Buffalo Is the Favorite to Top Ottawa At Home Again
The Senators vs Sabres Odds Favors Buffalo to Seal the Deal At Home
Buffalo Looks to Add Another Home Win To Its Growing Total
A pair of NHL teams loaded with talented young players, but struggling to string together victories are set to get together in Buffalo. The Senators vs Sabres odds favor Buffalo to win at home.
Buffalo has won two of the three meetings this season, including a 5-3 home win in January.
Buffalo is listed by the NHL betting lines as the 1.5-goal favorite at +175. The Sabres have -130 odds to win the game outright with the Moneyline at +110 for Ottawa to split the season series with a win. The total is listed at 6.5 -125/+105.
Buffalo looks to move over the .500 mark at home. Only the Columbus Blue Jackets have fewer road wins among Eastern Conference teams than Ottawa.
With Buffalo six points out of the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference and Ottawa 15 points out of the playoffs, keep an eye on the NHL news and rumors as the two teams head toward the end of another disappointing season.
The Buffalo Sabres and Ottawa Senators are both priced at +25000 in the odds to win the Stanley Cup.
Keep on reading for more on the matchup between the Senators and Sabres.
Senators vs Sabres 
Records: Ottawa Senators 30-36-4 at Buffalo Sabres 34-33-5
Location: KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY
Day/Time: Streaming: MSGB, ESPN+
Ottawa’s Road Numbers Starting to Improve
Ottawa opened 2024 by losing each of its first five games as the road underdog with each of the losses by at least two goals. The Senators have won four of the last nine games as the underdog on the road with a 6-3 mark against the puck line in those matchups.
Some of that improvement has to do with the return of Shane Pinto to the lineup. He was suspended for 41 games for a violation of the NHL’s gambling policy.
In 16 road games, he has four goals and nine assists and is +10 in those games.
Tim Stutzle leads the Senators with 22 assists and 32 points on the road while Brady Tkachuk has scored a team-leading 13 goals on the road. Tkachuk has seven goals and four assists in the 11 road wins for the Senators. Keep that in mind when looking at the Senators vs Sabres betting odds.
The total has landed over in each of Ottawa’s last six games.
Thompson, Sabres Look to Cash in At Home
While it might be a little too late to make a push for the playoffs, both Ottawa and Buffalo are 5-4-1 over its last 10 games.
Buffalo had lost its last three games as a home favorite before breaking out with seven goals in a win over Detroit on March 12. After topping the New York Islanders as a home underdog, the Sabres have played the next five games on the road. Keep that in mind when looking at the Senators vs Sabres betting odds.
Tage Thompson has five goals and an assist in the first three games against Ottawa this season to give him seven goals over the last seven games when facing the Senators.
Thompson’s numbers are not very impressive at home with eight goals, nine assists, and a -15 plus/minus rating while he has 14 goals, 14 assists, and is +8 on the road this season.
When looking at the NHL stats leaders, Thompson leads the Sabres with eight goals and 17 points since the NHL All-Star break.
Twelve of Buffalo’s last 17 games finished under the total.
Last Meeting
Tage Thompson scored twice as Buffalo raced out to a 4-1 lead early in the second period before Ottawa rallied with a pair of third-period goals. Dylan Cozens iced the game for Buffalo with an empty-net goal with three seconds left that sent the contest over the seven-goal total.
It was just the second time in the last 10 meetings that a matchup between Ottawa and Buffalo went over the total.
Buffalo has won its last three NHL games at home against the Senators with the Sabres scoring at least four goals in each of those games.
Senators vs Sabres Betting Preview
Buffalo has won seven of its last 11 one-goal games while Ottawa began March by dropping three games decided by a goal. Since then, Ottawa has won three consecutive matchups that headed into overtime.
Seven of the last 10 games between the Sabres and the Senators went under the total.
Forward Tyson Jost is questionable for Buffalo while fellow forward Jack Quinn is out.
Buffalo is 15-8-1 as a favorite this season with Ottawa posting a 16-25-4 record as the underdog.
Ottawa has covered just 14 of 33 road games this season. Buffalo isn’t much better at home with a 17-18 ATS mark.
Buffalo has seen 22 of 35 games on home ice land under the total with just 15 of Ottawa’s road games going over the total.
The total has gone under in seven of the last 10 meetings between Ottawa and Buffalo. The total is set at 6.5 for this matchup.
Ottawa has won just three of its last 11 road games. The Senators have won only two of their last eight games in Buffalo.
The total has landed over in four of Ottawa’s last five games against Eastern Conference teams but five of the last seven matchups against Atlantic Division teams went under the total.
Ten of Buffalo’s last 11 games against Eastern Conference teams went under the total as have seven of the last eight matchups versus Atlantic Division teams.
When is comes to the best NHL bets today, go with the Sabres to keep rolling at home against Ottawa.
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