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December 20, 2026, 6:00PM EST

Los Angeles Kings

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Los Angeles Kings

0-3-2

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDT CLARKE	D	3	1	1	2	0	1	03:09	19:07	9	3.0000	-2	10	0	5
ARTEMI PANARIN	L	3	1	0	1	1	1	04:36	21:51	10	3.3333	-3	4	4	0
TREVOR MOORE	L	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:51	16:55	7	2.3333	-1	0	0	3
SCOTT LAUGHTON	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	00:02	14:26	5	1.6667	-2	7	7	3
ALEX LAFERRIERE	R	3	1	0	1	0	0	03:08	18:00	7	2.3333	-1	0	10	2
ADRIAN KEMPE	R	3	0	1	1	0	1	03:51	21:27	7	2.3333	-1	0	8	1
ERIK HAULA	C	3	0	1	1	0	0	01:17	16:29	9	3.0000	1	0	3	3
DREW DOUGHTY	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	01:03	19:45	2	0.6667	0	4	3	4
CODY CECI	D	3	0	0	0	0	0	00:00	17:01	3	1.0000	0	0	1	3
QUINTON BYFIELD	C	3	0	0	0	0	0	04:06	20:55	6	2.0000	-2	0	1	0

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
DARCY KUEMPER	3	0	2	1	139	0	7	67	3.02	0.896	0.44
ANTON FORSBERG	1	0	0	0	39	0	0	9	0.00	1.000	1.00

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
ARTEMI PANARIN	L	8	2	7	9	2	5	04:40	19:49	23	2.8750	-6	0	0	0
MATS ZUCCARELLO	R	5	2	5	7	1	3	04:14	20:17	14	2.8000	0	0	1	1
ADRIAN KEMPE	R	6	2	3	5	1	2	03:45	19:32	13	2.1667	-3	4	13	2
ERIK HAULA	C	7	2	2	4	0	1	01:14	14:51	14	2.0000	0	2	11	4
SCOTT LAUGHTON	C	7	1	2	3	0	0	00:50	15:03	6	0.8571	2	0	22	8
BRIAN DUMOULIN	D	6	0	2	2	0	0	00:03	19:04	2	0.3333	-1	0	5	1
JOEL ARMIA	R	9	2	0	2	0	0	00:48	14:59	10	1.1111	0	6	9	3
BRANDT CLARKE	D	5	0	2	2	0	2	02:45	19:06	10	2.0000	-5	2	5	12
ALEX LAFERRIERE	R	6	0	2	2	0	1	03:08	17:26	11	1.8333	-2	0	12	4
ERIK GUSTAFSSON	D	6	0	2	2	0	1	01:58	16:27	5	0.8333	-6	0	4	5

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
ANTON FORSBERG	6	1	4	0	292	0	16	148	3.29	0.892	-1.29
DARCY KUEMPER	4	2	1	0	198	0	7	95	2.12	0.926	2.53

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
BRANDT CLARKE	D	5	1	3	4	0	2	03:28	19:25	15	3.0000	-4	15	0	9
ARTEMI PANARIN	L	5	3	1	4	1	2	04:40	21:38	16	3.2000	-5	4	4	0
ALEX LAFERRIERE	R	5	1	2	3	0	0	02:36	17:15	9	1.8000	0	2	18	4
ADRIAN KEMPE	R	5	1	2	3	1	3	03:55	21:09	16	3.2000	-3	2	12	1
ERIK HAULA	C	5	1	2	3	0	0	01:22	15:55	14	2.8000	-1	0	3	3
TREVOR MOORE	L	5	1	1	2	0	0	00:32	16:22	11	2.2000	-2	0	1	4
QUINTON BYFIELD	C	5	1	1	2	1	1	04:08	20:53	13	2.6000	-5	0	1	2
DREW DOUGHTY	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	01:15	20:26	3	0.6000	-1	8	4	7
SCOTT LAUGHTON	C	5	0	1	1	0	0	00:03	14:23	8	1.6000	-2	7	12	4
CODY CECI	D	5	0	1	1	0	0	00:01	17:37	6	1.2000	2	0	2	6

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
DARCY KUEMPER	4	0	3	1	198	0	15	96	4.53	0.844	-4.34
ANTON FORSBERG	2	0	0	1	101	0	5	34	2.94	0.853	-1.23

