NHL Betting Preview: Sabres vs Senators

The Buffalo Sabres clash with the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Tuesday, December 23.

Find Out Why We’re Backing Sens

It’s time to side with the Senators to record a regulation time victory against the Sabres. They should have the upper hand and the +107 for our 3-Way Moneyline prediction looks a good price.

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Sabres Have 8 Wins in Previous 10 H2H Clashes

Buffalo Sabres have won six on the spin, triumphing 3-1 in their previous game. This was on the road against New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center. Peyton Krebs, Josh Norris and Zach Benson scored one goal each. Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen had 17 saves (.944).

Ottawa Senators got a fourth straight win in their last game. It was a 6-2 road triumph at TD Garden when meeting Boston Bruins. Fabian Zetterlund recorded 3 points, including 2 goals and 1 assist.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Sabres won the last encounter between the pair. Enjoying a 8-4 triumph when facing the Sens at KeyBank Center. The Sabres have racked up five straight victories over the Sens. On the head-to-head front, they have won 8 of the past 10.

Starting Goalies

Alex Lyon (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	8-6-3	2.9	.906	1
23/24	21-18-4	3.05	.904	2

Linus Ullmark (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	14-8-4	2.9	.884	1
23/24	22-10-5	2.57	.915	2

Buffalo Sabres – Last 10 Games

7 wins and 3 losses, averaging 3.2 goals from 27.5 shots on goal, with a 22.2% powerplay efficiency. The Sabres have given up 2.9 goals from 28.4 shots, averaging 3.9 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 82.1%.

Rasmus Dahlin is the top points scorer with 12 points, 3 goals and 9 assists, with Tage Thompson recording 11 points, 6 goals and 5 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Alex Lyon have a 2.17 goal against average with a .924 save percentage.

Ottawa Senators – Last 10 Games

The Sens have 6 wins and 4 losses, averaging 3.8 goals from 32.6 shots on goal, with a 24.5% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 2.6 goals from 24.7 shots, averaging 4.2 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.7%.

The top points scorer is Tim Stutzle with 15 points, 6 goals and 9 assists, while Drake Batherson is next in line after registering 14 points, 6 goals and 8 assists. Goalie Linus Ullmark have a 2.16 GAA with a .912 SV%, including one shutout.

Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators Prediction & Picks

Get fully prepped for Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators with our betting guide, featuring our expert match pick, predicted scoreline and a value-focused bet builder. Read on for the full breakdown.

Game Prediction

Our pick is that there will be a home win in this NHL clash. You can currently get +107 about a regulation time win which looks like great odds.

We track all injuries that could impact each franchise before making our hockey predictions. The form guide and latest stats also help the Sportsgambler.com team crunch the numbers ahead of the NHL action.

Key Sabres vs Senators stats:

Senators have won 4 consecutive games.
Senators have won 6 of their last 10 games.
Senators have won 11 of their last 20 games.
Sabres have lost 14 of their last 20 games on the road.

Sens 3-Way Moneyline Probability

According to the top sportsbooks, our pick has a 48.3% chance of winning. After careful examination, our analysts have this probability somewhere between 55-60%. The wager can be recommended for this precise reason.

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Our Game Prediction

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Senators

Totals Under 6.5

Highest Scoring Period Third Period

We’ve got a same game parlay with three options: the Senators to win in 60 minutes, Under 6.5 and the third period to feature the most goals.

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Correct Score Prediction

Sabres

2 - 4 Senators logo

Senators

We’re taking a correct score bet which involves the Senators to win 4-2. The odds of +1400 make plenty of appeal and you should hopefully get some entertainment with this wager.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Sens Likely to Win According to Latest Odds

With the sportsbooks giving them a 62% probability of winning this game, Ottawa Senators might be a popular parlay pick. That is reflected in their -161 Moneyline betting odds. At +132, Buffalo Sabres are regarded as having a lower probability of winning.

