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Buffalo Sabres at Minnesota Wild NHL Predictions

2025-03-22 • Xcel Energy Center
Minnesota Wild 4 - 1 Buffalo Sabres
🚨 Upset Win (50% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
MIN: 49.7%
BUF: 50.3%
Expected Goals
MIN: 3.20
BUF: 2.95
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 56%
Over 6.5: 40%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

MIN
Filip Gustavsson - 28-15-6 | 0.903 SV% | 2.69 GAA
BUF
Alex Lyon - 20-10-4 | 0.906 SV% | 2.77 GAA
StatMINBUF
Season SV%0.9120.906
Last 5 SV%0.8360.847
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: 17% • 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 BUFMINBUF
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
200:56MINGoal
205:07MINGoal
208:11MINGoal
306:48MINGoal
319:27MINGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 50.3%
Total Goals
Actual: 5.0
Expected: 6.2
Score Breakdown
Minnesota Wild 4 - 1 Buffalo Sabres
Expected: 3.2 - 3.0