New York Rangers (44-21-10) vs. Buffalo Sabres (35-31-7)
March 31, 2023 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Buffalo Sabres +125 / New York Rangers -145; Over/Under: +6.5
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The New York Rangers and the Buffalo Sabres meet in NHL action from the KeyBank Center on Friday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
The Rangers are -145 road favorites while the Sabres are +125 home underdogs. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.
Injuries
New York has Ryan Lindgren listed as questionable for this game with an upper body injury while Buffalo has Jordan Greenway, Mattias Samuelsson, Craig Anderson, Vinnie Hinostroza and Tage Thompson all listed as questionable for this game.
Matchup History
New York’s 2-1 OT win over Buffalo back on March 11th, 2023, made it six straight wins for the Rangers in this head-to-head matchup.
Trends
New York is 7-1 in their last 8 games overall and 4-0 in their last 4 Friday games while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 road games. Buffalo is 1-6 in their last 7 home games and 5-11 in their last 16 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 5-1-2 in their last 8 games overall.
Pick
I’m backing the over in this one. This is a great spot to see what the Sabres have for the future with Devon Levi getting the call here, but it’s just a bad spot for the Sabres and Levi with the Rangers coming to town even on the back-to-back. The loss to the Devils on Thursday adds a bit of added motivation for the Rangers to come out strong here, but they’ll also likely have their backup goaltender in net here in Halak and I think we could end up with a high-scoring game here so give me the over.
