An Eastern Conference battle is set for New Year’s Eve when the Buffalo Sabres (36 points) visit the Boston Bruins (59 points). Buffalo is currently fifth in the Atlantic division and are eight points back of a Wild Card spot. Boston is the best team in the league and have a big cushion on the second-best team. Below is my NHL betting pick for Sabres vs Bruins.
Sabres vs Bruins Betting Pick
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This game will be played at TD Garden at 1:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, December 31, 2022.
Boston is 5-1 in their last six games played.
The Bruins are 18-2 in their last 20 home games.
Buffalo is 0-7 in their last seven games at Boston.
Bruins Moneyline (-240)
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Dec 31, 2022 01:00 PM
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Team Records
BOS
17-14-2 Overall 28-4-3 1-0 Shootout 2-3 1-2 Overtime 3-0 8-8-2 Home 18-0-2 9-6-0 Road 10-4-1 7-9-2 EAS 16-3-1 10-5-0 WES 12-1-2 5-6-1 ATL 6-3-1 2-3-1 MET 10-0-0 4-2-0 CEN 8-1-0 6-3-0 PAC 4-0-2 3-3-2 ≤1 7-2-3 12-5-0 ≥3 11-1-0 6-3-0 Oct 8-1-0 4-9-1 Nov 11-2-0 7-2-1 Dec 9-1-3 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
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Team Stats
BOS
132 Goals For 133 112 Goals Agst 75 3.82 PP For GM 3.69 1.12 PP Goals GM 1.03 29.37 PP% 27.91 3.39 PP Agst GM 3.66 .91 PP Agst Goals GM .57 73.21 PK% 84.38 8.6 PIM GM 10.2 9.2 oPIM GM 9.7
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13 GP 13 12 GS 11 7-4-1 W-L-T/O 7-3-2 33 Goals Allowed 29 2.65 GAA 2.57 425 Shots Against 296 .922 SV% .902 1 SO 0 7 Quality Starts 6 .583 QS% .545 1 Bad Starts 2 82 Goals All.% 104 7.09 Goals Sv Above Avg -1.08
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4/21/22 NJ Hammond ML N/A W5-2 TOTAL N/A 2 31 29 .935 4/16/22 PHI Jones ML N/A W4-3 TOTAL N/A 3 21 18 .857 4/14/22 STL Binnington ML N/A L2-6 TOTAL N/A 5 27 22 .815 4/12/22 TOR Kallgren ML N/A W5-2 TOTAL N/A 2 26 24 .923 4/10/22 TB Elliott ML N/A L0-5 TOTAL N/A 5 28 23 .821
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4/29/22 TOR Kallgren ML N/A L2-5 TOTAL N/A 4 26 22 .846 4/24/22 MON Montembeault ML N/A W5-3 TOTAL N/A 3 26 23 .885 4/21/22 PIT DeSmith ML N/A L0-4 TOTAL N/A 3 31 28 .903 4/19/22 STL Husso ML N/A W3-2 TOTAL N/A 2 22 20 .909 4/16/22 PIT DeSmith ML N/A W2-1 TOTAL N/A 1 24 23 .958
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