Seattle Kraken vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction, Picks & Odds | 11 Jan 2025

Let’s Gamble on Sabres

The Sabres are available at -133 when it comes to the Moneyline. Our prediction is that they’ll outscore the Kraken and there’s value available when it comes to these odds.

Kraken Have 5 Wins in Previous 6 H2H Clashes

Seattle Kraken have now lost four straight games. On the road in their previous game, Columbus Blue Jackets won 6-2 at Nationwide Arena. Eeli Tolvanen was able to score both goals.

Buffalo Sabres have triumphed in back-to-back games. The latest of these was on the road where Ottawa Senators were beaten 4-0 at Canadian Tire Centre. Jack Quinn scored twice, with Dylan Cozens and Ryan McLeod netting one goal. Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 35 saves for his shutout.

Head-to-Head Statistics

It was the Sabres who came out on top when they last played the Kraken. At Climate Pledge Arena, a 6-2 win was recorded. The Kraken have won five of the previous 6 H2H meetings.

Starting Goalies

Joey Daccord (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	5-1-3	2.7	.904	1
23/24	19-18-11	2.46	.916	3

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	1-0-1	3.4	.877	0
23/24	27-22-4	2.57	.910	5

2 wins, 7 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 2.4 goals from 26.1 shots on goal, with a 12.1% powerplay efficiency. The Kraken have been giving up 3.9 goals from 27.3 shots, averaging 2.5 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 88.0%.

Vince Dunn is the top points scorer with 8 points, 4 goals and 4 assists, with Jaden Schwartz racking up 7 points, 5 goals and 2 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Philipp Grubauer have a 3.82 goal against average with a .866 save percentage.

The Sabres have 5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.6 goals from 23.9 shots on goal, with a 22.2% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 3.0 goals from 28.8 shots, averaging 3.4 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 88.2%.

The top points scorer is Rasmus Dahlin with 11 points, all of which were assists, while Jason Zucker is next best after registering 10 points, 7 goals and 3 assists. Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen have a 2.81 GAA with a .904 SV%, including one shutout.

Seattle Kraken vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Take Buffalo Sabres at -133 on the Moneyline to get the better of their opponents. We believe that they have a strong chance of claiming a victory in this NHL clash.

We’re keen to follow the latest form and understand any patterns that emerge. The same applies to injuries that could affect key players. Combined with the most important player and goalie stats, there is plenty of information to make a verdict.

Key Kraken vs Sabres stats:

• Sabres have won 2 consecutive games.
• Kraken have lost 8 of their last 10 games.
• Kraken have lost 4 of their last 5 games.
• Kraken have lost their last 4 games.

Sabres Moneyline Probability

When you look at the latest odds, our pick has a 57.1% chance of landing a return. However, our analysts have this number between 60-65% based on their in-depth research. That means we’re regarding it as a value wager.

If you want more juice from a wager on Buffalo, there are several alternatives including 3-Way Moneyline. Puck Line and Winning Margin provide even greater flexibility for bettors.

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Jaden Schwartz Over 1.5 Shots -192

Jaden Schwartz (Kraken) has totaled Over 1.5 shots on goal in 8 of the past 10 games. The stats suggest that he can oblige with our Overs wager and we’re more than happy to take the -192 available.

Latest Jaden Schwartz Player Prop Odds

Goals

Anytime

+230

First

+1200

Shots on Goal

Over 1.5

-192

Under 1.5

+145

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Correct Score Prediction

Kraken 2 - 5 Sabres

We’re predicting the Sabres to land a 5-2 victory and this is available at +1500. The correct score betting option provides plenty of fun and entertainment.

Latest Correct Score Odds

Score

Kraken

Sabres

1-0

Kraken

+5000

Sabres

+4500

2-0

Kraken

+5000

Sabres

+4500

2-1

Kraken

+1400

Sabres

+1300

3-0

Kraken

+3300

Sabres

+2800

3-1

Kraken

+2000

Sabres

+1800

3-2

Kraken

+850

Sabres

+800

4-0

Kraken

+4500

Sabres

+3300

4-1

Kraken

+1700

Sabres

+1300

4-2

Kraken

+1800

Sabres

+1500

4-3

Kraken

+1100

Sabres

+1000

5-0

Kraken

+9000

Sabres

+6000

5-1

Kraken

+3000

Sabres

+2200

5-2

Kraken

+1900

Sabres

+1500

5-3

Kraken

+2800

Sabres

+2400

5-4

Kraken

+2200

Sabres

+2000

6-0

Kraken

+13000

Sabres

+9000

6-1

Kraken

+7500

Sabres

+5000

6-2

Kraken

+4000

Sabres

+2800

6-3

Kraken

+3500

Sabres

+2800

6-4

Kraken

+5500

Sabres

+5000

6-5

Kraken

+5500

Sabres

+5500

7-0

Kraken

+5500

Sabres

+14000

7-1

Kraken

+13000

Sabres

+9000

7-2

Kraken

+11000

Sabres

+7500

7-3

Kraken

+7000

Sabres

+5500

7-4

Kraken

+8000

Sabres

+6600

7-5

Kraken

+12500

Sabres

+11000

7-6

Kraken

+13000

Sabres

+12500

8-1

Kraken

+13000

Sabres

+14000

8-2

Kraken

+13000

Sabres

+12500

8-3

Kraken

+13000

Sabres

+13000

8-4

Kraken

+14000

Sabres

+12000

8-5

Kraken

+14000

Sabres

+15000

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Seattle Kraken 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.

