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Buffalo Sabres at Ottawa Senators NHL Predictions

2025-04-01 • Canadian Tire Centre
Ottawa Senators 2 - 5 Buffalo Sabres

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
OTT: 49.9%
BUF: 50.1%
Expected Goals
OTT: 3.32
BUF: 3.22
Total Goals
Median: 7.1
Over 5.5: 75%
Over 6.5: 61%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

OTT
Linus Ullmark - 28-12-8 | 0.891 SV% | 2.73 GAA
BUF
Alex Lyon - 20-10-4 | 0.906 SV% | 2.77 GAA
StatOTTBUF
Season SV%0.8810.906
Last 5 SV%0.9210.847
SV% vs Opponent0.9150.905
GAA2.952.82
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 55% • OTT at home vs BUF: 2-4
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-04-02OTT 4 - 1 BUFOTTOTT
2025-12-23OTT 2 - 3 BUFBUFOTT
2025-10-15BUF 8 - 4 OTTBUFOTT
2025-04-01OTT 2 - 5 BUFBUFBUF
2025-03-25BUF 3 - 2 OTTBUFOTT

⚡ 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
108:38BUFGoal
111:51BUFGoal
212:36BUFGoal
213:46BUFGoal
309:59BUFGoal
310:22BUFGoal
317:21BUFGoal

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 50.1%
Total Goals
Actual: 7.0
Expected: 6.5
Score Breakdown
Ottawa Senators 2 - 5 Buffalo Sabres
Expected: 3.3 - 3.2