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Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins NHL Predictions

2024-12-21 • TD Garden
Boston Bruins 3 - 1 Buffalo Sabres

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BOS: 67.7%
BUF: 32.3%
Expected Goals
BOS: 3.76
BUF: 2.37
Total Goals
Median: 5.3
Over 5.5: 41%
Over 6.5: 29%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BOS
Jeremy Swayman - 31-18-4 | 0.907 SV% | 2.71 GAA
BUF
Alex Lyon - 20-10-4 | 0.906 SV% | 2.77 GAA
StatBOSBUF
Season SV%0.9030.906
Last 5 SV%0.9040.847
SV% vs Opponent0.9550.885
GAA2.842.82
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 64% • BOS at home vs BUF: 3-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-25BUF 3 - 4 BOSBOSBUF
2025-12-27BUF 4 - 1 BOSBUFBUF
2025-10-30BOS 4 - 3 BUFBOSBOS
2025-10-11BOS 3 - 1 BUFBOSBOS
2025-04-06BUF 6 - 3 BOSBUFBUF

⚡ 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
108:15BOSGoal
218:23BOSGoal
318:15BOSGoal
319:08BOSGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 67.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Boston Bruins 3 - 1 Buffalo Sabres
Expected: 3.8 - 2.4