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The story: M. Rantanen leads DAL past BUF
THREE STARS · OFFICIAL
Tonight's best.
KEY PLAYERS · HOW THEY DID
The three hottest on each side.
OUR PICK · HOW IT PLAYED
The model missed this one.
57%BUF WIN
✗ MISS
YTD: 55%
BUF was favored but lost.
DAL 43%BUF 57%
Why · Top Factors
Matt Duchene 71Top Heat67 Tage Thompson
100Energy97
90.5Goalie SV%89
3Rest Days2
1H2H Wins (L2)1
HEAT IMPACT
Who moved up. Who moved down.
AI Recap
M. Rantanen leads DAL past BUF
M. Rantanen finished with 4 points (1G 3A). Final score: DAL 4–0 BUF. Power play went DAL 1/2 and BUF 0/3.
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MARKET ODDS · 21 BOOKMAKERS
What the books say.
Our model: BUF 57% · Market (Pinnacle): BUF 48%
◆PinnaclesharpestDAL 1.86 · BUF 2.05
DAL 52%BUF 48%
All bookmakers (20)
Nordicbet
DAL 52%BUF 48%
Onexbet
DAL 40%BUF 37%
Unibet fr
DAL 40%BUF 37%
William Hill
DAL 53%BUF 47%
Betclic fr
DAL 40%BUF 37%
Winamax fr
DAL 41%BUF 37%
Winamax de
DAL 41%BUF 37%
Codere it
DAL 40%BUF 37%
Betonlineag
DAL 52%BUF 48%
Gtbets
DAL 52%BUF 48%
Unibet se
DAL 42%BUF 36%
Leovegas se
DAL 42%BUF 36%
Unibet nl
DAL 42%BUF 36%
Coolbet
DAL 41%BUF 37%
Matchbook
DAL 53%BUF 47%
Mybookieag
DAL 52%BUF 48%
Betanysports
DAL 52%BUF 48%
Tipico de
DAL 41%BUF 36%
Everygame
DAL 52%BUF 48%
Betsson
DAL 52%BUF 48%
Win % removes the bookmaker margin · decimal odds shown beside each book.
BOX SCORE · SOURCE: NHL.COM
Everyone who played.
Sorted by points, then ice time. Heat is each player's form over his last five games.
| FORWARDS | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | FO% | TOI | HEAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 96Mikko RantanenR | 1 | 3 | 4 | +3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 15:27 | 58 |
| 53Wyatt JohnstonC | 0 | 3 | 3 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 16:40 | 41 |
| 18Sam SteelC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 15:31 | – |
| 21Jason RobertsonLGWG | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 15:14 | 26 |
| 24Roope HintzC1 PPG | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 14:57 | 33 |
| 91Tyler SeguinC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 15:40 | 0 |
| 25Arttu HyryR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 15:02 | 0 |
| 49Justin HryckowianC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | – | 14:48 | 0 |
| 10Oskar BäckC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 50 | 14:22 | – |
| 12Radek FaksaC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 13:11 | 15 |
| 14Jamie BennL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 12:26 | 27 |
| 15Colin BlackwellC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 12:18 | 0 |
| DEFENSE | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | FO% | TOI | HEAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 55Thomas HarleyD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | – | 23:35 | – |
| 5Nils LundkvistD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – | 18:08 | 10 |
| 23Esa LindellD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | – | 21:57 | – |
| 4Miro HeiskanenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | – | 19:40 | 14 |
| 6Lian BichselD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | – | 17:34 | – |
| 57Tyler MyersD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 17:30 | 0 |
| GOALIES | DEC | SA | GA | SV | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Jake Oettinger | W | 26 | 0 | 26 | 1.000 | 60:00 |
| FORWARDS | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | FO% | TOI | HEAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 72Tage ThompsonC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 19:08 | 33 |
| 6Zach BensonL | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | – | 18:18 | 8 |
| 22Jack QuinnR | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | – | 18:01 | 17 |
| 86Noah OstlundC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17:05 | 33 |
| 71Ryan McLeodC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16:57 | 21 |
| 91Josh DoanR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | – | 16:26 | 0 |
| 19Peyton KrebsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 16:16 | 23 |
| 9Josh NorrisC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 14:19 | – |
| 94Konsta HeleniusC | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13:38 | – |
| 15Justin DanforthR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 11:44 | 0 |
| 20Jiri KulichC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 11:42 | – |
| 29Beck MalenstynL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | – | 9:55 | 18 |
| DEFENSE | G | A | PTS | +/- | SOG | HIT | BLK | PIM | FO% | TOI | HEAT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26Rasmus DahlinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | – | 26:24 | – |
| 25Owen PowerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 25:23 | 37 |
| 8Olen ZellwegerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | – | 17:43 | – |
| 23Mattias SamuelssonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | 17:39 | – |
| 73Zach MetsaD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 13:33 | – |
| 46Louis CrevierD | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 13:22 | – |
| GOALIES | DEC | SA | GA | SV | SV% | TOI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen | L | 18 | 4 | 14 | .778 | 59:54 |


