Winnipeg Jets at Buffalo SabresJan 4, 2027

Time TBDMonday, Jan 4, 2027

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Winnipeg JetsWPG

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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

WPGaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,598 km travel · +1 h

BUFhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,691 km travel

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

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Winnipeg Jets

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Stuart Skinner58%
Connor Hellebuyck28%
Clay Stevenson15%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: OTL 3–4 vs BOS · Oct 2

L1Scheifele – Connor – Perfetti
11:29
L2Vilardi – Rosen – Björck
9:15
L3Lowry – Barron – Lambert
9:03
L4Niederreiter – Namestnikov – Iafallo
7:16
D1Samberg – Pionk
13:48
D2DeMelo – Morrissey
11:36
D3Ferraro – Bauer
4:39
PP1Scheifele – Morrissey – Connor – Vilardi – Perfetti
3:23

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen61%
Alex Lyon22%
Colten Ellis16%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
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 4.

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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.