Sabres vs Blue Jackets Prediction
The Buffalo Sabres will play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday night at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
Sabres Preview
The Buffalo Sabres are 41-33-7 this season after they defeated the Ottawa Senators in overtime by a score of 4-3 in their last game. Buffalo out shot Ottawa by a total of 36-33 and went 1-4 on the power play in the win. The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 3.55 goals per game, 3.65 goals against per game, 23.5% on the power play, and 73% on the penalty kill. Tage Thompson (day to day) has led the Sabres with 47 goals, 47 assists, and 295 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Buffalo is Devon Levi, who is 4-2-0 this season with a 3.09 goals against average and a .901 save percentage.
Blue Jackets Preview
The Columbus Blue Jackets are 25-47-9 this season after they defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins in overtime by a score of 3-2 in their last game. Columbus was out shot by a total of 36-34 and went 1-4 on the power play in the win. The Columbus Blue Jackets are averaging 2.54 goals per game, 4.01 goals against per game, 18.3% on the power play, and 75.6% on the penalty kill. Johnny Gaudreau has led the Blue Jackets this season with 20 goals, 53 assists, and 217 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for Columbus is Jon Gillies, who is 1-0-0 with a 4.61 goals against average and a .846 save percentage.
Trends
Buffalo is 6-2 in their last 8 games and 6-1 in their last 7 games against the Metro. The over is 24-11-1 in Buffalo’s last 36 games against the Metro. Columbus is 6-11 in their last 17 home games and 16-36 in their last 52 Friday games. The over is 13-5-1 in Columbus’ last 19 games. The over is 12-2 in these two teams last 14 head to head meetings in Columbus.
Pick
Both of these teams are coming off of wins on Thursday and will look to finish the season on a positive note in this game. Columbus has only won two of their last 10 games and they are 16-22-2 at home this year. Buffalo has played great on the road this season, going 24-13-3. I like Buffalo -1.5 in this game.
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