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Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres NHL Predictions

2025-12-18 • KeyBank Center
Buffalo Sabres 5 - 3 Philadelphia Flyers

📊 Pre-Game Predictions

Win Probability
BUF: 58.0%
PHI: 42.0%
Expected Goals
BUF: 3.15
PHI: 2.95
Total Goals
Median: 5.8
Over 5.5: 52%
Over 6.5: 36%

🥅 Goalie Matchup

BUF
Alex Lyon - 20-10-4 | 0.906 SV% | 2.77 GAA
PHI
Dan Vladar - 29-14-7 | 0.906 SV% | 2.42 GAA
StatBUFPHI
Season SV%0.9060.910
Last 5 SV%0.8470.914
SV% vs Opponent0.8890.667
GAA2.822.40
Last 5 / vs opponent shown when available in goalie stats.

Head-to-Head History

Model accuracy in this matchup: 78% • BUF at home vs PHI: 4-1
DateScoreWinnerModel Pick
2026-01-14BUF 5 - 2 PHIBUFBUF
2025-12-18BUF 5 - 3 PHIBUFBUF
2025-12-03PHI 5 - 2 BUFPHIPHI
2025-04-17BUF 5 - 4 PHIBUFBUF
2025-03-29PHI 7 - 4 BUFPHIPHI

⚡ 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
107:40BUFGoal
108:38BUFGoal
211:01PHIGoal
216:54BUFGoal
219:30BUFGoal
310:20BUFGoal
314:28BUFGoal
319:52BUFGoal

🎯 Shot Chart

Shot chart for Philadelphia Flyers at Buffalo Sabres

📈 Post-Game Analysis

Prediction Result
✅ Correct
Confidence: 58.0%
Total Goals
Actual: 8.0
Expected: 6.1
Score Breakdown
Buffalo Sabres 5 - 3 Philadelphia Flyers
Expected: 3.1 - 3.0