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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators NHL Predictions

2025-01-09 • Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa Senators 0 - 4 Buffalo Sabres
🚨 Upset Loss (60% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
OTT: 60.4%
BUF: 39.6%
Expected Goals
OTT: 2.94
BUF: 2.74
Total Goals
Median: 5.9
Over 5.5: 53%
Over 6.5: 36%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

OTT
Linus Ullmark - 16-8-5 | 0.884 SV% | 2.86 GAA
BUF
Alex Lyon - 14-8-3 | 0.913 SV% | 2.72 GAA
StatOTTBUF
Season SV%0.8810.906
Last 5 SV%0.8820.934
SV% vs Opponent0.8800.905
GAA2.952.82
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 50% • OTT at home vs BUF: 1-4
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
110:17BUFGoal
113:17BUFGoal
204:11BUFGoal
210:22BUFGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 60.4%
Total Goals
Actual: 4.0
Expected: 5.7
Score Breakdown
Ottawa Senators 0 - 4 Buffalo Sabres
Expected: 2.9 - 2.7