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Game time: December 29, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: KeyBank Center — Buffalo, NY

Article updated Dec 28, 10:16 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Detroit is on the road playing Buffalo at the KeyBank Center stadium on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Buffalo -150 was the opening favorite and current line is Buffalo

Game outlook

Detroit is on the road playing Buffalo at the KeyBank Center stadium on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Buffalo -150 was the opening favorite and current line is Buffalo -180.

Detroit Highlights

With a power ranking of 25, Detroit is ranked #22 in offense (scoring an average of 3.06 per game), #19 in defense (allowing an average of 3.28 points to be scored against them per game) and are 15-11-7 this season.

Buffalo Highlights

Buffalo Sabres has a power ranking of 8 and are #1 for offense (scoring an average of 3.97 per game), #21 for defense (giving up an average of 3.28 points per game) and 4-4 overall. Detroit went 2-0-1 in their last 3 matchups against Buffalo.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Buffalo Sabres to win and the total score to be 6.5. 55% of SportsJaw predicts Buffalo Sabres to win. OddsShark predicts Buffalo will win and the total will go under.

O: 2.5% picked Detroit Red Wings on Covers.com

Our ScoreCaster predicts Red Wings 3 to Sabres 3.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Red Wings 3 to Sabres 3.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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SportsJaw published this archived preview from its original game-day article. Its prediction and quoted lines are preserved as written.

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SportsJaw Red Wings vs Sabres archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Red Wings vs Sabres matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Detroit Red Wings+130 → +159Moved
  • Moneyline · Buffalo Sabres-150 → -180Moved
  • Spread · Detroit Red Wings+1.5 (-175) → +1.5 (-165)Moved
  • Spread · Buffalo Sabres-1.5 (+150) → -1.5 (+145)Moved
  • Total · Over6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Detroit Red Wings
5-4 matchup record · 7-3-0 ATS · 4-5-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Buffalo Sabres
4-4 matchup record · 8-2-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-29T03:16:00.315Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

  • 2022-11-30Buffalo Sabres 5 · Detroit Red Wings 4
  • 2022-10-31Detroit Red Wings 3 · Buffalo Sabres 8
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Buffalo Sabres defeated Detroit Red Wings 6-3

Buffalo Sabres defeated Detroit Red Wings 6-3 on December 29, 2022, a 3-goal decision in the series. Buffalo Sabres' strongest period was the 2nd period, when it outscored its opponent 4-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Detroit Red Wings +1.5 (-165) spread, Buffalo Sabres covered, while the 9 combined goals finished over the recorded total of 6.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • MookiebetsMoneyline · Detroit Red Wings +135Loss
  • BluedevilMoneyline · Detroit Red Wings +135Loss
  • CoversMoneyline · Buffalo Sabres -165Win
  • CoolioMoneyline · Buffalo Sabres -165Win
  • CoolioTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Buffalo Sabres -165Win
  • MrshinyMoneyline · Buffalo Sabres -165Win
  • MrshinySpread · Buffalo Sabres -1.5 (+150)Win