Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators Prediction, 4/1/2025 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators

Date: Tuesday, April 1, 2025

Location: Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, ON

TV: TSN

Odds/Point Spread: Sabres (+172) Senators (-210)

The Ottawa Senators (39-28-6) will take on the Buffalo Sabres (31-36-6) at Canadian Tire Centre on Tuesday. The moneyline on this contest has the Sabres at +172 while the Senators are sitting at -210. The over/under comes in at 6.

The Buffalo Sabres were on the right side of the scoreboard with a 8-5 win over the Capitals in their previous outing. Buffalo accrued 6 penalty minutes in this game. The Sabres had a great offensive game plan going into this one and it showed in the win. Furthermore, they had 5 power play attempts and notched 2 goals. For the game, they earned a goal on 8 of the 23 shots they put on net.

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When talking about scoring goals, the Buffalo Sabres have accumulated 236 goals (10th in the league) so far this season and have surrendered 260. For the current campaign, they have tallied 68 points and their points percentage is .466. Buffalo has 212 power play chances and they have scored 39 goals out of those attempts, giving them a percentage of 18.40%. At even strength, the Sabres have allowed the opponent to score 207 goals while scoring 197 on the offensive side of the ice. Buffalo has taken 2,003 shots and holds a shot percentage of 11.8%. The Sabres so far have had 2,104 shots attempted against them and have earned a save percentage of .876. Buffalo Sabres opponents have 220 power play tries (6th in professional hockey) and have a total of 53 goals in those chances.

Patrolling the crease for the game will be Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen. Opponents have notched 445 goals against Luukkonen in his professional hockey career and his goals against average per contest is 4.58. Luukkonen has taken the ice for 152 matchups over the course of his hockey career. His save percentage currently sits at .898 for his 5,836 minutes in the crease. He has amassed an overall mark of 70-64-14 and he has gotten the start in 148 games. Over the course of his career, Luukkonen has 78 quality starts and his quality starts percentage is .527. Luukkonen has seen 4,354 shot attempts taken against him and has garnered 3,909 total saves.

In their last game, Ottawa opposed the Penguins in a matchup where the Senators ended up taking the loss by a tally of 1-0. They had 1 power play chance in this game but weren't able to put one in the back of the net. The Senators had 0 goals of the 31 shots on goal they tried.

Ottawa has put up 2,134 shots (8th in the NHL) and has a shooting percentage of 9.84%, while allowing the other team 2,087 shots. They have accumulated a penalty kill percentage of 77.14% on the other teams 210 opportunities on the power play, and their save percentage comes in at 90.1%. They have a tally of 232 power play opportunities and they have earned a power play percentage of 23.71%. The Senators have tallied 155 goals at even strength and 55 goals (4th in the NHL) while on the power play. They have permitted 207 goals to be scored by of a combination of 159 goals at even strength and 48 goals while they had less men on the ice. On the year, the Ottawa Senators have accounted for 210 goals, 84 points, in addition to a points percentage of .575.

On the other side of the ice you are likely to see Linus Ullmark protecting the goal. Ullmark has amassed a career record of 159-86-26 and has been in goal for 286 contests. Ullmark's quality start rate sits at 63.8% and he has made 176 quality starts in his career. He has compiled 7,726 saves out of the 8,424 shots tried, which gives him a rate of .917. His opposition is averaging 2.91 goals per game and he has surrendered 698 goals in total. He has started in 276 games and has played for a total of 14,378 minutes.

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

Josh's Pick: Take Buffalo (+172)

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