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Edmonton Oilers

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	13:20	26.2	ARTEMI PANARIN - ADRIAN KEMPE - QUINTON BYFIELD	0	0	0	9	1	90.0	21	1	95.5
2	9:15	18.2	JOEL ARMIA - SCOTT LAUGHTON - TREVOR MOORE	0	2	-2	8	4	66.7	10	9	52.6
3	7:36	14.9	COREY PERRY - ERIK HAULA - ALEX LAFERRIERE	0	0	0	3	1	75.0	7	2	77.8
4	1:46	3.5	TREVOR MOORE - ANDRE LEE - SAMUEL HELENIUS	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	1	3	25.0
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	13:56	27.4	ERIK GUSTAFSSON - BRANDT CLARKE	0	0	0	12	2	85.7	27	5	84.4
2	5:42	11.2	DREW DOUGHTY - JOEL EDMUNDSON	0	0	0	7	1	87.5	8	5	61.5
3	5:40	11.1	CODY CECI - MIKEY ANDERSON	0	0	0	3	1	75.0	6	1	85.7
4	3:37	7.1	BRIAN DUMOULIN - CODY CECI	0	1	-1	3	1	75.0	5	1	83.3
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	3:25	54.5	ARTEMI PANARIN - ADRIAN KEMPE - QUINTON BYFIELD - ALEX LAFERRIERE	0	0	0	1	2	33.3	5	2	71.4
2	1:57	31.1	COREY PERRY - ERIK HAULA - TREVOR MOORE	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	7	0	100.0
3	0:24	6.4	ARTEMI PANARIN - ADRIAN KEMPE - QUINTON BYFIELD	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
4	0:16	4.3	ERIK HAULA - TREVOR MOORE	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	3:39	58.2	BRANDT CLARKE	0	0	0	2	2	50.0	6	2	75.0
2	1:39	26.3	DREW DOUGHTY - ERIK GUSTAFSSON	0	0	0	3	0	100.0	7	0	100.0
3	0:24	6.4	ERIK GUSTAFSSON - BRANDT CLARKE	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:42	60.7	SCOTT LAUGHTON - TREVOR MOORE	0	1	-1	1	3	25.0	1	6	14.3
2	1:03	37.5	ERIK HAULA - JOEL ARMIA	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.0
3	0:02	1.2	JOEL ARMIA - TREVOR MOORE	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	0:55	32.7	CODY CECI - MIKEY ANDERSON	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	3	0.0
2	0:50	29.8	DREW DOUGHTY - JOEL EDMUNDSON	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	2	0.0
3	0:35	20.8	BRIAN DUMOULIN - MIKEY ANDERSON	0	1	-1	1	2	33.3	1	2	33.3

Buffalo Sabres

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	3	2	1	3	0	0	01:01	21:27	10	3.3333	1	6	1	1
TAGE THOMPSON	C	3	2	1	3	1	2	04:37	20:07	8	2.6667	2	2	2	3
JACK QUINN	R	3	0	2	2	0	2	04:49	18:59	6	2.0000	0	2	3	0
OWEN POWER	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	03:59	26:40	1	0.3333	1	2	0	2
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	2	1	1	2	1	2	02:58	17:24	8	4.0000	0	0	0	6
ZACH BENSON	L	3	0	2	2	0	1	04:33	19:43	4	1.3333	0	0	5	3
BECK MALENSTYN	R	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:03	11:21	0	0.0000	1	2	13	5
PEYTON KREBS	L	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:20	13:43	2	0.6667	0	7	4	2
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	3	0	2	2	0	0	00:15	23:55	3	1.0000	1	0	4	2
JOSH DOAN	R	3	1	0	1	0	0	01:57	15:58	7	2.3333	2	2	5	4

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	2	1	0	1	98	0	4	52	2.43	0.923	1.77
COLTEN ELLIS	2	0	1	0	85	0	6	39	4.19	0.846	-1.67

Last 3 Years VS L.A

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
JACK QUINN	R	5	1	5	6	0	1	02:00	13:45	11	2.2000	5	2	3	3
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	6	2	3	5	1	3	03:34	24:04	9	1.5000	2	4	7	11
JOSH NORRIS	C	4	3	2	5	1	2	02:25	16:55	9	2.2500	-2	4	7	4
ZACH BENSON	L	5	2	2	4	0	0	01:36	16:53	7	1.4000	3	0	3	2
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	10	1	2	3	0	0	01:06	19:18	13	1.3000	-3	2	5	10
JUSTIN DANFORTH	L	4	0	3	3	0	1	00:21	15:45	9	2.2500	-3	0	9	3
PEYTON KREBS	L	6	0	3	3	0	0	00:01	11:52	5	0.8333	3	19	8	0
MATT GRZELCYK	D	7	1	1	2	0	0	00:43	18:56	14	2.0000	2	4	5	8
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	3	1	1	2	0	0	00:13	20:30	1	0.3333	2	4	4	6
RYAN MCLEOD	C	8	0	2	2	0	1	00:29	14:56	10	1.2500	1	0	9	2

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	4	3	1	0	238	2	3	105	0.76	0.971	7.51
ALEX LYON	3	3	0	0	184	0	7	117	2.27	0.940	4.62

