Tampa Bay Lightning vsBuffalo Sabres Prediction
The Tampa Bay Lightning are slight 51.4 percent favorites over the Buffalo Sabres. The Lightning are favored despite being projected for 30 shots on goal vs 30 shots for the Sabres. The Lightning goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at 88.4% compared to the Sabres goalie(s) who have a forecasted save percentage of 88.1%. KEY PLAYER STATISTICAL DATA --- SAVES: A. Vasilevskiy 27, Craig Anderson 26 SHOTS: Nikita Kucherov 4, Tage Thompson 4.3 GOALS: Steven Stamkos 0.61, Tage Thompson 0.71 PTS: Nikita Kucherov has a 68% chance of scoring at least 1 point and Tage Thompson has a 59% chance of 1+PTs