Carolina Hurricanes at Buffalo SabresJan 9, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Jan 9, 2027

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: CAR +12.4 pts

CARaway+12.5 pts

1 day rest · 786 km travel

BUF on a B2B +9.3 pts
BUF backup likely (75%) +3.2 pts

BUFhome−12.4 pts

Back-to-back · 472 km travel

B2B vs rested CAR −9.3 pts
Backup likely (75%) −3.1 pts

CAR has the schedule edge (+12.4 pts net win probability): buf on a b2b, buf backup likely (75%), b2b vs rested car, backup likely (75%).

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Carolina Hurricanes

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Brandon Bussi82%
Pyotr Kochetkov18%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 2–5 vs WSH · Oct 2

L1Ehlers – Svechnikov – Stankoven
6:10
L2Staal – Martinook – Carrier
5:17
L3Deslauriers – Jankowski – Robinson
4:16
L4Hall – Aho – Blake
4:08
D1Slavin – Chatfield
14:02
D2Walker – Miller
13:36
D3Gostisbehere – Legault
10:43
PP1Staal – Gostisbehere – Aho – Svechnikov – Blake
6:25

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Alex Lyon42%
Colten Ellis34%
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen25%
Schedule: Second of a back-to-back
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

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Game day: all games on Jan 9.

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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.