Victor Olofsson is the league's best scorer among newcomers in the league and leads both the scorer and the points league. By the score 2-1 to Buffalo, he was able to shake a backhand in open goal to 3-1 at the end of the match.
As the LA Kings managed to reduce to 2-3, 24-year-old Olofsson's goal became the match decision. With 16 goals, he has scored twice as much as second Cale Makar among rookies.
The team's big star, Jack Eichel, played Olofsson and scored 17 straight games.
Prior to that, Adrian Kempe had made 1-0 for Kings, his third consecutive game as goal scorer.