Carolina Hurricanes vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/05/2022

Game Time: 7:00 pm ET, Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Venue:  KeyBank Center, Buffalo, NY

Where to Watch:  ESPN+

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes -250, Sabres +200; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes -250, Sabres +210; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes -250, Sabres +200; Over/Under:  6 goals

 

Carolina Hurricanes:  45-16-8 (1st place, Metropolitan Division)

Buffalo Sabres:  25-34-11 (6th place, Atlantic Division)

 

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Carolina Hurricanes:  4-3-3 last 10

Buffalo Sabres:  5-2-3 last 10

 

 

 

The Hurricanes are coming into this game with 98 points, a 45-16-8 record overall, and they are 20-10-4 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Montreal Canadiens while their 2 losses in that span came against the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Minnesota Wild in their last game. They lost that game at home 3-1. Teuvo Teräväinen scored the only goal for them in that game while Jaccob Slavin and Sebastian Aho both assisted. Brady Skjei led the team in shots on goal in that one with 7. Frederik Andersen was the starting goaltender in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 19 shots with 16 saves and a .842 save percentage. Their offense has scored 230 goals this season averaging 3.3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 164 goals against them allowing 2.4 goals per game. 

 

 

The Sabres are coming into this game with 61 points, a 25-34-11 record overall, and they are 13-17-6 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Nashville Predators while their 2 losses in that span came against the Winnipeg Jets and the Florida Panthers in their last game. They lost that game at home 5-3. Jeff Skinner, Kyle Okposo, and Tage Thompson all scored 1 goal each in that one. Rasmus Asplund led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Dustin Tokarski was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 5 goals on 40 shots with 35 saves and a .875 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 193 goals this season averaging 2.8 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 248 goals against them allowing 3.5 goals per game. 

 

 

The Sabres are coming into this game as a +200 underdog with the current betting odds. The Sabres have not been playing bad in their recent games though and they have been playing much better at home as well. They have won 2 of their last 4 games and both of their losses were close as they lost one of those in a shootout to the Jets and the other game by 2 goals to the Panthers who have been playing extremely well recently. They are going up against a Hurricanes team that has not been playing well recently with 2 losses in their last 3 games and they are also coming off of a loss at home. They will be on the road here and they have actually lost 5 of their last 7 games on the road. The Sabres will play hard at home here with few games of the season left and they cannot really spoil the Hurricanes here but they can try to finish their season off on a good note. The Hurricanes have not been great recently either and they have been even worse on the road so the Sabres have a good chance of keeping this game close if they do not win it. The Sabres will cover the puckline here and keep this game close.

 

Hurricanes Sabres Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Tuesday, April 5, 2022 (7:00 pm ET start time) is Sabres 3 Hurricanes 2.

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Carolina Hurricanes: 45-24 (+7u) on the moneyline in all games. 65-35 (+9.8u) on the moneyline after playing a home game. 12-5 OVER in a road game where where the total is 6 or more.

Buffalo Sabres: 70-125 (-24u) on the moneyline in all games. 36-61 (-9.4u) on the moneyline after playing a home game. 25-17 OVER after 1 or more consecutive losses.

 

 

Carolina Hurricanes:  E. Bear (D) Ques Tues - Lower Body injury. J. Kotkaniemi (C) Late April - Lower Body injury.

Buffalo Sabres:  D. Caggiula (LW) out for season - Upper Body injury. M. Subban (G) out for season - Upper Body injury.

 

 

 

“We didn’t give up much. There was a breakaway in the first period.” - Rod Brind’Amour on his team’s win against the Canadiens on Thursday night.

 

 

“The entirety of the game, we just couldn’t get the emotional energy. I give our guys credit for trying to find it and fight. But we just didn’t have that jump, that zip, that we have when we’re fresh.” - Don Granato on his team’s loss against the Panthers on Sunday.

 

 

 

LW Teräväinen, Teuvo

C Aho, Sebastian

RW Jarvis, Seth

LD Slavin, Jaccob

RD Deangelo, Anthony

G Andersen, Frederik

 

LW Skinner, Jeff

C Thompson, Tage

RW Tuch, Alex

LD Dahlin, Rasmus

RD Jokiharju, Henri

G Tokarski, Dustin

 

 

Points: S. Aho (69)

Goals: S. Aho (31)

Assists: T. Teravainen (39)

GAA: F .Andersen (2.03)

 

Points: T. Thompson (54)

Goals: T. Thompson (31)

Assists: R. Dahlin (34)

GAA: C. Anderson (3.06)

 

Coaches:

Carolina Hurricanes: Rod Brind’Amour (4th season)

Buffalo Sabres: Don Granato (2nd season)