Arizona Coyotes vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, 10/16/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Arizona Coyotes vs Buffalo Sabres

Date: Saturday, October 16, 2021

Location: KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY

TV: MSG Network

Odds/Point Spread: Coyotes (+102) Sabres (-113)

Carter Hutton and the Arizona Coyotes head to KeyBank Center on Saturday where they'll meet the Buffalo Sabres. The odds on this matchup have the Coyotes coming in at +102 and the Sabres are at -113. The over/under opens at 5.5.

The Coyotes will need a bounce back game after taking a 8-2 loss against the Blue Jackets their last time on the ice. The Corsi for the Coyotes was 64 and the Corsi against when the final whistle blew was 38 which had their Corsi rate coming in at 62.7%. Their offensive zone starts were rated at 60.9% and they had a PDO at even strength of 77.0 in this one. Arizona accumulated 22 penalty mins in this contest. The Coyotes had a rough night on the offensive side of the ice in the defeat. Their Fenwick came in at 48 and the Fenwick against was 30, meaning they had a Fenwick percentage of 61.5%. They totaled 22 face-off wins at even strength and lost on 25 attempts to win the puck. In addition, they had 4 chances on the power play and were able to notch 1 goal. In the game, they tallied a score on 2 of the 38 shots they put on goal.

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The Coyotes had 1,706 shots taken against them and were the owners of a save percentage of .898. While at even strength, the Coyotes allowed the opponent to score 142 goals while earning 113. Arizona Coyotes opposition had 167 power play tries (15th in the league) and earned 32 goals in those attempts. For the previous campaign, they accumulated 54 points and their points % was .482. Arizona attempted 1,538 shots and were the owners of a shot percentage of 9.8%. When talking about their scoring, the Arizona Coyotes earned 150 goals (23rd in the league) over the course of the prior season and allowed 174. Arizona tallied 178 power play chances and notched 37 goals during those advantages, giving them a rate of 20.79%.

The man in net for this game is Carter Hutton. Hutton has played in 233 matchups throughout his professional hockey career. He has accumulated an overall mark of 94-89-27 and he has gotten the start in 205 games. Opponents have tallied 573 goals against Hutton in his career and his goals against average per game is 2.74. Hutton has seen 6,247 shots taken against him and has accrued 5,674 total saves. He has a save percentage of .908 for his 12,552 mins in the crease. For his career, Hutton has recorded 103 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .502.

When they took the ice last, Buffalo opposed the Canadiens in an outing where the Sabres earned a win by a mark of 5-1. They had 6 power play attempts in this one and tallied 3 goals out of those tries. The Sabres converted 5 goals of the 36 shots on goal they tried. Their PDO was 105 and they finished the game with an oZS percentage of 43.3%. Buffalo went home with a 52.6% Corsi rate. This Corsi rating is telling of the kind of game that Buffalo had and they showed up in this game. Their Fenwick rate was 56.7% by way of having a Fenwick of 34 and the Canadiens ending the game with a 26 Fenwick at even strength.

The Sabres had 104 goals at even strength and 30 goals (20th in the league) while on the power play. Buffalo has tried 1,592 shots (26th in hockey) and accumulated a shot percentage of 8.42%, while allowing their opponent 1,889 shots. During this campaign, the Buffalo Sabres notched a total of 134 goals, 37 points, and a points percentage of .330. They earned 143 chances on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 20.98%. They earned a penalty kill rate of 77.70% on the other team's 139 power play chances, and their save percentage was 89.6%. They allowed 196 goals to be scored by of a combination of 165 goals at even strength and 31 goals while they had less men on the ice.

Across the ice you are likely to see Dustin Tokarski in net. Opponents are averaging 3.05 goals per game and he has allowed 123 goals altogether. Tokarski's quality start percentage comes out to 45.9% and he has 17 quality starting assignments in his NHL career. He has started in 37 games and has played 2,421 minutes. Tokarski is the owner of a lifetime mark of 12-20-7 and has participated in 47 games. He has recorded 1,161 stops out of 1,284 shots taken against him, giving him a save % of .904.

Who will win tonight's NHL game ATS?

Josh's Pick: Take Arizona (+102)

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