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Pittsburgh Penguins at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2025-03-27 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 7 - 3 Pittsburgh Penguins
🚨 Upset Win (52% underdog)

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 48.4%
PIT: 51.6%
Expected Goals
BUF: 3.36
PIT: 3.06
Total Goals
Median: 6.8
Over 5.5: 68%
Over 6.5: 57%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Alex Lyon - 20-10-4 | 0.906 SV% | 2.77 GAA
PIT
Stuart Skinner - 23-17-9 | 0.888 SV% | 2.92 GAA
StatBUFPIT
Season SV%0.9060.888
Last 5 SV%0.8470.886
SV% vs Opponent0.8710.855
GAA2.822.91
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 33% • BUF at home vs PIT: 2-2
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-03-05PIT 1 - 5 BUFBUFPIT
2026-02-05BUF 2 - 5 PITPITPIT
2025-11-26PIT 4 - 2 BUFPITPIT
2025-03-27BUF 7 - 3 PITBUFPIT
2025-01-17BUF 2 - 5 PITPITBUF

⚡ 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
100:27BUFGoal
104:44BUFGoal
111:11BUFGoal
203:36BUFGoal
205:20BUFGoal
211:34BUFGoal
212:02BUFGoal
219:34BUFGoal
302:16BUFGoal
313:54BUFGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
❌ Incorrect
Confidence: 51.6%
Total Goals
Actual: 10.0
Expected: 6.4
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 7 - 3 Pittsburgh Penguins
Expected: 3.4 - 3.1