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Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2025-01-15 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 4 - 2 Carolina Hurricanes

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 59.5%
CAR: 40.5%
Expected Goals
BUF: 2.79
CAR: 3.02
Total Goals
Median: 5.7
Over 5.5: 52%
Over 6.5: 36%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Alex Lyon - 14-8-3 | 0.913 SV% | 2.72 GAA
CAR
Brandon Bussi - 23-3-1 | 0.906 SV% | 2.16 GAA
StatBUFCAR
Season SV%0.9060.901
Last 5 SV%0.9340.915
SV% vs Opponent0.8790.944
GAA2.822.33
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 100% • BUF at home vs CAR: 4-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-19CAR 2 - 1 BUFCARCAR
2025-11-23BUF 4 - 1 CARBUFBUF
2025-11-08CAR 6 - 3 BUFCARCAR
2025-04-08BUF 3 - 0 CARBUFBUF
2025-02-27CAR 5 - 2 BUFCARCAR

⚡ 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
100:43BUFGoal
208:18BUFGoal
219:56BUFGoal
303:45BUFGoal
316:50BUFGoal
319:36BUFGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 59.5%
Total Goals
Actual: 6.0
Expected: 5.8
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 4 - 2 Carolina Hurricanes
Expected: 2.8 - 3.0