Sabres Made Favorites by the Books

With a 58% chance of securing victory, Buffalo Sabres are favorites for this game and the sportsbooks have them at betting odds of -137. Seattle Kraken are regarded as a long shot to win and you can currently back them at +112.

There is a puck line of 1.5 and total goals has a line of 6. A Totals bet relates to the number of goals that will be scored overall. There’s an opportunity to bet Over 6 at +102.

There’s a chance to back the Sabres at -100 to reach the 3-goal total before their opponents. Should you want to go against the favorites, the Kraken are available at +165.

There are hundreds of game lines and team props when it comes to wagering on the National Hockey League and we recommend visiting the top betting sites to find the wager that matches your view on the game.

Moneyline

Kraken

+112

Sabres

-137

3-Way Moneyline

Kraken

+185

Tie

+320

Sabres

+118

Puck Line

Kraken +1.5

-227

Sabres -1.5

+185

Total Goals

Under 6

-122

Over 6

+102

Tage Thompson Favorite to Light the Lamp First

Favorite Tage Thompson is now available at +800 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)

First

+135

Anytime

+800

Jared McCann (Kraken)

First

+190

Anytime

+1050

John-Jason Peterka (Sabres)

First

+195

Anytime

+1050

Alex Tuch (Sabres)

First

+205

Anytime

+1100

Jason Zucker (Sabres)

First

+225

Anytime

+1200

Jaden Schwartz (Kraken)

First

+230

Anytime

+1200

Jack Quinn (Sabres)

First

+270

Anytime

+1400

Oliver Björkstrand (Kraken)

First

+275

Anytime

+1400

Dylan Cozens (Sabres)

First

+290

Anytime

+1500

Matty Beniers (Kraken)

First

+310

Anytime

+1500

Zach Benson (Sabres)

First

+310

Anytime

+1500

Shane Wright (Kraken)

First

+330

Anytime

+1600

Rasmus Dahlin (Sabres)

First

+330

Anytime

+1600

Jiri Kulich (Sabres)

First

+330

Anytime

+1600

Andre Burakovsky (Kraken)

First

+350

Anytime

+1700

Kaapo Kakko (Kraken)

First

+350

Anytime

+1700

Daniel Sprong (Kraken)

First

+350

Anytime

+1700

Yanni Gourde (Kraken)

First

+375

Anytime

+1800

Eeli Tolvanen (Kraken)

First

+375

Anytime

+1800

Ryan McLeod (Sabres)

First

+390

Anytime

+1800

Chandler Stephenson (Kraken)

First

+400

Anytime

+1900

Brandon Tanev (Kraken)

First

+400

Anytime

+1900

Peyton Krebs (Sabres)

First

+425

Anytime

+2000

Jordan Greenway (Sabres)

First

+460

Anytime

+2200

Brandon Montour (Kraken)

First

+475

Anytime

+2200

Player Shots

Tage Thompson (Sabres)

Over 3.5

+135

Under 3.5

-175

Jared McCann (Kraken)

Over 2.5

+110

Under 2.5

-143

John-Jason Peterka (Sabres)

Over 2.5

+105

Under 2.5

-133

Alex Tuch (Sabres)

Over 2.5

+140

Under 2.5

-185

Dylan Cozens (Sabres)

Over 2.5

+140

Under 2.5

-185

Rasmus Dahlin (Sabres)

Over 2.5

-123

Under 2.5

-105

Brandon Montour (Kraken)

Over 2.5

-114

Under 2.5

-114

Jaden Schwartz (Kraken)

Over 1.5

-192

Under 1.5

+145

Oliver Björkstrand (Kraken)

Over 1.5

-200

Under 1.5

+150

Matty Beniers (Kraken)

Over 1.5

-149

Under 1.5

+115

Micro Betting

There are lots of exciting NHL micro betting lines that are created and they are available in-game. Among them are next goalscorer, next team to find the net and whether a goal will be scored within the next 10 minutes.

Last 5 & H2H

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Seattle Kraken Stats

Buffalo Sabres Stats

Moneyline

• 2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 games
• 4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

• 5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
• 2 wins and 8 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

• +1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 games
• +1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 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 1 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

• Game Totals: An average of 6.40 goals in the previous 10 games
• Game Totals on the Road: An average of 7.90 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
• Over 6: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 games
• Over 6 on the Road: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games on the road
• Team Totals: Have scored an average of 2.40 goals and allowed 4.00 goals in the last 10 games
• Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.50 pts and allowed 4.40 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

• Game Totals: An average of 6.70 goals in the previous 10 games
• Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 home games
• Over 6: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
• Over 6 at Home: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 home games
• Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.70 goals and allowed 3.00 goals in the last 10 games
• Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.10 goals and allowed 3.80 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

