Nashville Predators at Buffalo SabresJan 16, 2027

Time TBDSaturday, Jan 16, 2027

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Nashville PredatorsNSH

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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

NSHaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,008 km travel · +1 h

BUFhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Nashville Predators

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Juuse Saros80%
Justus Annunen21%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: L 1–3 vs MIN · Oct 1

L1Drury – Edstrom – Schaefer
7:30
L2Marchessault – Colton – Bourque
7:27
L3Forsberg – Hoglander – Wood
4:46
L4Stamkos – O'Reilly – Kerfoot
2:32
D1Hague – Wilsby
12:21
D2Skjei – Perbix
11:06
D3Josi – Ufko
9:56
PP1Stamkos – Josi – O'Reilly – Forsberg – Wood
4:45

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

Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen61%
Alex Lyon23%
Colten Ellis17%
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 16.

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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.