Buffalo Sabres vs St Louis Blues Prediction, Pick and Preview, February 25 (2/25): NHL

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Odds

Time	8:00 p.m. EST
Sabres money line	+255
Sabres spread	+1.5 (-105)
Blues money line	-310
Blues spread	-1.5 (-115)
Over / under	6

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Buffalo Sabres	St Louis Blues
Record	16-28-8	30-14-6
Road / home record	8-14-4	18-6-2
Streak	L4	W2
Goals per game	2.62	3.54
Goals allowed per game	3.56	2.72
Shots per game	29.4	30.9
Shots allowed per game	34.6	31.6
PP %	19.29%	26.71%
PK %	23.02%	15.17%
Over / under record	26-25-1	23-24-1

 

Preview

The St Louis Blues will host the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night. This is the first time these teams will face off this season.

BUFFALO SABRES 

The Sabres have lost 4 straight games and are 8th in the Atlantic. The Sabres are 8-14-4 in road games. Buffalo is 22nd in the Eastern Conference with 29.4 shots per game and is averaging 2.6 goals.

Tage Thompson leads the Sabres with 38 points, scoring 20 goals and adding 18 assists. Alex Tuch has four goals and seven assists over the last 10 games for Buffalo.

In their last 10 games the Sabres are 3-6-1, averaging 2.7 goals, 4.3 assists, 3.2 penalties and 8.9 penalty minutes while allowing 3.4 goals per game with an .895 save percentage.

ST LOUIS BLUES

The Blues have won 2 sraight games and are 18-6-2 at home this season.   St. Louis has scored 177 goals and ranks fifth in the NHL averaging 3.5 per game. Vladimir Tarasenko leads the Blues with 19 goals, adding 27 assists and totaling 46 points. Brayden Schenn has seven goals and four assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

In their last 10 games the Blues are 6-3-1, averaging 3.6 goals, 6.2 assists, 3.9 penalties and 7.8 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game with a .908 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Buffalo are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games.

Buffalo are 1-4 SU in their last 5 games on the road.

St. Louis are 4-1 SU in their last 5 games.

St. Louis are 15-4 SU in their last 19 games at home.

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

Prediction

St. Louis are winning the 76% of the time as home favorites and are 8-0 in their last 8 games when playing at home against Buffalo. I think the Blues win this game easy by multiple goals, take the Blues to cover.

PICK: Blues -1.5 (-115)

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