VAN @ BUF
NHL
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·Buffalo
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SOG VAN 34 · 43 BUF
2–5
Final
Statlab take
baseline_gbm
Based on last 2 (BUF) / 3 (VAN) games this season
VAN
away
home
BUF
27%
73%
baseline_gbm trained on ~5,000 NHL games (54.8% test accuracy). NHL is high-variance — even good models hover near 60%. Treat as a soft lean, not a lock.
Season comparison
VAN
Away
Metric
BUF
Home
1-2
Record
2-0
33%
Win %
100%
2.7
GF/G
3.5
3.3
GA/G
1.0
LWL
L5
WW
Team totals
VAN
BUF
34
Shots
43
10
Hits
14
10
Blocks
5
2
Takeaways
3
4
Giveaways
8
6
PIM
6
Box score
Forwards
| Player | G | A | P | SOG | Hit | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Dowling | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | -2 |
| B Horvat | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -1 |
| C Garland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T Pearson | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| J Miller | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 |
| B Boeser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -1 |
Defense
| Player | G | A | +/- | BLK | Hit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| O Ekman-Larsson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T Poolman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| T Myers | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 2 |
| J Rathbone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| B Hunt | 0 | 0 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
| L Schenn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Goalie
| Player | Saves | Shots | SV% | GA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J Halak | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| T Demko | 38 | 42 | 0.905 | 4 |