St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, 11/14/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: St. Louis Blues vs Buffalo Sabres

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024

Location: KeyBank Center in Buffalo, NY

TV: MSG Network

Odds/Point Spread: Blues (+106) Sabres (-128)

The Buffalo Sabres (7-8-1) will go up against the St. Louis Blues (7-9-0) at KeyBank Center on Thursday. The odds on this game have St. Louis at +106 and Buffalo is sitting at -128. The total comes in at 6.5.

The St. Louis Blues will need a bounce back game after taking a 3-2 defeat against the Bruins their last time out. St. Louis compiled 8 penalty minutes in this matchup. Furthermore, they had 3 attempts on the power play and notched 2 goals. The Blues could have played much better offensively in the loss. For the game, they tallied a score on 2 of the 22 shots they put on net.

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When at even strength, the Blues have conceded 45 goals while notching 34 on offense. St. Louis Blues opponents have totaled 45 power play opportunities (19th in professional hockey) and have scored 10 goals in those attempts. With regard to their goal scoring prowess, the St. Louis Blues have notched 40 goals (27th in the National Hockey League) this season and have given up 55. St. Louis has taken 408 shots and has a shooting percentage of 9.8%. For the year, they sit with 14 points and their points percentage comes in at .438. The Blues so far have had 485 shots taken against them and hold a save percentage of .887. St. Louis comes into tonight with 40 power play chances and they have scored 6 goals during those advantages, garnering them a percentage of 15.00%.

The player between the pipes for this game is Jordan Binnington. Opponents have tallied 793 goals against Binnington in his professional career and his average for goals against per game is 2.93. Binnington has been in net for 292 games over the course of his pro hockey career. His save percentage currently sits at .907 in his 16,265 minutes on the ice. He has amassed a win-loss record of 149-101-31 and he has gotten the start in 284 games. From the beginning of his pro career to now, Binnington has accumulated 151 quality starts and his quality starts percentage sits at .532. Binnington has had 8,516 shots taken against him and has garnered 7,723 saves.

When they took the ice last, Buffalo faced the Canadiens in a game where the Sabres were on the wrong end of the score by a mark of 7-5. The Sabres notched 5 goals out of the 18 shots on goal they tried. They had 4 opportunities on the power play in this outing and notched 1 out of those chances.

Buffalo has put up 440 shots (18th in the NHL) and has a shot percentage of 12.27%, while allowing the opposition 471 shots. They have a penalty kill rate of 76.36% on the other teams 55 power play chances, and their save percentage sits at 88.7%. They have a tally of 49 opportunities on the power play and they have a power play percentage of 16.33%. The Sabres are sitting with 46 goals at even strength and 8 goals (22nd in professional hockey) while having a power play advantage. They have granted a total of 53 goals to be scored by way of 40 goals at even strength and 13 goals while they had less men on the ice. So far this year, the Buffalo Sabres have accounted for 54 goals, 15 points, in addition to a points percentage of .469.

On the other side of the ice you will find Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in net. He has recorded 2,974 saves out of 3,291 shots taken, which gives him a save % of .904. Luukkonen has accumulated a career mark of 53-45-11 and has been in goal for 112 contests. He was named a starter in 108 games and his ice time sits at 5,740 mins. Luukkonen's rate of quality starts is 55.6% and he has 60 quality starts in his hockey career. Opponents are averaging 3.31 goals/game and he has relinquished 317 goals altogether.

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

Tony's Pick: Take St. Louis (+106)

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