Tyler Seguin, Alexander Radulov, and the Dallas Stars will face off against Jack Eichel, Jeff Skinner, and the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center in an East-West showdown. The match gets underway at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 12, and it’s being shown live on Fox Sports Southwest Plus.
Dallas Stars vs. Buffalo Sabres Odds
Dallas (-135) is currently favored over Buffalo (+115), and the Over/Under (O/U) has been set at 6 goals (-125 under, +105 over).
Dallas is 35-33 straight up (SU) and has lost 1.6 units for moneyline bettors this year. 40 of its matches have gone under the total, while 20 have gone over and just eight have pushed. The Stars are 14-20 SU as the road team in 2018-19.
Dallas has converted on 19.5 percent of its power play chances this season, a mark that’s right around league average. Additionally, it has the sixth-best penalty kill in the league, and the team’s successfully killed off 82.5 percent of all penalties..
Sporting a .930 save percentage and 27.7 saves per game, Ben Bishop (22-17-2) has been the top option in goal for Dallas this year. If head coach Jim Montgomery decides to rest him, however, the team may turn to Anton Khudobin (14-18-3), who has a .924 save percentage and 2.57 goals against average this year.
Over on the other bench, Buffalo is 30-38 straight up (SU) and has lost 5.0 units for moneyline bettors thus far. Through 68 regular season outings, 38 of its games have gone over the total, while 28 have gone under and just two have pushed. This year, the team’s 19-14 SU as the home team.
The Sabres have converted on just 18.8 percent of their power play chances this season, a mark that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked sixth overall, and it’s successfully killed off 82.6 percent of all opponent power plays.
Carter Hutton has denied 27.5 shots per game as the top option in goal for the Sabres. Hutton has 16 wins, 26 losses, and five overtime losses and has registered a .912 save percentage and 2.82 goals against average this season.
Dallas Stars vs. Buffalo Sabres Betting Picks
Free Pick: SU Winner – Sabres, O/U – Over
Betting Notes
- Over Buffalo’s last ten outings, six of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 1-5 in those games).
- The Sabres are 11-19 in games where they serve fewer penalty minutes than their opponent and 23-27 when they’re in the box for fewer than 10 total penalty minutes.
- Two of Buffalo’s last ten games have gone to a shootout. The team is 0-2 in those games and 4-3 overall in shootouts this year.
- For both of these clubs, the game went over the total in four of their last five matchups.
- Dallas is ranked 28th this season with 12.7 giveaways per game. That figure has trended upward, as the team’s averaged 14.7 giveaways over its last 10 games and 13.8 giveaways over its last five.
- Buffalo has averaged 8.2 giveaways over its last five home games, an improvement from its season average of 9.3 giveaways per game (the 9th-fewest in the league).
