Buffalo Sabres vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction, Pick and Preview, March 20 (3/20): NHL

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Odds

Time	10:00 p.m. EST
Sabres money line	+170
Sabres spread	+1.5 (-145)
Canucks money line	-200
Canucks spread	-1.5 (+125)
Over / under	6

 

2021-2022 season stats

	Buffalo Sabres	Vancouver Canucks
Record	21-33-8	30-26-7
Road / home record	11-16-4	14-13-4
Streak	W1	L2
Goals per game	2.61	2.83
Goals allowed per game	3.50	2.86
Shots per game	29.8	32.4
Shots allowed per game	34.1	31.8
PP %	18.9%	21.30%
PK %	23.31%	28.98%
Over / under record	31-29-2	31-30-2

 

Preview

The Buffalo Sabres travel to Vancouver to take on the Canucks on Sunday night. These teams have met once so far this season and the Sabres got the win 5-2 at home.

BUFFALO SABRES 

The Sabres have won 3 of their last 5 games but are only 10-21 on the road this season with a 21-33-8 overall record ranking 6th in the Atlantic. Buffalo beat Calgary last Friday 1-0.  Tage Thompson scored 3:07 into overtime and Dustin Tokarski made 24 saves.

Alex Tuch leads the Sabres with a plus-four in 30 games this season. Tage Thompson has five goals and two assists over the last 10 games for Buffalo.

In their last 10 games the Sabres are 5-5-0, averaging 2.6 goals, 3.7 assists, 3.7 penalties and 11.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game with a .905 save percentage.

VANCOUVER CANUCKS

The Canucks have lost 4 of their last 5 games and are 14-17 at home this season. With a 30-26-7 record overall and rank 5th in the Pacific. Vancouver is 10th in the Western Conference averaging 4.7 assists per game, led by J.T. Miller with 0.8.

Miller leads the Canucks with 49 assists and has 73 points this season. Bo Horvat has five goals and six assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.

In their last 10 games the Canucks are 5-5, averaging 3.4 goals, 5.8 assists, 2.2 penalties and 4.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.4 goals per game with an .899 save percentage.

BETTING TRENDS

Buffalo are 2-5 SU in their last 7 games on the road.

Buffalo are 19-39-7 as underdogs this season.

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

The total has gone OVER in 12 of Vancouver's last 14 games.

Prediction

The over has cashed in 8 of the last 10 head to head games between these two teams but both have struggled to score lately. I think the Canucks shouldn't be so favorites on this one, they already lost to the Sabres earlier this season and are winning only the 40% of the time at home. Take the Sabres to cover the puck line.

PICK: Sabres +1.5 (-145)

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