per Game

28.07

28.31

Shots Against per Game

27.07

17.8

Power Play Pct

17.0

62.5

Penalty Kill Pct

68.6

.878

Save Pct

.873

LAK

Injuries

BUF

Adrian Kempe

RW

Day to day (Undisclosed)

C

Konsta Helenius

Out (Upper-body)

Jakub Dvorak

D

Out (Upper-body)

RW

Justin Danforth

Out (Upper-Body)

Alex Turcotte

C

Out (Undisclosed)

D

Conor Timmins

Out (Lower-body)

Jan Jenik

C

Out (Undisclosed)

D

Jack Rathbone

Out (Undisclosed)

Mats Zuccarello

RW

Out (Upper-Body)

G

Alex Lyon

Out (Upper-body)

Kevin Fiala

LW

Out (Leg)

D

Matt Grzelcyk

Out (Lower-Body)

2026-27 Pacific Division

LAKBUF

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Oilers	11	2	3	25	19
Golden Knights	10	5	2	22	9
Kraken	8	5	1	17	0
Sharks	7	8	1	15	-12
Flames	7	8	0	14	-15
Ducks	6	7	1	13	-4
Kings	4	7	2	10	-9
Canucks	3	12	1	7	-25

Team	W	L	OTL	PTS	DIFF
Bruins	11	4	1	23	20
Canadiens	9	3	3	21	5
Lightning	9	3	2	20	7
Senators	9	6	1	19	1
Panthers	8	5	2	18	3
Maple Leafs	8	7	2	18	6
Sabres	7	4	3	17	-6
Red Wings	7	6	3	17	-2

LAK

Last 5

BUF

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Mon, Oct 26

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Sat, Oct 24

Wed, Oct 21

Game Info

December 20, 2026

ESPN+

KeyBank Center

Buffalo, New York

Team Leaders

G

8

A. Panarin

A

7

B. Clarke

GWG

1

B. Clarke

SV%

.902

A. Forsberg

Season

Career vs BUF

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Darcy Kuemper D. Kuemper	8	8	4	3	1	221	194	.878	27	3.65	0	443
	Anton Forsberg A. Forsberg	6	5	0	4	1	143	129	.902	14	2.51	0	335

	Goalie	GP	GS	W	L	OTL	SA	SV	SV%	GA	GAA	SHO	MIN
	Anton Forsberg A. Forsberg	13	13	4	8	0	363	332	.915	31	2.63	0	706
	Darcy Kuemper D. Kuemper	11	10	5	3	1	267	239	.895	28	3.11	0	540

Team Leaders

G

10

T. Thompson

A

11

Z. Benson

GWG

2

O. Power

SV%

.880

C. Ellis

Season

Career vs LAK

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	13	8	5	13	-4	6	3	1	0	0	1	0	42	19.0	0	0	0	5	1	1	20	22:01
Brandt Clarke B. Clarke	13	3	7	10	-6	21	0	4	0	0	1	1	22	13.6	0	0	0	5	30	4	22	19:18
Alex Laferriere A. Laferriere	13	2	7	9	+1	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	33	6.1	49	99	49.5	38	10	1	6	19:42
Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	12	3	5	8	0	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	41	7.3	22	47	46.8	18	3	2	15	20:44
Drew Doughty D. Doughty	12	1	6	7	+7	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	0	0	0	11	14	3	10	21:22
Joel Armia J. Armia	13	2	3	5	-2	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	20	10.0	3	8	37.5	25	11	4	7	13:39
Erik Haula E. Haula	13	2	3	5	-1	12	1	0	0	1	0	0	24	8.3	84	173	48.6	20	11	4	13	15:31
Scott Laughton S. Laughton	13	2	3	5	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	11.1	82	145	56.6	34	9	6	8	14:37
Trevor Moore T. Moore	13	2	3	5	-4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	26	7.7	0	2	0.0	5	6	3	8	16:37
Quinton Byfield Q. Byfield	11	2	2	4	-7	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	27	7.4	99	178	55.6	2	2	11	9	19:02
Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	11	1	2	3	-2	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	8	12.5	0	0	0	2	11	8	12	19:57
Andre Lee A. Lee	11	1	2	3	+3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	1	2	50.0	25	3	1	3	10:35
Mikey Anderson M. Anderson	13	2	1	3	-1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	25.0	0	0	0	13	23	3	10	17:43
Brian Dumoulin B. Dumoulin	13	1	1	2	-2	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	11.1	0	0	0	19	15	2	20	16:42
Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	13	1	1	2	+4	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	10	25	1	13	17:01
Corey Perry C. Perry	11	1	1	2	-4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	19	5.3	6	7	85.7	7	9	3	6	12:50
Cody Ceci C. Ceci	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	6	0.0	0	0	0	2	7	0	6	16:40
Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	6	0	1	1	+1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	1	0.0	1	1	0	8	16:23
Alex Turcotte A. Turcotte	3	0	1	1	+1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	12	24	50.0	4	1	1	0	14:06
Samuel Helenius S. Helenius	11	1	0	1	0	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	12.5	22	48	45.8	30	4	0	7	8:17
Martin Chromiak M. Chromiak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17:31

