NHL Betting Preview: Devils vs Sabres

The New Jersey Devils clash with the Buffalo Sabres at KeyBank Center, with face-off scheduled for 16:00 on Friday, November 28.

Why Sabres Can Claim the Win

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4-3 Win for Sabres in Pair’s Previous Clash

New Jersey Devils have lost three straight road games. Their most recent appearance was a 3-2 (OT) home win over St Louis Blues at Prudential Center. Nico Hischier, Timo Meier and Simon Nemec each scored one goal.

Buffalo Sabres have landed two home wins on the spin. It was a road defeat to Pittsburgh Penguins in their last game, losing 4-2 at PPG PAINTS Arena. Jack Quinn and Jason Zucker scored one goal apiece.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Sabres triumphed 4-3 when they last played the Devils. This head-to-head was played at KeyBank Center. The Devils have triumphed in six of the previous 10 clashes between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Jacob Markstrom (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	7-3-1	3.6	.874	0
23/24	23-23-0	2.78	.905	2

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-3-1	2.7	.891	0
23/24	27-22-4	2.57	.910	5

New Jersey Devils – Last 10 Games

6 wins, 3 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.4 goals from 30.3 shots on goal, with a 11.4% powerplay efficiency. The Devils have given up 2.9 goals from 26.8 shots, averaging 3.1 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 80.7%.

Nico Hischier is the top points scorer with 10 points, 5 goals and 5 assists, with Timo Meier racking up 9 points, 5 goals and 4 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Jacob Markstroem have a 3.12 goal against average with a .873 save percentage.

Buffalo Sabres – Last 10 Games

The Sabres have 4 wins and 6 losses, averaging 3.5 goals from 25.8 shots on goal, with a 13.8% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.9 goals from 29.1 shots, averaging 2.7 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.2%.

The top points scorer is Tage Thompson with 11 points, 7 goals and 4 assists, while Alex Tuch is next in line after registering 9 points, 3 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen have a 2.46 GAA with a .897 SV%.

New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction & Picks

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Game Prediction

There is a strong case that Buffalo Sabres will end up winning and that means heading to the Moneyline. You can get a generous -110 that the home team triumph in this NHL encounter.

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Key Devils vs Sabres stats:

Sabres have won 13 of their last 20 games at home.
Sabres have won 6 of their last 10 games at home.
Sabres have won 2 consecutive games at home.
Devils have lost their last 3 games on the road.
Devils have lost 6 of their last 10 games on the road.
Devils have lost 11 of their last 20 games on the road.

Sabres Moneyline Probability

According to the latest odds, our pick has a 52.4% chance of winning. However, our cappers think that the probability is close to 60% taking all factors into consideration. It’s why we think it’s worth placing this hockey wager.

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Correct Score Prediction

Devils

2 - 4 Sabres logo

Sabres

Our correct score prediction is a 4-2 win for the Sabres which is available at odds of +1600. We think they’ll achieve victory and this is a way of getting bigger odds and more excitement.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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New Jersey Devils vs Buffalo Sabres 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.

Books Predicting a Close-Run Battle

Buffalo Sabres are currently available at -110 and you can get the exact Moneyline odds about New Jersey Devils. The sportsbooks therefore have the same probability about the two teams.

1.5 is the puck line and 6.5 is the total goals line. A Totals bet relates to the number of goals that will be scored overall. If you want to wager Over 6.5, there are odds of +110.

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Puck Line

Total Goals

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Last 5 Games

Devils

NHL: 27/11 Blues2 Devils 3
NHL: 25/11 Red Wings3 Devils 4
NHL: 23/11 Devils3 Flyers 6
NHL: 21/11 Devils0 Panthers 1
NHL: 19/11 Devils1 Lightning 5

Sabres

NHL: 27/11 Sabres2 Penguins 4
NHL: 23/11 Hurricanes1 Sabres 4
NHL: 22/11 Blackhawks3 Sabres 9
NHL: 20/11 Flames6 Sabres 2
NHL: 18/11 Oilers1 Sabres 5

Head to Head

New Jersey vs Buffalo

NHL: 02/02 2025 Devils 3 Sabres 4
NHL: 05/10 2024 Sabres 1 Devils 3
NHL: 04/10 2024 Devils 4 Sabres 1
NHL: 30/03 2024 Devils 2 Sabres 5
NHL: 26/11 2023 Sabres 2 Devils 7
NHL: 28/10 2023 Sabres 4 Devils 5
NHL: 12/04 2023 Sabres 2 Devils 6
NHL: 25/03 2023 Devils 4 Sabres 5
NHL: 26/11 2022 Devils 3 Sabres 1
NHL: 22/04 2022 Sabres 5 Devils 2

