Sabres vs. Bruins betting preview

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The Buffalo Sabres (4-4-2) have -122 moneyline odds to win when they visit the Boston Bruins (5-7), who have +102 odds, on Thursday, Oct. 30 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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Sabres to win vs Bruins -122

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Sabres vs. Bruins Betting Lines

  • Favorite: Sabres (-122)
  • Underdog: Bruins (+102)
  • Over/under: 6.5

Sabres vs. Bruins Quick Facts

  • Buffalo’s games this season have gone over 6.5 goals four of 10 times.
  • Boston has combined with its opponent to score over 6.5 goals in seven of 12 games this season.
  • Thursday’s over/under is 0.2 above the combined goal-scoring average of 6.2 for these two teams.
  • These two clubs give up a combined 6.8 goals per game, 0.3 more than this game’s over/under.

Sabres Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Sabres Season Stat Insights

  • The Sabres are ranked 20th in the NHL with 30 goals this season, an average of three per contest.
  • On defense, Buffalo has conceded 31 goals (3.1 per game) to rank 16th in league play.
  • Their goal differential (-1) ranks them 18th in the league.
  • The seven power-play goals Buffalo has scored this season (on 32 chances) rank 15th in the league.
  • The Sabres are ranked 13th in the NHL with a 21.88% power-play conversion rate this season.
  • The two shorthanded goals Buffalo has netted this season pace the league.
  • The Sabres have a league-best 91.18% penalty-kill percentage this season.
  • The Sabres’ players win 41.7% of their faceoffs to rank 32nd in the NHL.
  • Buffalo has a 9.9% shooting percentage as a team, ranking 26th in the league.
  • The Sabres have yet to shut out an opponent this season, averaging 19.4 hits and 16.2 blocked shots per game.

Sabres Moneyline

  • Buffalo has picked up a victory one single time through two games as the moneyline favorite this season.
  • The Sabres have not played a game with their moneyline odds shorter than -122 this season.
  • Based on the moneyline odds, Buffalo has a 55.0% chance of winning this contest.

Sabres Leaders

  • Zachary Benson: eight assists
  • Tage Thompson: four goals and four assists
  • Alex Tuch: two goals and six assists
  • Alex Lyon: 3-4-1 record, .919 save percentage, 22 goals allowed

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Bruins Stats, Moneyline & Leaders

Bruins Season Stats Insights

  • The Bruins have the league’s sixth-best scoring offense (39 total goals, 3.2 per game).
  • Boston has allowed 3.7 goals per game, and 44 total, which ranks 29th among all NHL teams.
  • Their -5 goal differential ranks 26th in the league.
  • Boston has recorded nine power-play goals this season (on 41 chances). That’s the fifth-most in the NHL.
  • The Bruins have the league’s 12th-ranked power-play conversion rate of 21.95%.
  • The 81.63% penalty-kill percentage the Bruins have registered is the league’s 14th-ranked rate.
  • The Bruins have the league’s second-best faceoff win percentage (55%).
  • Boston is shooting 12.1% (11th in the league).
  • The Bruins have not had a shutout victory yet this season.

Bruins Moneyline Insights

  • This season the Bruins have three wins in the nine games in which they’ve been an underdog.
  • Boston has nine games this season playing as an underdog by +102 or longer, and is 3-6 in those contests.
  • Sportsbooks have implied, based on the moneyline for this matchup, that the Bruins have a 49.5% chance to win.

Bruins Leaders

  • David Pastrnak: six goals and nine assists
  • Morgan Geekie: eight goals and two assists
  • Pavel Zacha: two goals and eight assists
  • Jeremy Swayman: 3-4-0 record, .887 save percentage, 24 goals conceded
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