St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, 2/10/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres

Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024

Location: KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY

TV: ABC

Odds/Point Spread: Blues (+107) Sabres (-130)

The Buffalo Sabres (22-24-4) host the St. Louis Blues (26-21-2) at KeyBank Center on Saturday. The moneyline on this contest has the Blues at +107 and the Sabres are sitting at -130. The over/under is 7.

The St. Louis Blues will be looking to get a win in their next outing after their 1-0 defeat against the Blue Jackets in their previous contest . St. Louis tallied 9 penalty minutes in this matchup. The Blues didn't have their best offensive outing in the loss. In addition, they had 3 chances with extra men on the ice but weren't able to net one. For the outing, they weren't able to score on any of the 21 shots they put on goal.

Concerning their goal scoring prowess, the St. Louis Blues have tallied 139 goals (25th in hockey) so far this year and have given up 152. For the season, they have scored 54 points and their points percentage comes in at .551. St. Louis skates onto the rink with 145 power play chances and they have added 22 goals during those advantages, garnering them a rate of 15.17%. When at even strength, the Blues have conceded 124 goals while scoring 117 on the offensive side of the ice. St. Louis has tried 1,419 shots and holds a shot percentage of 9.8%. The Blues so far have had 1,558 shots taken against them and have earned a save percentage of .902. St. Louis Blues opponents have totaled 129 power play opportunities (32nd in pro hockey) and have scored 28 goals in those attempts.

The player guarding the cage in this matchup is Jordan Binnington. Opponents have notched 697 goals against Binnington in his career and his goals against rate is 2.80. Binnington has played in 258 matchups over the course of his NHL career. His save percentage is at .906 for his 14,941 mins in the crease. He has accumulated a record of 134-86-28 and he has started in 251 games. Over the course of his time in hockey, Binnington has accumulated 131 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .522. Binnington has seen 7,454 shot attempts taken against him and has recorded 6,757 saves.

Their last time out, Buffalo faced the Stars in a game where the Sabres went home in defeat by a final of 2-1. They had 4 power play opportunities in this outing and tallied 1 out of those opportunities. The Sabres recorded 1 goal out of the 48 shots on goal they pursued.

On the year, the Buffalo Sabres are sitting with 147 goals, 48 points, as well as a points percentage of .480. They have allowed 156 goals to be scored by way of 125 goals at even strength and 31 goals while they had less men on the ice. The Sabres are sitting with 126 goals at even strength and 21 goals (28th in the league) while on the power play. They have earned 146 power play opportunities and they have accumulated a power play rate of 14.38%. Buffalo has tried 1,581 shots (10th in the league) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 9.30%, while allowing the opposition 1,464 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill rate of 80.00% on the other teams 155 power play chances, and their save percentage currently sits at 89.3%.

On the other side of the ice you are going to see Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen defending the goal. The opposition is averaging 3.14 goals/game and he has allowed 217 goals in total. Luukkonen's quality start percentage comes out to 50.7% and he has accumulated 35 quality starting assignments in his pro hockey career. He has started in 69 games and his ice time sits at 4,140 minutes. Luukkonen has earned a career record of 32-31-8 and has been in net for 73 games. He has a tally of 1,982 stops out of the 2,199 shots attempted against him, giving him a save percentage of .901.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Buffalo (-130) and under 6.5 goals

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