Anaheim Ducks at Buffalo SabresDec 12, 2026

Time TBDSaturday, Dec 12, 2026

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Anaheim DucksANA

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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

ANAaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 514 km travel

BUFhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Anaheim Ducks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Lukas Dostal80%
Ville Husso20%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 4–3 at VGK · Oct 2

L1Greer – Gauthier – Carlsson
9:56
L2Killorn – Granlund – Sennecke
8:56
L3Caulfield – Malott – Washe
8:52
L4Vatrano – Poehling – Nesterenko
7:49
D1LaCombe – Luneau
19:55
D2Mintyukov – Mitchell
15:14
D3Hinds – Warren
6:28
PP1Granlund – LaCombe – Gauthier – Carlsson – Sennecke
2:58

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

Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen64%
Alex Lyon22%
Colten Ellis15%
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 Dec 12.

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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.