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Artemi Panarin A. Panarin	35	15	27	42	+16	10	6	9	0	0	2	2	107	14.0	1	6	16.7	4	5	12	30	19:50
Mats Zuccarello M. Zuccarello	29	7	17	24	+3	6	3	6	0	0	1	1	78	9.0	14	21	66.7	12	19	12	15	18:04
Corey Perry C. Perry	34	17	5	22	+2	43	6	0	0	0	3	0	96	17.7	4	8	50.0	28	15	13	19	16:14
Joel Armia J. Armia	24	8	5	13	+2	12	1	0	2	0	0	0	40	20.0	7	21	33.3	26	9	12	10	14:55
Cody Ceci C. Ceci	41	2	10	12	+1	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	3.2	0	0	0	55	45	14	22	20:24
Drew Doughty D. Doughty	26	2	10	12	-8	8	2	4	0	0	1	0	46	4.3	0	0	0	43	35	6	12	25:05
Adrian Kempe A. Kempe	17	6	6	12	-2	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	40	15.0	32	76	42.1	20	7	4	12	16:39
Scott Laughton S. Laughton	32	2	8	10	+5	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	46	4.3	161	313	51.4	79	19	6	17	14:34
Erik Haula E. Haula	22	4	5	9	-2	12	1	1	1	2	1	0	38	10.5	131	217	60.4	32	9	4	9	14:39
Kevin Fiala K. Fiala	14	2	5	7	-5	8	0	3	0	0	1	0	24	8.3	1	3	33.3	5	8	4	13	16:39
Brian Dumoulin B. Dumoulin	33	2	4	6	+3	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	35	5.7	0	0	0	41	53	11	11	20:24
Erik Gustafsson E. Gustafsson	23	0	6	6	-8	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	28	0.0	0	0	0	18	26	2	17	17:50
Joel Edmundson J. Edmundson	14	0	5	5	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	17	0.0	0	0	0	16	21	1	5	18:34
Trevor Moore T. Moore	14	0	3	3	-7	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	35	0.0	1	3	33.3	14	5	4	6	14:23
Quinton Byfield Q. Byfield	9	0	3	3	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	16	0.0	47	78	60.3	6	1	1	4	17:44
Brandt Clarke B. Clarke	6	0	3	3	-6	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	7	14	2	5	19:16
Alex Laferriere A. Laferriere	7	0	2	2	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	14	0.0	5	19	26.3	16	4	1	5	18:15
Mikey Anderson M. Anderson	11	0	1	1	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0.0	0	0	0	16	17	5	4	20:42
Andre Lee A. Lee	2	1	0	1	+1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	25.0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	7:59
Jan Jenik J. Jenik	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3:59
Alex Turcotte A. Turcotte	3	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	5	9	55.6	1	0	1	2	11:08
Martin Chromiak M. Chromiak	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	17:31
Samuel Helenius S. Helenius	4	0	0	0	-2	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	62.5	10	2	0	1	7:27

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	SHA	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	14	10	7	17	+5	6	2	3	0	0	1	0	63	15.9	72	163	44.2	10	9	3	15	19:26
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	14	8	6	14	+3	11	2	4	1	0	0	0	40	20.0	2	3	66.7	10	2	0	16	19:16
Zach Benson Z. Benson	14	2	11	13	+10	12	0	3	0	1	1	0	33	6.1	4	13	30.8	17	8	4	11	19:58
Owen Power O. Power	14	2	9	11	+5	4	0	0	0	0	2	2	18	11.1	0	0	0	3	17	8	24	26:39
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	14	4	5	9	+4	6	2	1	0	0	1	0	33	12.1	46	128	35.9	2	4	1	13	18:54
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	11	2	7	9	+4	6	1	4	0	0	0	0	34	5.9	0	0	0	18	16	4	18	24:40
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	14	2	7	9	+2	25	0	0	0	1	0	0	21	9.5	0	0	0	11	24	7	14	23:51
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	14	0	7	7	+2	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	24	50	48.0	30	4	1	8	13:42
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	13	3	3	6	0	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	27	11.1	0	0	0	3	12	4	11	19:47
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	8	1	2	3	+1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	9	11.1	28	55	50.9	7	3	0	3	13:10
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	14	1	2	3	-6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	7.7	80	154	51.9	5	4	5	13	15:04
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	11	1	2	3	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	8.3	1	8	12.5	11	4	1	11	13:00
Josh Norris J. Norris	14	2	1	3	-6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	13.3	69	134	51.5	15	14	0	6	14:30
Josh Doan J. Doan	14	2	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	23	8.7	2	5	40.0	16	8	5	15	15:24
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	14	0	2	2	-1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	4	7	57.1	52	12	4	7	11:00
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	12	0	2	2	-2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0.0	0	0	0	1	13	1	6	12:21
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	6	0	1	1	-2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0.0	11	20	55.0	16	0	1	2	7:39
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	14	0	1	1	-4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0.0	0	0	0	16	19	3	18	13:13
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	5	1	0	1	-2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	10	10.0	0	0	0	5	2	1	2	11:37
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	6	1	0	1	-2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	50.0	14	36	38.9	8	5	0	0	11:05
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	14:27
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	6	0	0	0	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	20	40	50.0	3	2	1	2	9:09

