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Vancouver Canucks at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2024-11-29 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 4 Vancouver Canucks
🚨 Upset Loss (62% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 62.0%
VAN: 38.0%
Expected Goals
BUF: 3.06
VAN: 2.69
Total Goals
Median: 5.2
Over 5.5: 47%
Over 6.5: 34%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Alex Lyon - 14-8-3 | 0.913 SV% | 2.72 GAA
VAN
Kevin Lankinen - 7-19-4 | 0.876 SV% | 3.67 GAA
StatBUFVAN
Season SV%0.9060.885
Last 5 SV%0.9340.793
SV% vs Opponent0.938
GAA2.823.41
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • BUF at home vs VAN: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-06BUF 5 - 3 VANBUFBUF
2025-12-11VAN 2 - 3 BUFBUFVAN
2025-01-21VAN 2 - 3 BUFBUFVAN
2024-11-29BUF 3 - 4 VANVANBUF
2024-03-19VAN 3 - 2 BUFVANVAN

⚡ 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
117:33BUFGoal
218:12BUFGoal
314:57BUFGoal
313:18VANGoal
309:00VANGoal
305:15VANGoal
403:59VANGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 62.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 5.7
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 4 Vancouver Canucks
Expected: 3.1 - 2.7