Buffalo Sabres at Boston BruinsJan 5, 2027

Time TBDTuesday, Jan 5, 2027

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

Schedule Edge

Edge: BOS +12.0 pts

BUFaway−11.9 pts

Back-to-back · 642 km travel

B2B vs rested BOS −9.3 pts
Backup likely (64%) −2.6 pts

BOShome+12.0 pts

2 days rest · 1,034 km travel

BUF on a B2B +9.3 pts
BUF backup likely (64%) +2.7 pts

BOS has the schedule edge (+12.0 pts net win probability): buf on a b2b, buf backup likely (64%), b2b vs rested bos, backup likely (64%).

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen37%
Alex Lyon34%
Colten Ellis29%
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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Boston Bruins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jeremy Swayman98%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 4–3 at WPG · Oct 2

L1Lindholm – Pastrnak – Peterka
10:21
L2Khusnutdinov – Minten – Hagens
9:44
L3Zacha – Geekie – Mittelstadt
9:21
L4Kuraly – Jeannot – Kastelic
6:01
D1Lindholm – Borgen
15:02
D2Aspirot – Lohrei
14:50
D3Clifton – Zadorov
14:33
PP1Pastrnak – Zacha – Geekie – Peterka – Lohrei
2:56

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Game day: all games on Jan 5.

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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.