NHL Matchup

Canadiens @ Sabres

Fri, May 8 11:00 PMKeyBank CenterTNT

Final

MTL 5 - 1 BUF

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Odds

DraftKings

Puck Line

MTL +1.5·BUF -1.5

Moneyline

MTL +136·BUF -162

Total

5.5

AI Analysis

LEANSoft lean — not a strong recommendation

Sabres ML

-135· moderate risk

68%

Buffalo holds a meaningful team quality edge with +1.56 goal differential advantage, superior team SV% (92.2% vs 91.0%), and home ice, while Alex Lyon's 0.907 SV% and 2.77 GAA outperform Dobes's 0.901/2.78 in the crease matchup that matters most.

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Away

Canadiens

48-24-10

24-9-8 road

106 pts

Home

Sabres

50-23-9

26-10-5 home

109 pts

Season Series — MTL 4 - BUF 3

MTL 3-2 BUF

May 18

MTL 8-3 BUF

May 17

MTL 6-3 BUF

May 14

MTL 3-2 BUF

May 12

MTL 6-2 BUF

May 10

MTL 5-1 BUF

May 8

MTL 4-2 BUF

May 6

Prediction Market

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ATS Records

48-34

Overall ATS

43-39

24-17

Away/Home ATS

23-18

4-10

As Favorite

7-17

44-24

As Underdog

36-22

0-0

Over/Under

0-0

7-3

Last 10 ATS

7-3

ATS Win%

0.6%

Avg spread: +1.0

Avg margin: -0.2

ATS Win%

0.5%

Avg spread: +0.6

Avg margin: -0.2

Scoring

3.45

#17

GF/G

3.51

#19

3.12

#16

GA/G

2.94

#14

0.4

DIFF

0.6

Goaltending

0.908

SV%

0.893

#22

2.69

GAA

3.00

#11

456

#16

347

#13

Offense

#17

#19

#17

#19

386

SOG

396

#17

PP G

#19

Discipline

261

#16

PIM

217

#15

Injuries

BUFNoah OstlundC

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