There is a puck line of 1.5 and total goals has a line of 6.5. Having a bet on Totals is one of the most popular hockey wagers. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 6.5 at +110.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Brady Tkachuk Favorite to Find the Net First

Favorite Brady Tkachuk is now available at +850 to be the First Goalscorer. You will find similar odds apply when it comes to him scoring the last goal.

Player Goals

Tage Thompson (Sabres)

Brady Tkachuk (Senators)

Tim Stützle (Senators)

Drake Batherson (Senators)

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Player Assists

Rasmus Dahlin (Sabres)

Tim Stützle (Senators)

Jake Sanderson (Senators)

Brady Tkachuk (Senators)

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Player Shots

Brady Tkachuk (Senators)

Tage Thompson (Sabres)

Tim Stützle (Senators)

Drake Batherson (Senators)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Sabres

NHL: 22/12 Sabres3 Devils 1
NHL: 20/12 Islanders2 Sabres 3
NHL: 19/12 Flyers3 Sabres 5
NHL: 15/12 Sabres3 Kraken 1
NHL: 12/12 Sabres3 Canucks 2

Senators

NHL: 22/12 Senators6 Bruins 2
NHL: 20/12 Blackhawks4 Senators 6
NHL: 19/12 Penguins0 Senators 4
NHL: 16/12 Senators3 Jets 2
NHL: 13/12 Senators2 Wild 3

Head to Head

Buffalo vs Ottawa

NHL: 16/10 2025 Senators 4 Sabres 8
NHL: 02/04 2025 Sabres 5 Senators 2
NHL: 26/03 2025 Senators 2 Sabres 3
NHL: 10/01 2025 Sabres 4 Senators 0
NHL: 06/11 2024 Senators 1 Sabres 5
NHL: 28/03 2024 Senators 6 Sabres 2
NHL: 12/01 2024 Senators 3 Sabres 5
NHL: 01/01 2024 Sabres 1 Senators 5
NHL: 25/10 2023 Sabres 6 Senators 4
NHL: 14/04 2023 Senators 3 Sabres 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Buffalo Sabres Stats

Ottawa Senators Stats

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.20 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.30 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.00 pts and allowed 3.30 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 5.70 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.80 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.10 goals and allowed 2.60 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1
Shots: 27.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 9.7
Blocks: 12.2
Faceoff Wins : 24.1
Hits: 17.4
Giveaways: 14.8
Takeaways: 5.6

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 27.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 8.9
Blocks: 12.5
Faceoff Wins : 23.4
Hits: 18
Giveaways: 14.5
Takeaways: 6.1

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 1.3
Shots: 32.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9.5
Blocks: 15
Faceoff Wins : 30.7
Hits: 24.6
Giveaways: 13.4
Takeaways: 5.3

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 30.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 6.9
Blocks: 14.1
Faceoff Wins : 31.6
Hits: 23.1
Giveaways: 13.5
Takeaways: 5

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Buffalo Sabres Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
72	Tage Thompson	35	18.87	18	14	32	-12
89	Alex Tuch	34	18.64	11	18	29	4
26	Rasmus Dahlin	32	24.2	4	24	28	-6

91	Josh Doan	35	15.92	10	14	24	-7
71	Ryan McLeod	35	17.97	6	13	19	3
22	Jack Quinn	35	16.07	7	12	19	-5
17	Jason Zucker	21	15.61	9	9	17	-10
9	Zach Benson	22	17.05	3	13	17	4
4	Bowen Byram	35	21.49	6	8	14	-9
23	Mattias Samuelsson	33	22.37	5	9	14	12
19	Peyton Krebs	35	13.85	1	10	11	-6
13	Josh Norris	9	17.38	4	6	10	-3
25	Owen Power	34	20.54	3	7	10	-6
86	Noah Oestlund	24	13.03	5	3	8	4
63	Isak Rosen	13	13.77	3	4	7	-3
21	Conor Timmins	33	19.24	0	6	6	-11
29	Beck Malenstyn	34	11.3	3	2	5	-7
20	Jiri Kulich	12	16.37	3	2	5	-4
48	Tyson Kozak	24	11.95	2	2	4	-4
78	Jacob Bryson	22	10.57	1	3	4	-3
44	Josh Dunne	22	9.14	1	2	3	-4
12	Jordan Greenway	20	13.15	1	2	3	-10
8	Michael Kesselring	12	15.65	0	0	0	-5
	Zach Metsa	6	10.22	0	0	0	3
55	Mason Geertsen	5	4.12	0	0	0	-1
15	Justin Danforth	4	11.7	0	0	0	-2
33	Ryan Johnson	3	9	0	0	0	0
	Trevor Kuntar	1	5.2	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
	Colten Ellis	8	3.25	0.895
34	Alex Lyon	19	2.92	0.906
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	11	2.73	0.892

