Buffalo Sabres at Florida PanthersDec 30, 2026

Time TBDWednesday, Dec 30, 2026

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

Schedule Edge

No schedule edge

BUFaway±0.0 pts

1 day rest · 1,863 km travel

FLAhome±0.0 pts

1 day rest

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

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen59%
Alex Lyon23%
Colten Ellis18%
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

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Florida Panthers

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Jacob Markstrom72%
Akira Schmid28%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: OTL 3–4 at SJS · Oct 1

L1Verhaeghe – Bennett – Tkachuk
11:12
L2Luostarinen – Lundell – Vilmanis
8:16
L3Eller – Reinhart – Tkachuk
5:58
L4Barkov – Hathaway – Imama
0:17
D1Jones – Mikkola
14:51
D2Kulikov – Ekblad
10:16
D3Gudas – Balinskis
8:44
PP1Jones – Reinhart – Tkachuk – Tkachuk – Lundell
5:24

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Game day: all games on Dec 30.

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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.