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Edmonton Oilers at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2025-03-10 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 2 Edmonton Oilers
🚨 Upset Win (57% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 43.0%
EDM: 57.0%
Expected Goals
BUF: 2.91
EDM: 3.04
Total Goals
Median: 6.5
Over 5.5: 63%
Over 6.5: 50%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen - 7-5-1 | 0.903 SV% | 2.46 GAA
EDM
Stuart Skinner - 26-18-4 | 0.896 SV% | 2.81 GAA
StatBUFEDM
Season SV%0.9030.896
Last 5 SV%
SV% vs Opponent
GAA2.462.81
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats. Confirmed goalie row used when available; otherwise current projected starter is shown.

Goalie Game Metrics

TeamGoalieSASavesGASV%xGAHD FacedGSAx
BUFUkko-Pekka Luukkonen3432294.1%3.0001.00
EDMStuart Skinner2320387.0%2.391-0.61
SA uses shots on goal plus goals. xGA, high-danger faced, and GSAx use modeled scoring attempts against. GSAx is xGA minus goals against.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • BUF at home vs EDM: 3-0
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2025-12-09EDM 3 - 4 BUFBUFEDM
2025-11-17BUF 5 - 1 EDMBUFEDM
2025-03-10BUF 3 - 2 EDMBUFEDM
2025-01-25EDM 3 - 2 BUFEDMEDM
2024-03-21EDM 8 - 3 BUFEDMEDM

Shot Quality by Period

PeriodTeamShotsHigh DangerxG
1BUF1510.99
1EDM1500.82
2BUF1000.53
2EDM1200.89
3BUF1000.86
3EDM2001.29
Shots are modeled attempts: shots on goal, goals, and missed shots. Blocked shots are excluded. High danger is xG >= 0.20.

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 57.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.0
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 3 - 2 Edmonton Oilers
Expected: 2.9 - 3.0