Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, 10/22/2021 NHL Pick, Tips and Odds

Game: Boston Bruins vs Buffalo Sabres

Date: Friday, October 22, 2021

Location: KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY

TV: MSG Network

Odds/Point Spread: Bruins (-175) Sabres (+145)

Dustin Tokarski and the Buffalo Sabres play the Boston Bruins at KeyBank Center on Friday. The Sabres open this matchup at +145 while the Bruins are priced at -175. The O/U opens at 6.5.

The Bruins will look to clean up some issues after taking a 6-3 loss against the Flyers in their last contest. Their offensive zone starts were rated at 67.9% and they had a PDO of 89.7 for this matchup. They accounted for 22 face-off wins at even strength and lost on 25 attempts to win the face-off. Their Fenwick was 47 and the Fenwick against finished at 27, giving them a Fenwick rate of 63.5%. The Corsi for the Bruins sat at 69 and the Corsi against was 42 which means they had a Corsi rate of 62.2%. Boston garnered 2 mins in the box for this game. In addition, they had 1 power play opportunity but weren't able to make the most of that try. The Bruins had a middle of the road showing in this loss. In the game, they earned a goal on 3 out of the 40 shots they put on goal.

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In the matter of their scoring capabilities, the Boston Bruins have racked up 6 goals (30th in the NHL) this season and have conceded 7. For the current campaign, they have tallied 2 points and their points percentage is .500. Boston has 4 power play opportunities this season. When playing at even strength, the Bruins have conceded 5 goals while earning 6 themselves. Boston has attempted 80 shots and holds a shooting percentage of 7.5%. The Bruins have had 53 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .868. Boston Bruins opponents have tallied 8 power play tries (25th in pro hockey) and have scored 2 goals in those chances.

The man in net for this game is Linus Ullmark. Opponents have racked up 309 goals versus Ullmark in his pro career and his average for goals against per game is 2.78. Ullmark has participated in 117 matchups during his NHL career. His save percentage is at .912 in his 6,676 mins between the pipes. He has accumulated a win-loss record of 50-47-13 and he has started in 112 games. For his professional hockey career, Ullmark is sitting with 63 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .563. Ullmark has seen 3,527 shot attempts against him and has garnered 3,218 saves.

In their last contest, Buffalo faced the Canucks in a matchup where the Sabres earned a win by a mark of 5-2. They had 3 power play chances in this one but weren't able to score a goal. The Sabres had 5 goals out of the 43 shots on goal they attempted. They had a PDO at even strength of 109 and they earned an oZS percentage of 31.8%. Buffalo wrapped up this game with a 57.3% Corsi rating. This Corsi rating tells us the kind of game Buffalo played and they showed out in this one. Their Fenwick percentage came in at 56.5% by earning a Fenwick of 39 and the Canucks having racked up a 30 Fenwick.

On the year, the Buffalo Sabres have accumulated 11 goals, 6 points, in addition to a points percentage of 1.000. They have allowed 4 goals to be scored by 4 goals at even strength. The Sabres have earned 7 goals at even strength and 4 goals (3rd in pro hockey) while having more men on the ice. They have recorded 11 chances on the power play and they have earned a power play rate of 36.36%. Buffalo has taken 112 shots (11th in pro hockey) and has accumulated a shot percentage of 9.82%, while allowing the other team 86 shots. They have a penalty kill percentage of 100.00% on the other teams 9 chances on the power play, and their save percentage is 95.3%.

Across the ice you will find Dustin Tokarski in the crease. He has tallied 1,181 stops out of 1,305 shots attempted against him, giving him a save percentage of .905. Tokarski has accumulated a lifetime mark of 13-20-7 and has played in 48 contests. He has made the start in 38 games and has played 2,486 minutes. Tokarski's percentage of quality starts is 47.4% and he has 18 quality starts in his NHL career. The opposition is averaging 2.99 goals/game and he has relinquished 124 goals overall.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread?

Tony's Pick: Take Boston (-175)

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