Buffalo Sabres vs. Columbus Blue Jackets Prediction, Preview, and Odds

Buffalo Sabres will play the Columbus Blue Jackets in the first of three games on Tuesday. The Sabres are seventh in Atlantic Division and the Blue Jacket are last in Metropolitan Division. Tampa Bay and New Orleans scored a total of just 33 points and easily finished under the 40.5 points closing line.

Buffalo Sabres are third in the NHL with 3.80 goals per game. Jack Quinn scored twice in their 6-3 win over the San Jose Sharks. The team has been struggling on the defensive side of the ice and they are 28th in league with a 3:68 goals allowed per match. Craig Anderson will start in goal for the Sabres.

Columbus Blue Jackets lost 4-2 at home against the Detroit Red Wings. They are 26th in the league with 2.87 goals per game. Their defense is 31st in league, with 3.96 goals allowed per games. Joonas Korpisalo will start in goal for the Blue Jacket. He has a 4.5-1 record with a save percentage of .905 and 3:51 goals given up per match. Buffalo Sabres are the current third place team in NHL.

Buffalo Sabres are sixth in the NHL with a 27.4% power play percentage and Columbus is last with 15.5%. Buffalo has won five of the last seven games against Columbus.

Both Craig Anderson and Joonas Korpisalo are struggling to limit the amount of goals. Neither team is doing well on the penalty kill. The Sabres are 27th in the NHL with a 70.6 penalty killing percentage, while the Blue Jackets are 19th with 77.8%. The over has hit in each of their last four games against each other.

Neto Robles was born in Argentina to an American father. He grew up in the United States and became a sports fan. In his teens he developed a talent for predicting the outcomes of games. Now he is an exclusive handicapper for the Winners and Whiners team.