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LAK @ BUF

Thursday, January 29, 2026 · 6:00 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's most recent starter as the probable starter (confirmed starters are not published in advance). Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Los Angeles Kings
35-27-20 · Away
1 – 4
FINAL
Buffalo Sabres
50-23-9 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
LAK +105 · BUF -125
Puck Line
LAK +1.5 (-250) · BUF -1.5 (+180)
Total
O 5.5 (-115) · U (-105)

Graded: total 5 → OVER L · BUF -1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 LAKo5.5 47%
24-27
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
50%
13-13
0%
0-2
44%
22-28
BUFo5.5 64%
33-19
60%
3-2
80%
8-2
64%
16-9
0%
0-2
50%
26-26
Puck Line
cover %
 LAK+1.5 78%
40-11
100%
5-0
80%
8-2
89%
23-3
100%
2-0
-17.82u
18-32
BUF-1.5 44%
23-29
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
56%
14-11
0%
0-2
+7.46u
30-22
Moneyline
win %
 LAK dog +105 43%
22-29
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
54%
14-12
50%
1-1
+0.17u
8-10
BUF fav -125 58%
30-22
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
64%
16-9
50%
1-1
+2.28u
14-8
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-125/u-105 FD 1.5 o-108/u-118 LAK 33%
17-34
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
35%
9-17
0%
0-2
33%
17-34
 1.24 0.61 / 0.63
BUF 60%
31-21
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
56%
14-11
0%
0-2
60%
31-21
 2.02 1.00 / 1.02
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-145/u+114 FD 1.5 o-138/u+108 LAK 61%
31-20
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
73%
19-7
0%
0-2
59%
30-21
 1.94 0.90 / 1.04
BUF 71%
37-15
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
68%
17-8
0%
0-2
56%
29-23
 2.12 1.25 / 0.87
3rd Period
over 2.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 2.5 o+156/u-205 LAK 33%
17-34
20%
1-4
40%
4-6
27%
7-19
50%
1-1
57%
29-22
 1.92 1.02 / 0.90
BUF 35%
18-34
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
36%
9-16
50%
1-1
42%
21-29
 2.15 1.08 / 1.08
Team Comparison '25-26
LAKBUF
Record (W-L-OTL)35-27-2050-23-9
Points %54.9%66.5%
Goals for / game2.743.51
Goals against / game3.012.94
Shots for / game28.028.1
Shots against / game27.229.1
Power play %17.0%19.5%
Penalty kill %74.6%81.9%
Faceoff %49.9%45.9%
1st period GF / GA0.73 / 0.741.02 / 0.94
2nd period GF / GA0.93 / 0.981.16 / 0.88
3rd period GF / GA0.93 / 1.051.23 / 1.01
Avg game total5.766.45
Starting Goalies from the box score
28 saves on 31 shots · 3 GA · L
BUF · Alex Lyon
37 saves on 38 shots · 1 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
LAK0100381/2
BUF2110321/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
LAKPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Corey Perry G 0.5
o+300
 25% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Kevin Fiala G 0.5
o+190
 35% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Quinton Byfield G 0.5
o+260
 18% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Laferriere G 0.5
o+260
 22% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Joel Armia G 0.5
o+525
 20% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Adrian Kempe G 0.5
o+195
 31% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Trevor Moore G 0.5
o+400
 15% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Taylor Ward G 0.5
o+600
 20% 20% — 0 U
Andrei Kuzmenko G 0.5
o+275
 24% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Brian Dumoulin G 0.5
o+1400
 2% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Warren Foegele G 0.5
o+350
 14% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Samuel Helenius G 0.5
o+800
 8% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Brandt Clarke G 0.5
o+575
 10% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Drew Doughty G 0.5
o+800
 7% 0% — 0 U
Joel Edmundson G 0.5
o+1300
 4% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Cody Ceci G 0.5
o+1600
 2% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Mikey Anderson G 0.5
o+1200
 4% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Jeff Malott G 0.5
o+850
 9% 0% — 0 U
Corey Perry PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-145
 53% 90% 0%0/2 0 U
Adrian Kempe PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+110
 63% 60% 50%1/2 1 O
Kevin Fiala PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+115
 61% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Brandt Clarke PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 37% 50% 0%0/2 1 O
Andrei Kuzmenko PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 39% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Quinton Byfield PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 40% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Alex Laferriere PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-150
 43% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Drew Doughty PTS 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 26% 0% — 0 U
Corey Perry A 0.5
o+195 / u-275
