Buffalo Sabres vsDetroit Red Wings Prediction
The Detroit Red Wings are slight 54.1 percent favorites over the Buffalo Sabres. The Red Wings are favored by AccuScore simulations partly because they have a +2 edge in shots on goal and are projected for 31 shots on goal vs 29 shots for the Sabres. The Red Wings goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at 88.5% compared to the Sabres goalie(s) who have a forecasted save percentage of 88.1%. KEY PLAYER STATISTICAL DATA --- SAVES: UkkoPekka Luukkonen 27, Ville Husso 26 SHOTS: Tage Thompson 4.4, Dylan Larkin 3.4 GOALS: Tage Thompson 0.76, Dylan Larkin 0.57 PTS: Tage Thompson has a 61% chance of scoring at least 1 point and Dylan Larkin has a 63% chance of 1+PTs