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2026-27 Season Live

Florida Panthers at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2022-04-03 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 5 Florida Panthers
🚨 Upset Loss (51% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 51.5%
FLA: 48.5%
Expected Goals
BUF: 2.95
FLA: 3.71
Total Goals
Median: 6.5
Over 5.5: 64%
Over 6.5: 50%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
D. Tokarski
FLA
Spencer Knight - 0-0-0 | 0.000 SV% | 0.00 GAA
StatBUFFLA
Season SV%—0.000
Last 5 SV%——
SV% vs Opponent——
GAA—0.00
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
BUFD. Tokarski4035587.5%3.402-1.60
FLASpencer Knight2926389.7%3.1920.19
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 68% • BUF at home vs FLA: 2-7
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-02-27FLA 2 - 3 BUFBUFFLA
2026-02-02FLA 3 - 5 BUFBUFBUF
2026-01-12BUF 3 - 4 FLAFLAFLA
2025-10-18BUF 3 - 0 FLABUFFLA
2025-04-12FLA 3 - 2 BUFFLAFLA

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1BUF1310.90
1FLA1200.72
2BUF1000.30
2FLA2822.03
3BUF1711.98
3FLA1100.65
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 51.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.7
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 5 Florida Panthers
Expected: 2.9 - 3.7