Los Angeles Kings at Buffalo Sabres

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Los Angeles Kings

22-17-13

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Buffalo Sabres

31-17-5

Alex Tuch has 4th career hat trick in the Sabres' 4-1 victory over the Kings

Alex Lyon made a season-high 37 saves for his 10th consecutive victory to break the franchise record set by Gerry Desjardins in December 1976.

Tuch reached 20-goal mark for the fourth straight season and fifth overall. Mattias Samuelsson also scored to help the Sabres win for the 20 time in 24 games.

Adrian Kempe scored for Los Angeles, and Darcy Kuemper made 28 saves. The Kings had won three straight and earned points in a six in a row.

Tuch opened the scoring on a power play on a shot that went off Cody Ceci’s skate and past Kuemper at 7:14 of the first period. Samuelsson made it 2-0 with 8:43 left in the period.

Tuch’s second of the game made it 3-0. He deflected Bowen Byram’s shot at 6:29 of the second.

Kempe cut it to 3-1 with a power play goal 1:18 later.

Tuch added an empty-net goal with a minute left in the third.

Up next Kings: At Philadelphia on Saturday.

Sabres: Host Montreal on Saturday night.

Regular Season Series

BUF leads series 1-0

Scoring Summary

Goal	1st Period 7:14	Alex Tuch Goal (20) Snap Shot, assists: Ryan McLeod (25), Jack Quinn (20)
Goal	1st Period 11:17	Mattias Samuelsson Goal (9) Slap Shot, assists: Rasmus Dahlin (32), Jack Quinn (21)
Goal	2nd Period 6:29	Alex Tuch Goal (21) Tip-In, assists: Bowen Byram (16), Zach Benson (19)
Goal	2nd Period 7:47	Adrian Kempe Goal (18) Tip-In, assists: Kevin Fiala (20), Brandt Clarke (20)
Goal	3rd Period 19:00	Alex Tuch Goal (22) Snap Shot, assists: Jack Quinn (22), Ryan McLeod (26)

Statistics

LA		BUF
11	Blocked Shots	13
30	Hits	9
5	Takeaways	6
38	Shots	32
1	Power Play Goals	1
2	Power Play Opportunities	3
50.0	Power Play Percentage	33.3
0	Short Handed Goals	0
0	Shootout Goals	0
21	Faceoffs Won	35
37.5	Faceoff Win Percent	62.5
20	Giveaways	16
7	Total Penalties	6
30	Penalty Minutes	28