Buffalo Sabres vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 23 (2/23): NHL

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Odds

Time	7:30 p.m. EST
Sabres money line	-110
Sabres spread	-1.5 (+220)
Candiens money line	-110
Canadiens spread	+1.5 (-270)
Over / under	5.5

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Buffalo Sabres	Montreal Canadiens
Record	16-27-8	11-33-7
Road / home record	8-13-4	7-17-1
Streak	L3	W3
Goals per game	2.67	2.25
Goals allowed per game	3.55	3.86
Shots per game	29.3	29.4
Shots allowed per game	34.7	34.4
PP %	19.57%	12.67%
PK %	23.19%	25.88%
Over / under record	26-24-1	28-22-1

 

Preview

The Montreal Canadiens will host the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night. These teams already met 3 times this season and the Sabres have completely dominated the Habs beating them in all 3 by two or more goals.

BUFFALO SABRES 

The Sabres have lost 3 straight games and are 8th in the Atlantic. Buffalo has given up 32 power-play goals, killing 76.8% of opponent chances. Tage Thompson leads the Sabres with 20 goals and has 38 points. Alex Tuch has seven assists over the last 10 games

Sabres are 3-6-1 in their last 10 games and are averaging 2.7 goals, 4.3 assists, 3.5 penalties and 9.2 penalty minutes while allowing 3.6 goals per game with an .895 save percentage.

Buffalo are 3-0 against Montreal this season.

MONTREAL CANADIENS

Believe it or not, the Canadiens have won 3 straight games for the first time this season, they beat Blues, the Islanders and the Maple Leafs, but they're still the last place in the league.

Nicholas Suzuki leads the Canadiens with 30 points, scoring nine goals and adding 21 assists. Jeff Petry has four assists over the last 10 games for Montreal.

In their last 10 games the Canadiens are 3-7 and are averaging 2.6 goals, 4.5 assists, 3.4 penalties and 8.1 penalty minutes while giving up 4.1 goals per game with an .867 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Buffalo are 2-6 SU in their last 8 games.

The total has gone OVER in 6 of Buffalo's last 7 games.

Montreal are 4-16 SU in their last 20 games.

Montreal are 3-11 SU in their last 14 games at home.

The total has gone OVER in 11 of Montreal's last 15 games.

Prediction

The Canadiens have upset their last 3 opponents as +230, +235 and +320 underdogs, this time they're -110 so no thanks. They beat good teams and the Sabres are not a good team but have been dominated by them this season. I would take Montreal on this one but if we had better odds. Give the Sabres to win. 

PICK: Sabres ML (-110)

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