Ottawa Senators Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
18	Tim Stutzle	35	20.47	17	21	38	6
19	Drake Batherson	32	18.18	14	21	35	5
24	Dylan Cozens	35	17.56	11	16	27	-9

85	Jake Sanderson	35	25.27	7	19	26	4
28	Claude Giroux	35	17.44	7	17	24	8
57	David Perron	35	13.92	7	13	20	0
12	Shane Pinto	27	18.96	12	6	18	4
7	Brady Tkachuk	15	17.82	6	10	16	0
20	Fabian Zetterlund	35	14.69	9	7	16	-1
22	Michael Amadio	35	15.67	7	8	15	4
72	Thomas Chabot	20	22.2	2	10	12	7
10	Jordan Spence	26	18.31	1	10	12	12
2	Artyom Zub	34	20.36	3	9	12	6
71	Ridly Greig	30	16.78	2	9	10	-4
3	Nick Jensen	35	16.75	1	7	8	-8
21	Nick Cousins	34	10.46	5	3	8	2
89	Lars Eller	28	12.98	2	4	6	-6
43	Tyler Kleven	32	17.08	0	5	5	-11
33	Nikolas Matinpalo	25	15.12	0	4	4	0
83	Stephen Halliday	12	8.18	0	3	3	-3
15	Olle Lycksell	7	9.87	1	1	2	-2
23	Kurtis MacDermid	14	4.2	0	1	1	-2
34	Arthur Kaliyev	2	10.6	0	1	1	0
42	Hayden Hodgson	9	6.37	0	0	0	-1
	Dennis Gilbert	1	13.8	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
1	Leevi Merilaeinen	9	3.4	0.872
35	Linus Ullmark	26	2.85	0.884
31	Hunter Shepard	-	-	-
40	Mads Soegaard	-	-	-