Current Season Stats

Name	POS	GP	G	A	PTS	PPG	PPP	PPTOI	TOI	SOG	SOG/G	+/-	PIM	Hits	BKS
OWEN POWER	D	7	1	6	7	0	0	02:42	26:26	6	0.8571	3	2	1	3
TAGE THOMPSON	C	7	4	3	7	1	2	03:46	19:54	31	4.4286	5	4	5	5
NOAH OSTLUND	C	7	2	2	4	1	1	03:20	18:22	18	2.5714	1	0	1	1
RASMUS DAHLIN	D	6	2	2	4	1	2	03:17	23:38	19	3.1667	0	2	8	14
PEYTON KREBS	L	7	0	4	4	0	0	00:09	14:29	5	0.7143	0	9	10	2
MATTIAS SAMUELSSON	D	7	1	3	4	0	0	00:06	22:05	8	1.1429	-2	4	7	5
JACK QUINN	R	7	2	2	4	0	2	03:57	19:31	18	2.5714	-1	4	9	2
ZACH BENSON	L	7	0	3	3	0	1	03:47	19:28	12	1.7143	0	4	12	4
OLEN ZELLWEGER	D	6	2	1	3	0	0	00:38	18:45	11	1.8333	0	6	2	2
JOSH NORRIS	C	7	1	1	2	0	0	02:03	14:49	8	1.1429	-1	4	8	4

Name	GP	W	L	OTL	MIN	SO	GA	SA	GAA	SV%	GSAA
UKKO-PEKKA LUUKKONEN	5	2	2	1	277	0	16	107	3.46	0.850	-4.12
COLTEN ELLIS	3	1	1	0	150	0	8	59	3.19	0.864	-1.45

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Montreal Canadiens

Num	Time	%	EV - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	9:20	17.9	JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	3	1	75.0	6	2	75.0
2	7:09	13.7	RYAN MCLEOD - JIRI KULICH - KONSTA HELENIUS	0	1	-1	1	7	12.5	1	8	11.1
3	6:56	13.3	TAGE THOMPSON - PEYTON KREBS - JOSH DOAN	0	0	0	1	1	50.0	4	7	36.4
4	6:26	12.3	BECK MALENSTYN - JOSH NORRIS - JUSTIN DANFORTH	2	0	2	3	3	50.0	5	6	45.5
Num	Time	%	EV - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	14:38	28.1	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - OLEN ZELLWEGER	2	0	2	5	3	62.5	13	11	54.2
2	11:07	21.3	OWEN POWER - ZACH METSA	0	0	0	1	5	16.7	8	8	50.0
3	6:02	11.6	DENNIS GILBERT - LOUIS CREVIER	1	0	1	3	5	37.5	6	5	54.5
Num	Time	%	PP - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	4:53	59.2	TAGE THOMPSON - JACK QUINN - NOAH OSTLUND - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	3	2	60.0	5	2	71.4
2	1:32	18.6	JOSH NORRIS - JOSH DOAN - JIRI KULICH - KONSTA HELENIUS	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3	0:37	7.5	RYAN MCLEOD - JOSH NORRIS - JOSH DOAN - JIRI KULICH	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
4	0:18	3.6	TAGE THOMPSON - RYAN MCLEOD - JACK QUINN - ZACH BENSON	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	2	1	66.7
Num	Time	%	PP - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	5:28	71.0	OWEN POWER	0	0	0	3	2	60.0	5	2	71.4
2	1:40	21.6	OLEN ZELLWEGER	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0
3	0:22	4.8	OLEN ZELLWEGER - OWEN POWER	0	0	0	1	0	100.0	1	0	100.0
Num	Time	%	SH - FORWARDS	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	0:56	20.1	BECK MALENSTYN - RYAN MCLEOD	0	0	0	0	1	0.0	0	1	0.0
2	0:55	19.7	BECK MALENSTYN - JUSTIN DANFORTH	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	4	0.0
3	0:49	17.6	BECK MALENSTYN	0	0	0	0	2	0.0	0	2	0.0
Num	Time	%	SH - DEFENSE	GF	GA	+/-	SF	SA	SF%	CF	CA	CF%
1	1:51	39.8	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - LOUIS CREVIER	0	0	0	0	3	0.0	0	5	0.0
2	1:16	27.2	MATTIAS SAMUELSSON - OWEN POWER	0	1	-1	0	3	0.0	0	3	0.0
3	0:45	16.1	OWEN POWER - ZACH METSA	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0

December 20, 2026, 6:00PM EST

Los Angeles Kings

Buffalo Sabres

Los Angeles Kings

0-3-2

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS BUF

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Edmonton Oilers

Buffalo Sabres

3-3-1

Last 3 Regular Season Games

Last 3 Years VS L.A

Current Season Stats

Last Game Lines

Opponent: Montreal Canadiens

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