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

New Jersey Devils Stats

Buffalo Sabres Stats

Moneyline

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

Moneyline

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

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have not covered the -1.5 puck line in any of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.50 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.40 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 5 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.60 goals and allowed 2.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.70 pts and allowed 3.70 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.50 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.50 goals and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 2.80 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 30.3
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.1
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 6.8
Blocks: 14.9
Faceoff Wins : 26.3
Hits: 20.5
Giveaways: 14.2
Takeaways: 4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.5
Shots: 31.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.2
Penalties: 3.3
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.9
Blocks: 15.1
Faceoff Wins : 28.6
Hits: 20.4
Giveaways: 15.6
Takeaways: 4

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 25.8
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 2.7
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 7.6
Blocks: 13.6
Faceoff Wins : 27
Hits: 18.9
Giveaways: 17.3
Takeaways: 5.8

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 27.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.9
Blocks: 14.2
Faceoff Wins : 27.2
Hits: 17.4
Giveaways: 13.6
Takeaways: 4

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New Jersey Devils Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
63	Jesper Bratt	23	18.39	5	17	22	1
13	Nico Hischier	23	20.93	8	13	20	8
86	Jack Hughes	17	21.15	10	10	20	3

28	Timo Meier	23	18.49	8	11	19	3
91	Dawson Mercer	23	19.08	9	8	17	6
43	Luke Hughes	23	23.15	1	13	14	0
17	Simon Nemec	23	19.59	5	9	14	8
81	Arseni Gritsyuk	23	14.77	4	6	10	-5
16	Connor Brown	16	15.92	6	2	8	-3
7	Dougie Hamilton	19	21.07	4	4	8	-1
5	Brenden Dillon	23	18.83	2	5	7	-7
12	Cody Glass	12	11.92	4	0	4	0
47	Paul Cotter	23	12.22	1	3	4	-9
22	Brett Pesce	9	19.66	0	3	3	2
11	Stefan Noesen	17	11.62	1	2	3	-4
14	Luke Glendening	23	10.3	0	3	3	-4
71	Jonas Siegenthaler	23	19.72	0	2	2	0
18	Ondrej Palat	23	12.8	1	1	2	-1
44	Dennis Cholowski	10	14.44	0	1	1	-3
48	Brian Halonen	9	7.5	1	0	1	-1
15	Zack MacEwen	3	6.33	0	0	0	0
16	Nathan Legare	1	8.3	0	0	0	0
24	Seamus Casey	2	18	0	0	0	-3
33	Evgenii Dadonov	5	11.06	0	0	0	-1
45	Colton White	6	11.82	0	0	0	-2
83	Juho Lammikko	11	10.12	0	0	0	-2
20	Shane Lachance	1	7.4	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
25	Jacob Markstroem	11	3.56	0.874
34	Jake Allen	12	2.46	0.908
50	Nico Daws	1	1	0.968

Buffalo Sabres Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
89	Alex Tuch	23	18.47	8	13	21	1
72	Tage Thompson	23	18.9	12	9	21	-6
26	Rasmus Dahlin	20	24.42	1	15	16	-4

91	Josh Doan	23	15.64	7	8	15	-4
71	Ryan McLeod	23	17.74	5	9	14	0
22	Jack Quinn	23	16.37	6	7	13	-4
23	Mattias Samuelsson	21	21.97	5	7	12	10
17	Jason Zucker	15	15.2	6	7	12	-2
4	Bowen Byram	23	21.51	4	7	11	-7
9	Zach Benson	10	18.54	0	9	10	3
63	Isak Rosen	10	15.04	3	4	7	-2
25	Owen Power	22	20.73	2	5	7	-6
19	Peyton Krebs	23	13.55	0	6	6	-10
21	Conor Timmins	23	19.44	0	5	5	-7
36	Noah Oestlund	15	13.05	3	2	5	3
20	Jiri Kulich	12	16.37	3	2	5	-4
29	Beck Malenstyn	22	11.38	2	2	4	-5
48	Tyson Kozak	17	12.31	2	2	4	-1
12	Jordan Greenway	11	14.61	1	2	3	-7
78	Jacob Bryson	13	11.2	1	2	3	0
44	Josh Dunne	16	9.11	1	1	2	-4
8	Michael Kesselring	9	15.61	0	0	0	-3
55	Mason Geertsen	5	4.12	0	0	0	-1
15	Justin Danforth	4	11.7	0	0	0	-2
	Zach Metsa	4	8.83	0	0	0	3
33	Ryan Johnson	3	9	0	0	0	0
13	Josh Norris	1	18.9	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
	Colten Ellis	5	3.41	0.896
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	7	2.73	0.891
34	Alex Lyon	12	3.07	0.907

Injuries & Suspensions

New Jersey Devils Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Jack Hughes

