Sabres vs Predators Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/21/23

The Nashville Predators and Buffalo Sabres meet Tuesday in NHL action at the KeyBank Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

The Nashville Predators are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring on 18.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 19 goals, Roman Josi has 41 assists and Matt Duchene has 159 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.9 goals per game and are killing 81.6 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 138 goals on 1,670 shots faced, and Kevin Lankinen has allowed 36 goals on 478 shots.

The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 3.7 goals per game and are scoring on 24.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Tage Thompson leads Buffalo with 42 goals, Rasmus Dahlin has 49 assists and Jeff Skinner has 182 shots on goal. Defensively, the Buffalo Sabres are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 72.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has given up 97 goals on 911 shots faced, and Craig Anderson has given up 59 goals on 720 shots.

The Predators are 5-2 in their last 7 Tuesday games. The Sabres are 0-4 in their last 4 home games and 1-7 in their last 8 overall. The under is 8-3 in Predators last 11 overall. The over is 3-0-1 in Sabres last 4 overall. The Predators are 8-2 in the last 10 meetings in Buffalo and 1-4 in the last 5 meetings. The road team is 15-6 in the last 21 meetings. The underdog is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

The Buffalo Sabres are getting the benefit of the doubt because they’re at home, but that hasn’t mattered much lately. The Sabres are in awful form and not a club I’m backing in the favorite role. The Nashville Predators are playing the better hockey now, and you can argue they’ve been the better team overall this season. Give me the road dog.