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Sabres vs. Bruins Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/19/23

Boston Bruins (52-11-5) vs. Buffalo Sabres (33-29-6)
March 19, 2023 1:00 pm EDT
The Line: Buffalo Sabres +145 / Boston Bruins -175; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Boston Bruins and the Buffalo Sabres meet in NHL action from the KeyBank Center on Sunday afternoon. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Boston is a -175 road favorite while Buffalo is a +145 home underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.

Injuries

For Boston, Derek Forbort is still questionable with a lower body injury while Taylor Hall and Nick Foligno are both out with lower body injuries as well. For Buffalo, Eric Comrie and Mattias Samuelsson are both out indefinitely.

Matchup History

Boston’s 7-1 win back on March 2nd, 2023, made it 8 wins in the last 9 head-to-head meetings between these two teams.

Trends

Boston is 7-2 in their last 9 games played on no rest and 44-12 in their last 56 games against a team with a losing record while the over is 10-4-1 in their last 15 games played on no rest. Buffalo is 1-6 in their last 7 games overall and 1-5 in their last 6 games played on 1 days rest while the over is 4-1-1 in their last 6 division games.

Pick

I’m backing Boston here. The Bruins are on the back-to-back, but they’ve played well on the second half of a back-to-back for some time now, and they looked really good on the first half against the Wild on Saturday. Buffalo falling apart against the Flyers to me was a sign of their youth and inexperience, being unable to show up when they needed a result, and at home where they’ve been less effective this season, I think the Bruins take advantage and make the Sabres pay. Give me Boston here.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: Boston -175

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Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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