Capitals ML (+114) over Sabres
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- The Capitals need a win tonight to avoid falling out of the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference.
- Buffalo is just 20-19-1 at home on the year.
The Washington Capitals face off against the Buffalo Sabres on April 11, 2024, at 7:00 pm ET. DraftKings Sportsbook sets the Capitals as +114 underdogs with the Sabres favored at -135. Currently, 89% of moneyline bets support the Capitals, with the Sabres garnering 11% of bets. The total for this Eastern Conference matchup is set at 6 goals, in a game that carries a ton of significance for the visitors. Going into Thursday's NHL action, the Capitals are a point up on the Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red Wings for the final Wild Card spot in the Eastern Conference. That means winning games like this one on the road against a team that has been eliminated from playoff contention is a must. But the Caps are slight underdogs despite needing a victory in this spot, a plus price we will gladly take a chance on. Buffalo is the home team for this matchup, but they are a .500 team at home on the year. We do not feel quite comfortable laying the vig with the Sabres in this contest, as they have not shown nearly enough consistency on home ice to do so. Instead, we will take the Caps to win a huge game for their playoff hopes, especially with either the Red Wings or Penguins guaranteed to win tonight as they face one another in Pittsburgh. Get daily NHL picks here.
NHL
Washington Capitals
Buffalo Sabres
Team Records
WAS
Team Records
BUF
22-8-2 Overall 11-19-4 0-0 Shootout 1-1 3-2 Overtime 2-3 10-4-2 Home 6-10-3 12-4-0 Road 5-9-1 15-5-1 EAS 4-15-2 7-3-1 WES 7-4-2 6-1-1 ATL 3-7-1 9-4-0 MET 1-8-1 5-3-0 CEN 3-3-1 2-0-1 PAC 4-1-1 7-3-2 ≤1 4-5-4 9-1-0 ≥3 3-7-0 7-2-0 Oct 4-5-1 10-4-1 Nov 7-6-1 5-2-1 Dec 0-8-2 0-0-0 Jan 0-0-0 0-0-0 Feb 0-0-0 0-0-0 Mar 0-0-0 0-0-0 Apr 0-0-0 Team Stats
WAS
Team Stats
BUF
121 Goals For 96 84 Goals Agst 118 3.06 PP For GM 2.91 .62 PP Goals GM .41 20.41 PP% 14.14 3.16 PP Agst GM 3.29 .50 PP Agst Goals GM .76 84.16 PK% 76.79 9.0 PIM GM 10.6 8.5 oPIM GM 9.0 Goalies
C. Lindgren
U. Luukkonen
6 GP 8 6 GS 8 3-3-0 W-L-T/O 3-4-1 16 Goals Allowed 25 2.70 GAA 3.16 154 Shots Against 233 .896 SV% .893 0 SO 0 3 Quality Starts 4 .500 QS% .500 1 Bad Starts 1 102 Goals All.% 105 -0.31 Goals Sv Above Avg -1.26 Recent Starts
Date
Opp
W/L
GA
SA
SV
SV%
12/17/21
DALHoltby
ML N/AW4-1
TOTAL N/A1 27 26 .963 12/14/21
DALOettinger
ML N/AW4-1
TOTAL N/A1 34 33 .971 12/11/21
MONAllen
ML N/AW4-1
TOTAL N/A1 23 22 .957 12/9/21
DETGreiss
ML N/AW6-2
TOTAL N/A2 31 29 .935 12/7/21
FLAKnight
ML N/AW4-3
TOTAL N/A3 37 34 .919
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 Betting Trends
WAS
Betting Trends
BUF
OVERALL OVERALL 1-2-0 Win/Loss/Tie 1-2-0 1-2-0 ATS W/L/P 2-1-0 2 Avg Score 2.33 2.67 Avg Opp Score 2.67 AWAY HOME 1-2-0 Win/Loss/Tie 2-1-0 1-2-0 ATS W/L/P 2-1-0 2 Avg Score 3.33 3.67 Avg Opp Score 2.33
WAS
Betting Trends
BUF
OVERALL OVERALL 1-4-0 Win/Loss/Tie 2-3-0 1-4-0 ATS W/L/P 3-2-0 1.8 Avg Score 2.6 3.6 Avg Opp Score 2.6 AWAY HOME 2-3-0 Win/Loss/Tie 3-2-0 2-3-0 ATS W/L/P 3-2-0 2.4 Avg Score 3.4 3.6 Avg Opp Score 3
WAS
Betting Trends
BUF
OVERALL OVERALL 4-6-0 Win/Loss/Tie 4-6-0 4-6-0 ATS W/L/P 6-4-0 2.6 Avg Score 2.9 3.5 Avg Opp Score 3.3 AWAY HOME 5-5-0 Win/Loss/Tie 7-3-0 5-5-0 ATS W/L/P 7-3-0 2.4 Avg Score 4 3 Avg Opp Score 2.7 Head to Head
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