Detroit Red Wings vs. Buffalo Sabres odds, tips and betting trends
Two teams at opposite ends of the Eastern Conference standings hit the ice when the fourth-place Detroit Red Wings (13-7-3) visit the 14th-place Buffalo Sabres (10-13-2) at KeyBank Center on Tuesday at 7:30 PM ET.
Detroit won 5-4 on the road its last time out on December 2 against the Montreal Canadiens.
Buffalo played at home its last time out on December 3, and fell 2-1 against the Nashville Predators.
Ahead of this showdown, here is everything you need to get ready for Tuesday’s action.
- Favorite: Red Wings (-126)
- Underdog: Sabres (+106)
- Over/under: 6.5
- Through six games as the moneyline favorite this season, Detroit has won four of those games.
- In five games with shorter than -126 moneyline odds this season, the Red Wings have been victorious in four.
- Based on the moneyline odds, Detroit has a 55.8% chance of winning this contest.
- Detroit’s games this season have gone over 6.5 goals 13 of 23 times.
- Over the past 10 games, the Red Wings have claimed 70.0% of the possible points with a 6-2-2 record.
- They have averaged 3.8 goals per game (38 total) during that stretch.
- Defensively, the Red Wings have given up 26 goals (2.6 per game) in those 10 matchups.
- The Sabres have been made the underdog 18 times this season, and upset their opponent five times.
- Buffalo has gone 4-10 when bookmakers have listed them as underdogs of +106 or longer on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set in this outing implies a 48.5% chance for the Sabres to win.
- Buffalo’s games have gone over 6.5 goals in 10 of 25 chances this season.
- In the last 10 games, the Sabres have secured 60.0% of the possible points with a 3-6-1 record.
- They are scoring at a 2.7 goals-per-game average (27 total) during that span.
- Defensively, the Sabres have given up 38 goals (3.8 per game) in those 10 matchups.
