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Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers NHL Predictions

2024-11-07 • Madison Square Garden
New York Rangers 1 - 6 Buffalo Sabres
🚨 Upset Loss (55% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
NYR: 54.9%
BUF: 45.1%
Expected Goals
NYR: 3.04
BUF: 2.95
Total Goals
Median: 5.5
Over 5.5: 53%
Over 6.5: 37%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

NYR
Igor Shesterkin - 25-19-6 | 0.912 SV% | 2.50 GAA
BUF
Alex Lyon - 20-10-4 | 0.906 SV% | 2.77 GAA
StatNYRBUF
Season SV%0.9100.906
Last 5 SV%0.9120.847
SV% vs Opponent0.9370.906
GAA2.512.82
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 44% • NYR at home vs BUF: 1-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-08NYR 3 - 5 BUFBUFBUF
2026-01-08NYR 2 - 5 BUFBUFBUF
2025-10-09BUF 0 - 4 NYRNYRBUF
2025-02-22BUF 8 - 2 NYRBUFBUF
2024-12-11BUF 2 - 3 NYRNYRBUF

⚡ 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
100:26BUFGoal
202:45BUFGoal
211:39BUFGoal
212:09BUFGoal
213:51BUFGoal
304:21BUFGoal
311:55BUFGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 54.9%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.0
Score Breakdown
New York Rangers 1 - 6 Buffalo Sabres
Expected: 3.0 - 3.0