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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild NHL Predictions

2025-03-22 • Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild 4 - 1 Buffalo Sabres

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MIN: 56.7%
BUF: 43.3%
Expected Goals
MIN: 2.87
BUF: 3.02
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 53%
Over 6.5: 38%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 20-9-6 | 0.906 SV% | 2.64 GAA
BUF
Alex Lyon - 14-8-3 | 0.913 SV% | 2.72 GAA
StatMINBUF
Season SV%0.9120.906
Last 5 SV%0.8950.934
SV% vs Opponent0.895
GAA2.472.82
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • MIN at home vs BUF: 1-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-17BUF 4 - 5 MINMINBUF
2025-11-29MIN 2 - 3 BUFBUFMIN
2025-03-22MIN 4 - 1 BUFMINMIN
2024-11-27BUF 0 - 1 MINMINBUF
2024-02-17MIN 2 - 3 BUFBUFMIN

⚡ 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
208:11MINGoal
205:07MINGoal
200:56MINGoal
319:27MINGoal
306:48MINGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 56.7%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 5.9
Score Breakdown
Minnesota Wild 4 - 1 Buffalo Sabres
Expected: 2.9 - 3.0