Injured

Johnny Kovacevic

Injured

Brett Pesce

Injured

Zack MacEwen

Injured

Evgenii Dadonov

Injured

Buffalo Sabres Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Justin Danforth

Injured

Josh Norris

Injured

Michael Kesselring

Injured

Jiri Kulich

Unavailable

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 New Jersey Devils Lineups

26 Nov NHL

Blues 2-3 Devils

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 New Jersey	23	15	7	1	31	0.674	9	13	72	69	3	9-0-1	6-7-0	2-0	6-4	2W
2 Carolina	23	14	7	2	30	0.652	10	13	80	69	11	6-3-1	8-4-1	1-1	5-5	2L
3 Washington	24	13	9	2	28	0.583	12	13	80	66	14	8-5-1	5-4-1	0-2	6-4	2W
4 NY Islanders	24	13	9	2	28	0.583	9	12	72	69	3	5-5-1	8-4-1	1-2	7-3	1L
5 Pittsburgh	22	11	6	5	27	0.614	11	11	68	60	8	6-3-2	5-3-3	0-3	3-7	1W
6 Philadelphia	22	12	7	3	27	0.614	6	8	64	61	3	8-3-2	4-4-1	4-0	6-4	1W
7 Columbus	24	11	9	4	26	0.542	6	8	70	78	-8	5-3-2	6-6-2	3-1	4-6	3L
8 NY Rangers	25	12	11	2	26	0.52	9	11	65	65	0	2-7-1	10-4-1	1-0	5-5	2W

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Tampa Bay	23	14	7	2	30	0.652	11	14	74	61	13	8-5-0	6-2-2	0-0	8-2	5W
2 Ottawa	23	12	7	4	28	0.609	8	9	75	74	1	6-3-2	6-4-2	3-0	6-4	1W
3 Boston	25	14	11	0	28	0.56	9	13	78	78	0	8-4-0	6-7-0	1-0	6-4	1W
4 Montreal	22	12	7	3	27	0.614	7	12	76	79	-3	6-5-1	6-2-2	0-2	3-7	2W
5 Detroit	24	13	10	1	27	0.563	9	11	72	80	-8	8-5-1	5-5-0	2-0	4-6	2L
6 Florida	23	12	10	1	25	0.543	11	11	72	72	0	8-4-1	4-6-0	1-1	6-4	1L
7 Toronto	23	10	10	3	23	0.5	6	10	76	83	-7	8-4-3	2-6-0	0-0	3-7	1W
8 Buffalo	23	9	10	4	22	0.478	7	8	73	79	-6	8-4-2	1-6-2	1-0	4-6	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	23	17	1	5	39	0.848	16	17	94	50	44	9-0-2	8-1-3	0-2	10-0	10W
2 Dallas	24	15	5	4	34	0.708	12	13	83	67	16	6-4-1	9-1-3	2-2	8-2	2W
3 Minnesota	24	13	7	4	30	0.625	8	11	72	67	5	7-3-3	6-4-1	2-0	8-2	6W
4 Utah	24	12	9	3	27	0.563	9	12	74	72	2	7-3-1	5-6-2	0-0	3-7	1L
5 Chicago	23	10	8	5	25	0.543	9	10	72	66	6	5-4-3	5-4-2	0-1	5-5	4L
6 Winnipeg	22	12	10	0	24	0.545	10	11	70	63	7	6-5-0	6-5-0	1-0	3-7	3L
7 St Louis	24	7	10	7	21	0.438	7	7	63	88	-25	3-5-4	4-5-3	0-2	3-7	2L
8 Nashville	23	7	12	4	18	0.391	5	6	58	84	-26	5-7-2	2-5-2	1-0	2-8	1W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	23	14	8	1	29	0.63	9	13	84	74	10	8-3-0	6-5-1	1-0	5-5	1L
2 Vegas	23	10	5	8	28	0.609	9	10	71	69	2	5-3-4	5-2-4	0-2	3-7	3L
3 Seattle	23	11	6	6	28	0.609	7	11	59	62	-3	6-2-3	5-4-3	0-3	5-5	2L
4 LA Kings	23	11	6	6	28	0.609	7	10	62	64	-2	2-4-3	9-2-3	1-4	6-4	1W
5 San Jose	24	11	10	3	25	0.521	5	10	68	78	-10	7-4-3	4-6-0	1-1	6-4	1L
6 Edmonton	25	10	10	5	25	0.5	5	10	77	95	-18	5-2-2	5-8-3	0-2	4-6	1L
7 Vancouver	24	10	12	2	22	0.458	6	8	76	90	-14	3-7-1	7-5-1	2-0	3-7	1W
8 Calgary	25	8	14	3	19	0.38	6	6	60	78	-18	4-4-2	4-10-1	2-2	4-6	1L

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