Sabres vs Senators Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 4/13/23

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

The Ottawa Senators are averaging 3.2 goals per game and are scoring on 23.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Tim Stutzle leads Ottawa with 38 goals, Brady Tkachuk has 47 assists and Alex DeBrincat has 261 shots on goal. Defensively, the Ottawa Senators are allowing 3.3 goals per game and are killing 80.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Anton Forsberg has allowed 80 goals on 817 shots faced, and Cam Talbot has given up 95 goals on 935 shots.

The Buffalo Sabres are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 23.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Tage Thompson leads Buffalo with 46 goals, Rasmus Dahlin has 57 assists and Jeff Skinner has 235 shots on goal. Defensively, the Buffalo Sabres are allowing 3.6 goals per game and are killing 72.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen has given up 115 goals on 1,054 shots faced, and Craig Anderson has given up 73 goals on 790 shots.

The Senators are 68-152 in their last 220 road games and 6-2 in their last 8 Thursday games. The Sabres are 46-110 in their last 156 Thursday games and 5-2 in their last 7 overall. The over is 16-7-1 in Senators last 24 overall. The over is 9-4-2 in Sabres last 15 overall. The Senators are 4-1 in the last 5 meetings. The home team is 4-1 in the last 5 meetings.

I’m not thrilled to get behind either of these teams that have nothing to play for in the final days, but the Sabres are at home and that’s probably where the edge is. The Ottawa Senators have been fade material on the road the last few years, and you’d think the Sabres will get up for the fans one last time given there are a lot of free agents on this roster. I’ll lay the cheap price.