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Ottawa Senators at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2024-03-27 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 2 - 6 Ottawa Senators
🚨 Upset Loss (58% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 58.3%
OTT: 41.7%
Expected Goals
BUF: 3.20
OTT: 3.08
Total Goals
Median: 6.0
Over 5.5: 60%
Over 6.5: 44%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Alex Lyon - 14-8-3 | 0.913 SV% | 2.72 GAA
OTT
Linus Ullmark - 16-8-5 | 0.884 SV% | 2.86 GAA
StatBUFOTT
Season SV%0.9060.881
Last 5 SV%0.9340.882
SV% vs Opponent0.9050.880
GAA2.822.95
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • BUF at home vs OTT: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-23OTT 2 - 3 BUFBUFOTT
2025-10-15BUF 8 - 4 OTTBUFBUF
2025-04-01OTT 2 - 5 BUFBUFOTT
2025-03-25BUF 3 - 2 OTTBUFBUF
2025-01-09OTT 0 - 4 BUFBUFOTT

⚡ In-Game Win Probability

0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 0:00 20:00 40:00 60:00 In-Game Win Probability Home Win Probability Game Time (minutes)

Goals

PeriodTimeTeamScorer
119:11OTTGoal
108:49OTTGoal
106:01OTTGoal
104:56OTTGoal
102:37OTTGoal
213:07OTTGoal
202:54OTTGoal
316:43OTTGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 58.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.3
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 2 - 6 Ottawa Senators
Expected: 3.2 - 3.1