Last night was another tough one for my predictions. Both of my slight favorites were leading their games late before losing in shootouts. But that’s the way she goes, hopefully I’ll be on the right end of the shootouts next time. Tonight has 6 games on tap, which is pretty busy for a Friday night so let’s win some money.
Boston Bruins @ Buffalo Sabres
The Boston Bruins are coming off a big win in St. Louis, a town where it has been very difficult to get wins this season and they were able to put up 4 goals against the leagues best defense. Does this mean they are out of their funk and ready to play the hockey that made them the #1 contender for the Cup about a month ago. I’m not so sure. Heading into Buffalo we will see which Bruins team shows up. The Sabres have been playing decent hockey of late and are not completely out of the playoff picture just yet sitting only 6 points back of the Leafs (the team that has 8th highest points per game) with 1 game in hand. They’ve won 2 in a row and have a very important road trip after this game that could seal their fate. Buffalo really should already be out of it, but the Leafs, Panthers and Caps not being able to win games has given lower teams hope of the playoffs and I expect the Sabres to grasp this hope and play a big game tonight leading into their road trip. Buffalo has played Boston at home twice so far this season winning the first most recent game 6-2 and losing the previous in a shootout. At +130 odds I like the Sabres in this one as they start to get healthy heading down the stretch.
Play: Sabres +130 (SportsInteraction.com)
Minnesota Wild @ Dallas Stars
The Wild won last night in Florida in a shootout, but the Panthers have been struggling mightily of late so I’m not giving the Wild too much props for that one. Minnesota was 1st in the NHL on December 10th and since then the Wild have won only 7 of 30 games! This team was overachieving hard but have regressed and they are showing their true colours of being one of the worst teams in the league. The Stars should pull this one out and move into sole possession of 8th in the West.
Play: Stars -155 (5Dimes.com)
Written by: Niko de Jonge
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