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POSTGAME · 2026-05-16 · PLAYOFFS

BUF 8 — MTL 3

BUF over MTL, per NHL API game status.

BUF over MTL, per NHL API game status.

Limitations:

playoff_subset_caveat

Limitations

Playoff coverage is limited to the public data currently available on disk; playoff Evolving Hockey validation data is not included.

Source Manifest

data pull2026-05-17

season2025-26

NHL API

metricnhl_scoreboard_goals

metricnhl_schedule_status

metricnhl_api_shots_on_goal

our model outputsno

proxy metricsnone

proprietary contextno

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