Colorado Avalanche at Buffalo SabresJan 14, 2027

Time TBDThursday, Jan 14, 2027

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Colorado AvalancheCOL

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Buffalo SabresBUF

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Probable goalies, start odds, schedule edge and each team's lines from its last game.

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

COLaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 286 km travel

BUFhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: COL (1 day rest) at BUF (1 day rest).

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Colorado Avalanche

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Mackenzie Blackwood63%
Scott Wedgewood37%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 8–4 vs LAK · Sep 30

L1Lehkonen – MacKinnon – Necas
9:10
L2Kadri – Nelson – Landeskog
8:01
L3Roy – Kelly – Svechkov
2:59
D1Toews – Makar
9:57
D2Burns – Manson
8:02
D3Kulak – Malinski
7:13
PP1Landeskog – MacKinnon – Necas – Makar – Hughes
4:08

Projected COL lines →·COL goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen71%
Alex Lyon18%
Colten Ellis11%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 3–6 at CBJ · Oct 1

L1Quinn – Ostlund – Benson
11:13
L2Thompson – Norris – Doan
10:19
L3McLeod – Krebs – Helenius
10:05
L4Carrick – Malenstyn – Kulich
6:00
D1Samuelsson – Dahlin
13:10
D2Crevier – Power
10:21
D3Grzelcyk – Metsa
8:13
PP1Thompson – Dahlin – Quinn – Doan – Benson
4:22

Projected BUF lines →·BUF goalies →·Goalie start planner →

Game day: all games on Jan 14.

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Methodology

Shot locations come from the NHL play-by-play, normalised so each shooter attacks the same way, then flipped so the home team attacks right. On-ice stats and lines come from the shift charts: a unit is the exact set of skaters sharing the ice, and CF% is the share of all shot attempts while they were out. Head-to-head cells are 5v5 time against each opponent. Expected goals and the Pressure Index appear as their models are released.