• Goals Powerplay: 0.4
• Shots: 26.1
• Goals Shorthanded: 0
• Penalties: 2.5
• Empty Net Goals: 0.1
• Penalty Minutes: 5.3
• Blocks: 15.7
• Faceoff Wins : 27.7
• Hits: 22.5
• Giveaways: 14.9
• Takeaways: 4.4

Last 10 Games on the Road

• Goals Powerplay: 0.8
• Shots: 25.4
• Goals Shorthanded: 0
• Penalties: 2.3
• Empty Net Goals: 0.2
• Penalty Minutes: 4.9
• Blocks: 15.1
• Faceoff Wins : 27.1
• Hits: 21.5
• Giveaways: 13
• Takeaways: 4.2

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

• Goals Powerplay: 0.8
• Shots: 23.9
• Goals Shorthanded: 0
• Penalties: 3.4
• Empty Net Goals: 0.1
• Penalty Minutes: 7.6
• Blocks: 10.9
• Faceoff Wins : 24.6
• Hits: 20.5
• Giveaways: 13.4
• Takeaways: 3.6

Last 10 Home Games

• Goals Powerplay: 0.2
• Shots: 29.9
• Goals Shorthanded: 0
• Penalties: 3.4
• Empty Net Goals: 0
• Penalty Minutes: 9
• Blocks: 17.2
• Faceoff Wins : 28.8
• Hits: 22.4
• Giveaways: 13.1
• Takeaways: 4.6

Team News

Seattle Kraken Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
19	Jared McCann	42	17.8	13	17	30	5
9	Chandler Stephenson	41	19.89	5	22	27	-11
17	Jaden Schwartz	42	17.8	13	13	26	-3

22	Oliver Bjorkstrand	41	15.56	11	15	26	-1
62	Brandon Montour	41	23.94	8	15	23	-3
10	Matthew Beniers	42	17.83	7	15	22	3
51	Shane Wright	39	13.34	8	11	19	0
84	Kaapo Kakko	39	13.94	5	14	19	7
41	Ryker Evans	40	20	4	14	18	-2
29	Vince Dunn	22	21.85	8	10	18	-5
20	Eeli Tolvanen	42	13.64	10	7	17	-4
37	Yanni Gourde	35	15.57	6	10	16	-5
95	Andre Burakovsky	39	14.78	3	12	15	-9
13	Brandon Tanev	41	14.44	7	7	14	-13
7	Jordan Eberle	17	15.84	6	5	11	3
6	Adam Larsson	42	20.52	2	6	8	1
24	Jamie Oleksiak	42	19.26	2	5	7	-8
12	Tye Kartye	39	10.48	3	3	6	-11
91	Daniel Sprong	19	12.03	2	3	5	-1
28	Josh Mahura	30	13.1	0	1	1	-4
67	Mitchell Stephens	10	9.7	0	1	1	-3
26	Ryan Winterton	8	10.36	0	1	1	-7
30	Ales Stezka	0	0	0	0	0	0
59	Ben Meyers	6	8.37	0	0	0	-2
27	Cale Fleury	2	11.5	0	0	0	0
15	John Hayden	1	8.9	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
35	Joey Daccord	24	2.47	0.913
31	Philipp Grubauer	19	3.62	0.875
	Michael Matyas	-	-	-

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Buffalo Sabres Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
72	Tage Thompson	37	18.84	19	15	34	2
17	Jason Zucker	42	15.87	15	16	31	3
89	Alex Tuch	42	19.51	14	17	31	13

77	John-Jason Peterka	40	17.86	10	20	30	-7
26	Rasmus Dahlin	34	24.55	6	24	30	4
4	Bowen Byram	42	23.44	5	17	22	5
25	Owen Power	42	22.36	5	17	22	-8
24	Dylan Cozens	42	17.38	9	12	21	-13
71	Ryan McLeod	42	15.5	7	14	21	5
22	Jack Quinn	35	15.13	7	9	16	-11
9	Zach Benson	36	14.81	7	7	14	-1
19	Peyton Krebs	41	13.1	4	9	13	-2
20	Jiri Kulich	31	13.89	7	2	9	-1
29	Beck Malenstyn	40	10.49	4	4	8	-4
75	Connor Clifton	40	15.59	0	7	7	4
12	Jordan Greenway	20	15.92	3	4	7	-1
23	Mattias Samuelsson	26	18.36	2	3	5	-8
81	Sam Lafferty	31	9.86	1	2	3	-3
10	Henri Jokiharju	28	17.62	1	2	3	5
78	Jacob Bryson	25	14.35	0	3	3	0
96	Nicolas Aube-Kubel	18	9.68	1	1	2	-3
8	Dennis Gilbert	14	10.54	0	1	1	-1
48	Tyson Kozak	4	9.3	1	0	1	0
27	Devon Levi	8	52.85	0	0	0	0
33	Ryan Johnson	3	17.67	0	0	0	-2
63	Isak Rosen	1	6.5	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
1	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	30	2.95	0.898
47	James Reimer	9	3.05	0.891

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Injuries & Suspensions

Starting Lineups