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Buffalo Sabres vs Boston Bruins Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 31, 2022 at 1:00 PM ET

Venue: TD Garden — Boston, MA

Article updated Dec 30, 10:15 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Buffalo is on the road playing Boston at the TD Garden stadium on Saturday, 12/31/2022 @ 1:00pm EST. Boston -240 was the opening favorite and current line is Boston

Game outlook

Buffalo is on the road playing Boston at the TD Garden stadium on Saturday, 12/31/2022 @ 1:00pm EST. Boston -240 was the opening favorite and current line is Boston -245.

Buffalo Highlights

With a power ranking of 8, Buffalo is ranked #1 in offense (scoring an average of 3.97 per game), #21 in defense (allowing an average of 3.41 points to be scored against them per game) and are 17-14-2 this season.

Boston Highlights

Boston Bruins has a power ranking of 1 and are #2 for offense (scoring an average of 3.86 per game), #1 for defense (giving up an average of 3.41 points per game) and 9-2 overall. Buffalo went 3-0-0 in their last 3 matchups against Boston.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Boston Bruins to win and the total score to be 6.5. 61% of SportsJaw players predict Boston Bruins to win. OddsShark has not made their prediction yet.

O: 0.5% picked Boston Bruins on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Sabres 1 to Bruins 6.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Sabres 1 to Bruins 6.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Buffalo Sabres+210 → +212Moved
  • Moneyline · Boston Bruins-240 → -245Moved
  • Spread · Buffalo Sabres+1.5 (-130) → +1.5 (-115)Moved
  • Spread · Boston Bruins-1.5 (+110) → -1.5 (-1)Moved
  • Total · Over6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Buffalo Sabres
4-4 matchup record · 8-2-0 ATS · 6-4-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Boston Bruins
9-2 matchup record · 4-6-0 ATS · 4-6-0 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-31T03:15:43.263Z). 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

  • 2022-11-12Boston Bruins 3 · Buffalo Sabres 1
Final result

Matchup pick recap

Buffalo Sabres defeated Boston Bruins 4-3

Buffalo Sabres defeated Boston Bruins 4-3 on December 31, 2022, a 1-goal decision in the series. Buffalo Sabres' strongest period was the 2nd period, when it outscored its opponent 1-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Buffalo Sabres +1.5 (-115) spread, Buffalo Sabres covered, while the 7 combined goals finished over the recorded total of 6.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • 1118240754Moneyline · Boston Bruins -241Loss
  • NutinbutlocksMoneyline · Boston Bruins -241Loss
  • DocthizzMoneyline · Boston Bruins -244Loss
  • CoversMoneyline · Boston Bruins -244Loss
  • CoolioMoneyline · Boston Bruins -244Loss
  • CoolioTotal · Over 6.5 (-110)Win
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Boston Bruins -244Loss
  • jimimalk1974Spread · Boston Bruins -1.5 (+105)Loss
  • jimimalk1974Total · Over 6.5 (-110)Win