San Jose Sharks at Buffalo SabresMar 15, 2027

Time TBDMonday, Mar 15, 2027

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San Jose SharksSJS

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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

Edge: SJS +13.7 pts

SJSaway+12.0 pts

1 day rest · 472 km travel · +1 h

BUF on a B2B +9.3 pts
BUF backup likely (63%) +2.7 pts

BUFhome−15.4 pts

Back-to-back · 1,161 km travel · +1 h

B2B vs rested SJS −9.3 pts
B2B after 1,161 km −3.5 pts
Backup likely (63%) −2.6 pts

SJS has the schedule edge (+13.7 pts net win probability): buf on a b2b, buf backup likely (63%), b2b vs rested sjs, b2b after 1,161 km, backup likely (63%).

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San Jose Sharks

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Yaroslav Askarov62%
Alex Nedeljkovic20%
Eric Comrie18%
Schedule: Rested · plays again tomorrow
Last game: W 4–3 vs FLA · Oct 1

L1Marchment – Smith – Celebrini
10:34
L2Wennberg – Graf – Stenberg
10:13
L3Toffoli – Chernyshov – Misa
7:17
L4Goodrow – Sherwood – Ostapchuk
6:43
D1Orlov – Cagnoni
13:38
D2Nurse – Kesselring
12:18
D3Trouba – Allan
12:06
PP1Wennberg – Cagnoni – Smith – Celebrini – Chernyshov
3:37

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Buffalo Sabres

Goalie: Starter not announced
Start probability: Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen37%
Alex Lyon34%
Colten Ellis30%
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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Game day: all games on Mar 15.

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.