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(36-27-6) St. Louis Blues vs. Buffalo Sabres (30-31-6)
Date: Sunday, March 17th
Time: 5:00 PM
Venue: KeyBank Arena in Buffalo, New York
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: STL -162 | Buff +133
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: OFF
NHL Betting Total: 5.5
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The Buffalo Sabres are coming off their third straight shutout defeat versus the Pittsburgh Penguins at home in their last outing. In all, Buffalo has lost 6th straight games as their offense has only put up nine goals during this time.
The St. Louis Blues are well within reach of the second-place slot within the Central Division, currently held by the Nashville Predators. However, St Louis has not been able to gain any type of consistency lately as they enter this matchup losers of three straight games after falling to the Ottawa Senators in their last time out.
St. Louis Blues
Goals by Christian Wolanin along with Chris Tierney in the second and third periods lifted the Senators over the St. Louis Blues. And while the Senators finished with just 21 shots on goal in the contest, the Blues were as inefficient as ever in having 37 shots on goal for the night.
Jake Allen (18-17-0) took the loss in goal on a very productive night as he had 18 saves with a .950 save percentage. On the other hand, Anders Nilsson picked up his 12th win in net on the year has he had 37 saves, total.
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For the season, St Louis is averaging 32 shots on goal and a tad under three goals per game. However, it has been difficult for them to find any kind of consistency on the offensive end as they are losers of six of their last 10 games, overall.
Point leader Ryan O’Reilly (67) has 27 goals on the season for the Blues while also having 41 assists as well. Nonetheless, he has gone scoreless in the last three games for St Louis while obtaining only three shots on goal, on average.
Buffalo Sabres
After a scoreless first period, the Pittsburgh Penguins exploded four two goals in the second period while sealing the victory with three goals in the following period. In all, power play goals by Jake Guentzel along with Phil Kessel spurred the Penguins to victory over the lowly Sabres.
Buffalo, on the other hand, has dropped eight of their last 10 overall entering this matchup with the St Louis Blues. For their contest versus the Penguins, Buffalo ended with 26 shots on goal while Carter Hutton ( 16-20-2) took the loss in net for the Sabres has he had 23 saves on the night.
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Point / shot leader in Jack Eichel has posted two goals during the last for disastrous outings for Buffalo while also obtaining just two points during this time. Also, the Sabres have dropped three straight games at KeyBank Arena entering this contest.
NHL Betting Trends:
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- Under is 4-0-2 in the last 6 meetings in Buffalo.
- Favorite is 11-1 in the last 12 meetings.
- Blues are 20-3 in the last 23 meetings.
- Under is 6-1-4 in the last 11 meetings.
- Blues are 5-1 in the last 6 meetings in Buffalo.
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With the way in which both these teams have struggled lately, look for the under to be the strong play in this Sunday night showdown. Also, the under has been the result in the majority of matchups amongst these two teams recently. With that being the case, look for the Blues to get back on track with a 3-1 win as the total will not surpass its set limit in the end.
NHL Free Score Prediction: Blues 3 – Sabres 1
And while the Sabres have picked up a bit of momentum, look for St. Louis to also be looking to get back on the ice after a disastrous set of outings, as pointed out Look for the visitors, in other words, to show and prove in a low-scoring matchup versus Buffalo on this night.
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