Stars vs Sabres Prediction, Odds and Picks Mar 9
Dallas is in danger of losing its hold on first place in the Central Division despite a recent three-game winning streak.
The Stars are coming off a 5-4 loss to Calgary when the Stars allowed a goal by Tyler Toffoli with seven seconds to play after rallying to tie the game with a pair of third-period goals. Now Dallas embarks on a six-game road trip.
Buffalo managed 24 shots on goal in Tuesday’s 3-2 loss on the road against the New York Islanders.
Dallas is tied for third in the Western Conference with 18 road wins. Jason Robertson leads the Stars with 13 goals and 31 points on the road.
When looking at some of the NHL news, Goalie Scott Wedgewood could be nearing a return for Dallas while defenseman Luke Glendening is considered week-to-week.
Defensemen Mattias Samuelsson and Riley Stillman are questionable while Alex Tuch, who is second on the Sabres with 28 goals, is out.
According to the NHL playoff odds, the Stars (+1600) are ninth in the odds to win the Stanley Cup title. The Sabres are well back at +10000.
30-30 Vision
Roope Hintz joined linemate Jason Robertson as a 30-goal scorer when he had a short-handed goal in the third period of Monday’s loss to Calgary.
Hintz has points in six straight games with seven goals and two assists during that stretch. Despite not recording a shot on goal in a win over Colorado, 25 shots over those six games with three power-play goals as Dallas is 4-1-1 during that stretch.
This is Hintz’s second-straight 30-goal season and it might have been three in a row if not for a shortened 2020-21 season as a result of the global pandemic.
Dallas is 13-1-1 when Hintz has at least two points in a game.
With the recent acquisitions of Max Domi and Evgenii Dadonov, there are some reinforcements for a Dallas team looking for more scoring throughout the four lines.
Four of Dallas’ last five games finished over the Las Vegas odds total.
Cozens Lighting the Lamp
Dylan Cozens has had a pretty interesting last few weeks.
He had points in four straight games and then the only outing in a six-game stretch when he got onto the scoresheet came when Cozens had three goals and an assist in a win over Washington.
Cozens is back trending in the right direction with goals in each of the last two games and points in three straight contests. Cozens has career-highs with 25 goals and 30 assists. Even more impressive is that he went from having defensive ratings of -15 and -19 in his first two seasons to being at +7 this season.
Cozens has seen his time on ice jump from 14:21 as a rookie to 15:53 last season and now he is at 16:33 as he is a key piece of a young nucleus for Buffalo.
Nine of Buffalo’s last 13 games have gone over the NHL betting lines total.
Stars vs Sabres Game Injuries
Stars vs Sabres Head-to-Head
Four of the last six games between the Sabres and Stars have been won by the road team and that includes Buffalo’s 3-2 win on Jan. 23 as defenseman Owen Power scored in overtime.
Just one of the last four games in the series went under the total.
The losing team scored two goals or less in eight of the last nine meetings.
Stars vs Sabres Game Information
- Game: Stars (34-17-13) vs Sabres (32-27-4)
- Location: KeyBank Center, Buffalo
- Day/Time: Thursday, March 9, 7 p.m. ET
- Stars vs Sabres Live Stream: NHL.TV
Stars vs Sabres Betting Lines
Stars vs Sabres Picks and Prediction
There are two American-born players with at least 80 points and they are set to play in this game. Buffalo’s Tage Thompson has 42 goals and 41 assists in 63 games while Jason Robertson of Dallas has 38 goals and 42 assists in 64 games.
Those making NHL picks should expect some goals to be scored in this game with Dallas leading the Central Division with 215 goals while Buffalo is second only to Boston in the NHL with 233 goals.
The Stars are 26-18-7 when listed by the sportsbook as the favorite. Chicago is 20-24-3 as the underdog.
Dallas is 19-11 against the NHL odds on the road while Buffalo has covered in just 15 of its 32 home games.
The Dallas Stars are listed at -150 in our Las Vegas odds. This means that if you wager $100 on the Stars, you have a chance to win $67. Buffalo is +130, offering a chance to win $130 on a $100 wager.
The implied probability attached to the betting lines gives the Dallas Stars a 60.00% chance to win, with the Buffalo Sabres at 43.48%.
