Sabres vs Blackhawks Prediction, Odds & Props

NHL · Thu, Nov 12 · 8:00 PM ET

Buffalo Sabres

Away · 8-6

Chicago Blackhawks

Home · 4-13

Current lines

Spread: BUF -1.5
Total: 6.5
Moneyline: BUF -140 / CHI +125

Best available price across major books when this page updated.

Scouting report

Sprinkle's read:CHI +1.5 puck line★★★★

A dog that keeps it close

Chicago has stayed within a goal in one of their last five, and the puck line pays you for a one-goal loss.

The number

At +1.5 a regulation loss by one still cashes; only a two-goal defeat, empty-netter included, beats it.

The decider

Knight is the weaker net by a wide margin right now — stopping about nine of ten, well off his own baseline — so Chicago's side of the scoreboard is the one likely to move.

The context

These two have been playing different games: Buffalo's games are ordinary, Chicago's are track meets. This bet is really a question of which pattern holds. Chicago is putting 22.8 shots a game on net and finishing 9.5% of them.

Situational

Neither team is on a back-to-back and both had at least a day off; nothing here is worth adjusting for.

What breaks this

An empty-net goal turns a one-goal loss into two. Knight has been the weak link; another soft night sinks it.

Buffalo Sabres

Last five

L3-4 @ WSH
W2-0 @ SJ
W7-6 @ ANA
W3-2 @ LA
L1-2 vs OTT

Out

No players listed out.

Chicago Blackhawks

Last five

W2-1 vs LA
L1-4 @ DET
L4-5 @ BOS
L2-5 vs COL
L3-5 @ FLA

Out

No players listed out.

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