The Buffalo Sabres will face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning on February 29, 2024, at 7:00 pm EST. According to Draftkings sportsbook, the Sabres are listed as +136 underdogs while the Lightning are favored at -162. Early betting trends show an even split in money line bets between the two teams. The total opening at 6.5 -120 is also evenly split between the under and the over bets. This matchup promises to be a tightly contested game with both teams receiving ample support from bettors. Get daily NHL picks here.
NHL
Buffalo Sabres
Tampa Bay Lightning
Team Records
BUF
Team Records
TB
15-21-5 Overall 21-15-2 2-1 Shootout 0-1 2-4 Overtime 3-1 8-10-3 Home 12-6-1 7-11-2 Road 9-9-1 6-15-2 EAS 9-6-2 9-6-3 WES 12-9-0 3-7-1 ATL 1-5-0 3-8-1 MET 8-1-2 5-4-2 CEN 6-5-0 4-2-1 PAC 6-4-0 5-5-5 ≤1 5-6-2 5-7-0 ≥3 13-4-0 4-5-1 Oct 7-3-0 7-6-1 Nov 5-6-2 3-9-2 Dec 8-3-0 1-1-1 Jan 1-3-0 0-0-0 Feb 0-0-0 0-0-0 Mar 0-0-0 0-0-0 Apr 0-0-0 Team Stats
BUF
Team Stats
TB
124 Goals For 140 139 Goals Agst 106 2.8 PP For GM 2.97 .51 PP Goals GM .79 18.26 PP% 26.55 3.07 PP Agst GM 2.68 .68 PP Agst Goals GM .47 77.78 PK% 82.35 9.8 PIM GM 8.5 8.5 oPIM GM 9.2 Goalies
U. Luukkonen
A. Vasilevskiy
8 GP 10 8 GS 10 3-4-1 W-L-T/O 6-4-0 25 Goals Allowed 24 3.16 GAA 2.54 233 Shots Against 256 .893 SV% .906 0 SO 1 4 Quality Starts 5 .500 QS% .500 1 Bad Starts 3 105 Goals All.% 92 -1.26 Goals Sv Above Avg 2.08 Recent Starts
Date
Opp
W/L
GA
SA
SV
SV%
1/11/22
TBVasilevskiy
ML N/AL1-6
TOTAL N/A2 9 7 .778 1/6/22
SJHill
ML N/AL2-3
TOTAL N/A3 21 18 .857 1/1/22
BOSUllmark
ML N/AL3-4
TOTAL N/A4 41 37 .902 12/29/21
NJBlackwood
ML N/AL3-4
TOTAL N/A4 42 38 .905 12/16/21
MINTalbot
ML N/AW3-2
TOTAL N/A2 32 30 .938
Date
Opp
W/L
GA
SA
SV
SV%
5/4/22
TORCampbell
ML N/AW5-3
TOTAL N/A3 34 31 .912 5/2/22
TORCampbell
ML N/AL0-5
TOTAL N/A5 32 27 .844 4/29/22
NYISorokin
ML N/AW6-4
TOTAL N/A4 37 33 .892 4/26/22
CBJMerzlikins
ML N/AW4-1
TOTAL N/A1 21 20 .952 4/24/22
FLABobrovsky
ML N/AW8-4
TOTAL N/A4 39 35 .897 Betting Trends
BUF
Betting Trends
TB
OVERALL OVERALL 2-1-0 Win/Loss/Tie 2-1-0 2-1-0 ATS W/L/P 2-1-0 2.33 Avg Score 3.33 2 Avg Opp Score 3 AWAY HOME 2-1-0 Win/Loss/Tie 0-3-0 1-2-0 ATS W/L/P 0-3-0 2.33 Avg Score 2.33 2 Avg Opp Score 6
BUF
Betting Trends
TB
OVERALL OVERALL 3-2-0 Win/Loss/Tie 2-3-0 2-3-0 ATS W/L/P 2-3-0 2.6 Avg Score 3 2.4 Avg Opp Score 3.6 AWAY HOME 4-1-0 Win/Loss/Tie 2-3-0 3-2-0 ATS W/L/P 2-3-0 3 Avg Score 3.8 2 Avg Opp Score 4.8
BUF
Betting Trends
TB
OVERALL OVERALL 5-5-0 Win/Loss/Tie 5-5-0 5-5-0 ATS W/L/P 5-5-0 2.5 Avg Score 3.2 2.3 Avg Opp Score 4 AWAY HOME 7-3-0 Win/Loss/Tie 7-3-0 6-4-0 ATS W/L/P 6-4-0 3.2 Avg Score 4.4 2.4 Avg Opp Score 3.6 Head to Head
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Buffalo Sabres VS Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Pick & Preview – 02/29/2024
on February 29th, 2024
Feb 29, 2024 07:00 PM
VS
Open
Current
Book
BUF
TB
BUF
TB
Consensus
+155
-195
+133
-161
Open
Current
Book
BUF
TB
BUF
TB
Consensus
+1.5
-184
-1.5
+130
+1.5
-184
-1.5
+149
Open
Current
Book
Over
Under
Over
Under
Consensus
6.5
+105
6.5
-125
6.5
+100
6.5
-122
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