At The Final Horn | Tuch exits early with injury in loss to Kings

The Buffalo Sabres were unable to keep their winning ways going Sunday afternoon in a 3-0 loss to the Los Angeles Kings at KeyBank Center.
Dustin Tokarski made 29 saves in the defeat.
Los Angeles' Andreas Athanasiou scored twice and Dustin Brown also potted one. Cal Petersen made 19 saves to earn his third-career shutout.
Sabres forward Alex Tuch left the game midway through the third period with an injury.
Buffalo's power play was 0-for-1 and the team was 1-for-1 on the penalty kill.

How it happened

The game's first goal didn't come until there was 3:05 remaining in the second period. Athanasiou's wrist shot from 32 feet out beat Tokarski high.
With 8:55 remaining in regulation, Tuch had to be helped off the ice after he collided with the left goal post of the Kings' net. While killing a penalty, Tuch turned up for an offensive chance and crashed into the post while pursuing a rebound.
The Kings added a pair of empty-net goals in the final minute of play. Athanasiou scored with 58.2 seconds left and then Brown put one into the empty cage with 7.0 seconds to go.

Roll the highlight film

It was Kids Takeover Day presented by NY's 529 College Savings Program.
Kids were a big part of the game, and some lucky young fans shared some game-day responsibilities.

McKenzie McCann, age 12, served as the Jr. Arena Host.

Everett Bado, age 8, was the Jr. PA Announcer.

Charlotte Whipple, age 9, was the Jr. Reporter. She interviewed Mark Pysyk and Peyton Krebs after practice earlier this week.

Anna Allard, age 8, and Clayton Allard, age 6, helped out as the Jr. Social Media Editors.

Grace Sullivan sang the national anthems.

Sixth graders at Heim Middle School in Williamsville illustrated player headshots that were featured throughout the game.
Click here to view those portraits.
Kyle Okposo's kids got in on the action, too.

His son Odin announced the starting lineup in the locker room.

His daughter Ellie interviewed him on the broadcast.
Kevyn Adams even brought his son for a behind-the-scenes look at his job:

Coming up

Buffalo's homestand continues Monday night when the Florida Panthers come to town. Faceoff is set for 7 p.m. on MSG and WGR 550 with pregame coverage on MSG kicking things off at 6:30. Tickets are on sale now.