The Buffalo Sabres and New Jersey Devils meet Friday in NHL action at the Prudential Center. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Buffalo Sabres Betting Preview 

The Buffalo Sabres look for a win after splitting their last 6 games. The Buffalo Sabres have split their first two road games this season. The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 2.71 goals per game and are scoring on 13 percent of their power play opportunities. Jeff Skinner leads Buffalo with 5 goals, Rasmus Dahlin has 7 assists and Tage Thompson has 32 shots on goal. Defensively, the Buffalo Sabres are allowing 3.14 goals per game and are killing 88.9 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Devon Levi has given up 13 goals on 120 shots faced, while Eric Comrie has allowed 4 goals on 52 shots.

Buffalo Sabres Team Facts

• The Sabres have lost each of their last five night games following a road win.
• The underdogs have covered the puck line in 10 of the Sabres’ last 11 games at Prudential Center.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in each of the Sabres’ last four games as underdogs.
• The Sabres have lost the third period in each of their last five night games following a road win.

New Jersey Devils Betting Preview 

The New Jersey Devils look for a win after splitting their first 6 games this season. The Devils have lost each of their last 3 home games. The New Jersey Devils are averaging 4 goals per game and are scoring on 42.3 percent of their power play opportunities. Tyler Toffoli leads New Jersey with 6 goals, Jack Hughes has 13 assists and Dougie Hamilton has 20 shots on goal. Defensively, the New Jersey Devils are allowing 3.67 goals per game and are killing 70.8 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Vitek Vanecek has allowed 11 goals on 110 shots faced, while Akira Schmid has given up 10 goals on 73 shots.

New Jersey Devils Team Facts

• The Devils have lost four of their last five games as home favorites.
• The Devils have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last eight games at Prudential Center following a home loss.
• The Devils have won the third period in six of their last seven games as favorites against Atlantic Division opponents.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3′ market has hit in each of the Devils’ last seven games as favorites against Atlantic Division opponents.

Matchup/League Facts

• The New Jersey Devils ranks 1st in the league in power play percentage this season (42.31%).
• The New Jersey Devils ranks 3rd in the league for goals per game this season (4.00).
• The Buffalo Sabres ranks 7th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (88.89%).
• The Buffalo Sabres ranks T1st in the league in short handed goals allowed this season (1).

Randy’s Pick

The New Jersey Devils are the better team on paper and should be favored at home. However, the Devils have lost 3 straight games at home, so home ice hasn’t meant much up to this point. The Buffalo Sabres have shown flashes defensively and that gives them a fighting chance on the road, where they’ve already won once. This line is crazy in terms of juice with the Devils. Give me the Sabres and big plus money.