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New York Islanders at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2024-11-01 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 4 New York Islanders
🚨 Upset Loss (55% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 54.8%
NYI: 45.2%
Expected Goals
BUF: 3.05
NYI: 2.96
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 55%
Over 6.5: 37%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Alex Lyon - 14-8-3 | 0.913 SV% | 2.72 GAA
NYI
Ilya Sorokin - 20-13-2 | 0.916 SV% | 2.44 GAA
StatBUFNYI
Season SV%0.9060.910
Last 5 SV%0.9340.930
SV% vs Opponent0.967
GAA2.822.55
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 62% • BUF at home vs NYI: 3-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-24NYI 0 - 5 BUFBUFNYI
2025-12-20BUF 3 - 2 NYIBUFBUF
2024-12-23NYI 1 - 7 BUFBUFNYI
2024-11-30NYI 3 - 0 BUFNYINYI
2024-11-01BUF 3 - 4 NYINYIBUF

⚡ 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
109:43BUFGoal
109:03BUFGoal
212:20NYIGoal
205:25NYIGoal
318:59NYIGoal
308:08NYIGoal
305:27NYIGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 54.8%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.0
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 4 New York Islanders
Expected: 3.0 - 3.0