Injuries & Suspensions

Buffalo Sabres Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Jason Zucker

Injured

Justin Danforth

Injured

Conor Timmins

Injured

Colten Ellis

Injured

Tyson Kozak

Injured

Jiri Kulich

Unavailable

Ottawa Senators Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Lars Eller

Injured

Shane Pinto

Injured

Tyler Kleven

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Buffalo Sabres Lineups

21 Dec NHL

Sabres 3-1 Devils

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	35	22	10	3	47	0.671	14	18	119	101	18	11-5-1	11-5-2	4-2	6-4	2L
2 Philadelphia	35	18	10	7	43	0.614	11	13	108	101	7	11-5-4	7-5-3	5-3	4-6	1W
3 Washington	36	19	12	5	43	0.597	18	19	114	96	18	11-6-2	8-6-3	0-4	4-6	2L
4 NY Islanders	36	19	13	4	42	0.583	13	16	105	103	2	10-7-2	9-6-2	3-4	6-4	3L
5 New Jersey	36	20	15	1	41	0.569	13	17	102	108	-6	10-7-1	10-8-0	3-0	4-6	1L
6 NY Rangers	38	18	16	4	40	0.526	11	16	97	102	-5	5-10-3	13-6-1	2-0	4-6	1L
7 Pittsburgh	35	15	11	9	39	0.557	13	14	107	113	-6	7-6-5	8-5-4	1-5	2-8	1W
8 Columbus	36	15	15	6	36	0.5	8	11	108	125	-17	7-6-3	8-9-3	4-1	3-7	1W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	37	21	13	3	45	0.608	16	19	116	119	-3	11-7-1	10-6-2	2-2	7-3	2W
2 Tampa Bay	36	20	13	3	43	0.597	17	20	117	95	22	10-9-0	10-4-3	0-1	4-6	2W
3 Montreal	36	19	12	5	43	0.597	12	17	117	122	-5	10-9-1	9-3-4	2-3	5-5	1L
4 Boston	37	20	16	1	41	0.554	14	18	120	120	0	12-7-1	8-9-0	2-1	5-5	3L
5 Florida	35	19	14	2	40	0.571	16	17	112	112	0	12-7-2	7-7-0	2-1	7-3	1L
6 Ottawa	35	18	13	4	40	0.571	13	15	117	110	7	8-6-2	10-7-2	3-0	6-4	4W
7 Buffalo	35	17	14	4	38	0.543	12	14	109	115	-6	11-5-2	6-9-2	3-0	7-3	6W
8 Toronto	35	15	15	5	35	0.5	11	15	109	118	-9	10-5-5	5-10-0	0-1	4-6	3L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	35	26	2	7	59	0.843	24	26	141	80	61	14-0-2	12-2-5	0-4	8-2	5W
2 Dallas	37	25	7	5	55	0.743	21	22	133	97	36	12-5-1	13-2-4	3-2	8-2	4W
3 Minnesota	37	22	10	5	49	0.662	16	19	115	96	19	13-4-4	9-6-1	3-1	7-3	1L
4 Utah	38	18	17	3	39	0.513	13	18	116	111	5	9-6-1	9-11-2	0-0	5-5	1W
5 St Louis	38	14	16	8	36	0.474	14	14	95	131	-36	7-8-5	7-8-3	0-2	5-5	1L
6 Nashville	35	15	16	4	34	0.486	11	13	100	119	-19	10-9-2	5-7-2	2-0	7-3	2W
7 Winnipeg	35	15	17	3	33	0.471	13	14	103	107	-4	8-7-1	7-10-2	1-1	2-8	4L
8 Chicago	35	13	16	6	32	0.457	12	13	98	111	-13	7-6-3	6-10-3	0-2	2-8	5L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	37	21	14	2	44	0.595	13	17	129	126	3	12-6-0	9-8-2	4-0	5-5	1L
2 Vegas	34	16	8	10	42	0.618	12	15	103	102	1	7-4-5	9-4-5	1-4	6-4	3L
3 Edmonton	37	18	13	6	42	0.568	13	18	125	127	-2	9-3-3	9-10-3	0-2	7-3	1W
4 LA Kings	35	15	11	9	39	0.557	10	14	89	93	-4	4-7-4	11-4-5	1-5	3-7	1L
5 San Jose	36	17	16	3	37	0.514	9	16	107	122	-15	10-7-3	7-9-0	1-1	5-5	2L
6 Seattle	34	14	14	6	34	0.5	9	14	86	105	-19	7-7-3	7-7-3	0-3	3-7	2W
7 Calgary	36	15	17	4	34	0.472	12	13	97	108	-11	9-5-2	6-12-2	2-2	6-4	2W
8 Vancouver	36	15	18	3	33	0.458	10	12	103	122	-19	4-10-1	11-8-2	3-0	5-5	1L

Buffalo Sabres

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NHL Betting Preview: Sabres vs Senators

Head-to-Head Statistics

Starting Goalies

Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Sens 3-Way Moneyline Probability

Same Game Parlay Picks

Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Buffalo Sabres vs Ottawa Senators Odds

Player Goals

Player Assists

Player Shots

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Buffalo Sabres Injury Table

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Starting Lineups

Previous Buffalo Sabres Lineups

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