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
39-37-6 Overall 45-29-8 2-1 Shootout 3-1 4-5 Overtime 5-7 21-19-1 Home 25-11-5 18-18-5 Road 20-18-3 24-20-6 EAS 26-19-5 15-17-0 WES 19-10-3 11-12-3 ATL 12-9-5 13-8-3 MET 14-10-0 6-10-0 CEN 8-7-1 9-7-0 PAC 11-3-2 11-11-6 ≤1 11-3-8 18-17-0 ≥3 21-13-0 4-5-0 Oct 4-2-3 6-6-2 Nov 6-7-2 5-8-2 Dec 8-6-0 7-4-0 Jan 9-3-0 6-5-0 Feb 5-6-1 7-7-1 Mar 9-1-1 4-2-1 Apr 4-4-1 Team Stats
BUF
Team Stats
TB
244 Goals For 288 243 Goals Agst 267 2.72 PP For GM 3.02 .45 PP Goals GM .87 16.59 PP% 28.63 2.96 PP Agst GM 2.85 .60 PP Agst Goals GM .48 79.84 PK% 83.33 9.8 PIM GM 11.0 9.2 oPIM GM 11.0 Goalies
U. Luukkonen
A. Vasilevskiy
54 GP 52 51 GS 52 27-22-4 W-L-T/O 30-20-2 132 Goals Allowed 148 2.57 GAA 2.90 1470 Shots Against 1477 .910 SV% .900 5 SO 2 34 Quality Starts 27 .667 QS% .519 6 Bad Starts 9 93 Goals All.% 104 10.09 Goals Sv Above Avg -5.23 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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