2018-19 Regular Season Game 8 Buffalo Sabers Vs LA Kings

Good Evening Kings fans! Welcome to today’s matchup as the Buffalo Sabers are in town to take on your Los Angeles Kings. The Kings season so far has gotten of to a horrible start as the team has only managed to win two games. The Sabers on the other hand have been doing extremely well despite the team has been terrible finishing in the bottom of the league for the past nine seasons as their last playoff appearance was 2011. Buffalo has the 2018 number 1 overall draft pick defenseman Rasmus Dahlin who is played a good solid Sven games for the Sabers this season. The Kings need to start to win some games or else their could be some changes made either in the front office or by players being traded.

Kings record before the game
(2-4-1)

Sabers record before the game
(3-4-0)

Tonight's starting lineup for your LA Kings

Alex Iafallo- Anze Kopitar-Tyler Toffoli

Ilya Kovalchuk-Jeff Carter-Sheldon Rempal

Austin Wagner-Adrian Kempe-Trevor Lewis

Tanner Pearson-Nate Thompson-Kyle Clifford

Defense Pairings

Derek Forbort -Drew Doughty

Jake Muzzin-Alec Martinez

Dion Phaneuf-Oscar Fantenberg

Tonight's starting goalie for your LA Kings is Jonathan Quick (backup goalie is Jack Campbell)

Scratches for tonight's game: Paul LaDue Michael Amadio Jaret Anderson-Dola

players on the injury reserve: Dustin Brown (broken finger) Jonny Brodzinski (shoulder injury)

At 10:24 the Sabers jumped out to an early lead by a score of 1-0. The goal was scored by number 26 Jason Pominville. it was his (1st goal of the game and 2nd of the season).

at 3:31 in the 2nd period the Sabres scored again to make it 2-1. The goal was scored by number 53 Jeff Skinner, it was his (1st goal of the game and 2nd of the season). Then at 15:52 the Sabers made it 3-0. The goal was scored by Jeff Skinner, it was his (2nd goal of the game and 3rd of the season). With 14 seconds remaining at 19:45 the Sabers made it a 4-0 game. The goal was scored by number 4 Zach Bogosian, it was his (1st goal of the game and season).

At 12:16 in the 3rd period the Kings finally scored a goal to make it 1=4. The goal was scored by number 8 Drew Doughty, it was his (1st goal of the game and season). Then with 6 seconds remains in the game at 19:54 the Sabres scored a empty net goal to finish the Kings off by a score of 5-1. The goal was scored by number 53 Jeff Skinner, it was his (3rd goal of the game a hat trick and 4th of the season).

Kings record after the game
(2-5-1)

Sabres record after the game
(4-4-0)

Personal Post Game Notes: After the Kings loss today and the game before this a 7-2 loss to the New York Islanders, the Kings have sucked. The way the team has played has been terrible, the Kings cannot find a way to score goals and it has become a problem with the team's play. They need to find a new system of play or fire the coach. I think the Kings need to bring some youth into the squad as it is mostly older players that have been playing.