Skater	GP	G	A	P	+/-	PIM	PPG	PPA	SHG	GWG	OTG	S	S%	FOW	FO	FOW%	HIT	BKS	TKA	GVA	TOI/GP
Rasmus Dahlin R. Dahlin	15	2	7	9	+5	8	1	5	0	0	0	32	6.3	0	0	0	18	24	2	11	23:14
Jack Quinn J. Quinn	8	2	7	9	+6	2	1	2	0	0	0	14	14.3	1	1	100.0	4	3	3	2	13:52
Jason Zucker J. Zucker	27	2	5	7	-2	24	1	0	0	1	0	53	3.8	7	10	70.0	33	10	5	7	15:00
Tage Thompson T. Thompson	12	5	2	7	0	6	3	1	0	2	0	41	12.2	46	112	41.1	9	5	2	9	17:14
Josh Norris J. Norris	7	3	3	6	-3	6	1	1	0	1	1	15	20.0	36	81	44.4	9	6	2	4	16:22
Zach Benson Z. Benson	6	2	4	6	+3	0	0	1	0	0	0	11	18.2	0	1	0.0	4	4	3	2	17:58
Peyton Krebs P. Krebs	11	2	3	5	+2	25	1	0	0	0	0	10	20.0	37	81	45.7	18	1	2	4	13:12
Justin Danforth J. Danforth	6	1	3	4	-2	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	10.0	21	41	51.2	15	3	2	2	15:07
Sam Carrick S. Carrick	17	3	0	3	-3	23	0	0	1	1	0	24	12.5	58	119	48.7	38	7	2	4	11:42
Matt Grzelcyk M. Grzelcyk	12	1	2	3	+4	6	0	0	0	0	0	21	4.8	0	0	0	9	13	4	4	18:20
Conor Timmins C. Timmins	7	0	3	3	+5	2	0	1	0	0	0	8	0.0	0	0	0	5	7	0	2	13:50
Ryan McLeod R. McLeod	15	1	2	3	+2	2	0	1	0	0	0	14	7.1	62	136	45.6	11	5	10	16	13:58
Mattias Samuelsson M. Samuelsson	7	1	2	3	+4	4	0	0	0	1	0	3	33.3	0	0	0	9	17	2	6	21:02
Olen Zellweger O. Zellweger	11	1	2	3	-4	2	0	0	0	0	0	14	7.1	0	0	0	5	14	2	9	19:21
Beck Malenstyn B. Malenstyn	8	0	2	2	+5	9	0	0	0	0	0	8	0.0	1	4	25.0	24	10	5	6	13:16
Josh Doan J. Doan	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	1	2	50.0	3	3	3	4	12:50
Zach Metsa Z. Metsa	3	0	1	1	+1	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	0	0	0	1	5	0	2	11:13
Jack Rathbone J. Rathbone	1	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	15:35
Louis Crevier L. Crevier	5	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0.0	0	0	0	6	5	0	5	14:05
Tyson Kozak T. Kozak	2	0	0	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	14	35.7	4	5	1	0	11:36
Owen Power O. Power	8	0	0	0	+4	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	0.0	0	0	0	3	13	3	3	23:07
Noah Ostlund N. Ostlund	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0.0	3	10	30.0	0	3	1	2	15:04
Jiri Kulich J. Kulich	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0.0	8	12	66.7	2	0	1	2	12:43
Konsta Helenius K. Helenius	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	1	1	100.0	0	0	0	0	13:07

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2026-27 Pacific Division

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