The Buffalo Sabres (6-20-4) visit the Pittsburgh Penguins (19-11-2) for an 8 p.m. ET puck drop Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena. Below, we analyze the Sabres-Penguins odds and lines, with NHL picks and predictions.
Sabres at Penguins: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 12:10 p.m. ET.
- Money line: Sabres +230 (bet $100 to win $230) | Penguins -275 (bet $275 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Sabres +1.5 (-110) | Penguins -1.5 (-110)
- Over/Under: 6 (O: +100 | U: -120)
Sabres at Penguins: Projected starting goalies
Dustin Tokarski (0-1-0, .892 SV%, 4.26 GAA) vs. Tristan Jarry (12-8-2, .909 SV%, 2.86 GAA)
Tokarski started Monday against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden and allowed 4 goals in a loss. For the 31-year-old, the game at MSG marked his first NHL start since December of 2015. Tokarski owns a .904 career SV% and a 2.88 career GAA across 27 starts and eight relief appearances.
Jarry is coming off back-to-back losses but is 3-1-1 with a .942 SV% over his last five starts. That stretch includes the 25-year-old netminder stopping 21 of 23 shots against these Sabres March 11.
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Sabres at Penguins: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Pittsburgh 4, Buffalo 1
Money line (ML)
Buffalo has been reeling. The Sabres are 0-12-2 over their last 14 games and over that stretch, Buffalo has been outshot by nine shots per game (33.4 to 24.4).
Now, the Sabres are banged up with C Jack Eichel (upper body) out since March 7 and their top two netminders — G Carter Hutton (undisclosed) and G Linus Ullmark (lower body) — also on the shelf.
The Pens are in the midst of playing more meaningful games because of their third-place standing in the East Division. Pittsburgh is the lean, but PASS on the straight-up play and leverage the lighter juice on the puck line.
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Against the spread (ATS)
Pittsburgh is a robust 12-3-1 at home. In home games after a loss, the Penguins are 4-0-0 with two of those wins coming by 3-goal margins.
BACK THE PENGUINS -1.5 (-110).
Over/Under (O/U)
Mix a sharp Jarry with a banged-up Buffalo side, and the yield here is a DECENT VALUE ON THE UNDER 6 (-120).
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