Buffalo Sabres at New York Rangers - 3/22/21 NHL Picks and Prediction
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New York Rangers (13-13-4) vs Buffalo Sabres (6-19-4)
Game Info: Monday, March 22, 2021 at 7:00 pm (Madison Square Garden)
Betting Odds: New York Rangers -223 / Buffalo Sabres +199 --- Over/Under: 5.5 Click Here for the Latest Odds
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The Buffalo Sabres and the New York Rangers meet in NHL action from Madison Square Garden on Monday night.
The Buffalo Sabres will try to snap a 13-game losing streak after a 4-1 loss to Boston last time out. Sam Reinhart and Victor Olofsson share the team lead in scoring with 19 points with Reinhart logging a team-high 11 goals while Olofsson has 11 assists. Jack Eichel has 18 points with a team-high 16 assists and Taylor Hall’s on 16 points with 14 assists. As a team, Buffalo is averaging 2 goals per game on 27.9 shots per game with a 25.7% success rate on the PP while allowing 3.4 goals on 31 shots against per game with a 78.3% success rate on the PK this season.
The New York Rangers will try to build off of a 3=1 win over the Capitals in their last matchup Pavel Buchnevich leads the Rangers in scoring with 28 points including 11 goals and a team-high 17 assists while Artemi Panarin has 25 points with 17 assists of his own. Ryan Strome’s on 24 points with 14 assists and Chris Kreider has 20 points with a team-high 14 goals. Mika Zibanejad and Adam Fox each have double-digit assists this season. As a team, New York is averaging 2.9 goals on 29.9 shots per game with a 14.7% success rate on the PP while allowing 2.6 goals against on 28.3 shots against per game with an 86.6% conversion rate on the PK this season.
Buffalo is 15-36 in their last 51 games overall and 12-41 in their last 53 games as a road underdog while the under is 4-1-1 in their last 6 games against a team with a losing record. New York is 2-5 in their last 7 games as a favorite and 3-12 in their last 15 Monday games while the under is 9-3 in their last 12 games as a home favorite. Buffalo is 8-22 in the last 30 meetings between these two teams.
I get the case that you could make for the plus money as this is a lot of juice to give up with the Rangers. However, once again, the Sabres continue to be a profitable road fade as it is and a massive losing streak won’t remedy things and a coaching change clearly hasn’t improved anything. The Rangers have scored pretty well lately, so I’ll take my chances with the Rangers on the puck line in this one.
Chris’s Pick NY Rangers -1.5
AUTHOR: Chris Ruffolo
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