 33% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Kevin Fiala A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 35% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Adrian Kempe A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 43% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Brandt Clarke A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 29% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Andrei Kuzmenko A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 22% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Alex Laferriere A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 24% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Quinton Byfield A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 34% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Drew Doughty A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 19% 0% — 0 U
Brandt Clarke SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 61% 80% 0%0/2 2 O
Quinton Byfield SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 62% 60% 50%1/2 1 U
Drew Doughty SOG 1.5
o+115 / u-155
 42% 50% — 1 U
Kevin Fiala SOG 2.5
o-110 / u-120
 57% 50% 50%1/2 2 U
Warren Foegele SOG 1.5
o-145 / u+110
 41% 50% 50%1/2 2 O
Trevor Moore SOG 1.5
o-135 / u+100
 56% 50% 100%2/2 2 O
Andrei Kuzmenko SOG 1.5
o+105 / u-140
 44% 50% 0%0/2 1 U
Corey Perry SOG 1.5
o-120 / u-110
 48% 40% 50%1/2 3 O
Alex Laferriere SOG 2.5
o+100 / u-135
 41% 40% 0%0/2 4 O
Adrian Kempe SOG 2.5
o-130 / u+100
 47% 30% 50%1/2 4 O
Darcy Kuemper SV 22.5
o-130 / u-105
 61% 60% 100%1/1 28 O
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+195
 37% 50% 50%1/2 3 O
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+120
 46% 50% 0%0/1 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+350
 17% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+275
 19% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+525
 12% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+210
 33% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+375
 19% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Josh Doan G 0.5
o+250
 25% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+350
 15% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+800
 8% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+900
 14% 10% 0%0/1 1 O
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+700
 17% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Noah Ostlund G 0.5
o+325
 18% 10% — 0 U
Michael Kesselring G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+750
 6% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Tyson Kozak G 0.5
o+750
 7% 0% — 0 U
Zach Metsa G 0.5
o+2000
 5% 0% — 0 U
Konsta Helenius G 0.5
o+425
 20% — — 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-250 / u+180
 67% 90% 0%0/1 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-140 / u+105
 65% 80% 100%2/2 3 O
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+115
 58% 80% 50%1/2 1 O
Ryan McLeod PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 52% 70% 0%0/2 2 O
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-150
 44% 70% 0%0/2 3 O
Mattias Samuelsson PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 44% 60% 0%0/1 1 O
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-155
 46% 60% 0%0/2 1 O
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 58% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Josh Doan PTS 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 50% 50% 33%1/3 0 U
Noah Ostlund PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 35% 40% — 0 U
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 39% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+185 / u-250
 29% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 42% 70% 0%0/1 0 U
Ryan McLeod A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 40% 70% 0%0/2 2 O
Mattias Samuelsson A 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 36% 50% 0%0/1 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 50% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 33% 40% 0%0/2 3 O
Josh Doan A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 31% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 31% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 33% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 37% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Noah Ostlund A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 18% 30% — 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 24% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 27% 10% 0%0/2 1 O
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 65% 70% 50%1/2 1 U
Jason Zucker SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 58% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Tage Thompson SOG 2.5
o-155 / u+120
 65% 60% 100%1/1 5 O
Alex Tuch SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+125
 75% 50% 100%2/2 7 O
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 54% 50% 0%0/2 2 U
Zach Benson SOG 1.5
o+105 / u-140
 51% 40% 0%0/2 2 O
Josh Doan SOG 1.5
o-140 / u+105
 56% 20% 33%1/3 1 U
Alex Lyon SV 23.5
o-125 / u-105
 76% 60% — 37 O

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Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Nov 20, 2024 at LAK BUF 1–0 0–00–01–0 1 5.5 U BUF
Oct 10, 2024 at BUF BUF 1–3 0–01–00–3 4 6 U LAK
Feb 13, 2024 at BUF BUF 7–0 3–02–02–0 7 — BUF
Jan 24, 2024 at LAK BUF 5–3 1–32–02–0 8 — BUF
Feb 13, 2023 at LAK BUF 2–5 0–00–42–1 7 — LAK
Dec 13, 2022 at BUF BUF 6–0 0–00–06–0 6 — BUF
Mar 6, 2022 at BUF BUF 0–3 0–00–10–2 3 — LAK
Oct 31, 2021 at LAK BUF 2–3 0–02–10–2 5 — LAK
Dec 21, 2019 at BUF BUF 3–2 0–02–11–1 5 — BUF
Oct 17, 2019 at LAK BUF 3–0 2–01–00–0 3 — BUF