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New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres: Is it too late for these two?
The New Jersey Devils are visiting the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank on Friday.
The Devils have won the last two games
The New Jersey Devils are 11th in the Eastern Conference with a 36-33-4 record. They have won four of the last five games and are coming off a 6-3 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs. The Devils are tenth in the Eastern Conference, scoring 3.30 goals per game, and are ranked 27th, allowing 3.37 goals per game. Jesper Bratt leads the team with 72 points, one more than Jack Hughes.
The Sabres have split the last ten games
The Buffalo Sabres are 13th in the Eastern Conference with a 34-34-5 record. They have lost three of the last four games and are coming off a 6-2 loss to the Ottawa Senators. The Sabres are 21st in the league, scoring 2.96 goals per game, and are ranked 16th, allowing 3.03 goals per game. Rasmus Dahlin leads the team with 52 points.
Betting Trends
Six of the last seven games between these two teams have gone over the total goal line and nine of the last ten played in Buffalo.
Prediction and Conclusion
Theoretically, both teams are still in the playoff race, but they will need to be almost perfect in the last ten games of the regular season. They have picked up the form lately, and whoever wins this one will get a real boost for the final couple of weeks of the regular season. The Devils are much closer to the goal as they are only five points shy of the Washington Capitals, who are in hold of the last place that leads to the playoffs. The Sabres are still not giving up, and they have a legit chance in tonight’s game. Looking back into their head-to-head history, these two play high-scoring games. Given the stakes and the inconsistency of both teams, we are going with over 6.5 goals in total.
