Buffalo Sabres at Pittsburgh PenguinsDec 22, 2026

Time TBDTuesday, Dec 22, 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 · 286 km travel

1 day rest vs 3 days rest

PIThome±0.0 pts

3 days rest

3 days rest vs 1 day rest

No meaningful schedule edge: BUF (1 day rest) at PIT (3 days rest).

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen62%
Alex Lyon22%
Colten Ellis16%
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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Pittsburgh Penguins

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Arturs Silovs98%
Schedule: Rested
Last game: W 7–0 at PHI · Sep 30

L1Crosby – Rakell – Robertson
10:08
L2Malkin – Novak – Chinakhov
9:32
L3Dewar – Lizotte – Soderblom
7:10
L4Hallander – Lapierre – Koivunen
6:28
D1Girard – Korczak
14:31
D2Letang – van Riemsdyk
13:40
D3Karlsson – Carlile
11:08
PP1Crosby – Karlsson – Rakell – Novak – Chinakhov
4:41

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Game day: all games on Dec 22.

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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.