BUF Sabres vs SJ Sharks Prediction: Betting on home team

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on January 15. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

For Buffalo, the current regular season is very difficult, and therefore the chances of making the playoffs look minimal. The Blades have had a particularly poor first part of the season, but recently a slight progress in results has become noticeable. In the previous seven games they beat Columbus 3:2, Montreal 6:1, Pittsburgh 3:1, Ottawa 5:3, and the day before had a chance to cling to points against Vancouver, but eventually lost 0:1. The Yellow and Blue remain in 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings, eight points behind the Cup Final Eight.

Things are even worse for San Jose. It's been a long time since the Sharks have interfered in the distribution of cup spots, and now they obviously won't. Since the beginning of the season, they have had a long losing streak. At the turn of December and January, the Californians collapsed, going scoreless in 12 consecutive games. Then they broke the losing streak by beating Montreal 3:2, but the day before they failed again, losing a hard-fought game to Ottawa 4:5. Such poor results leave the them in last place in the NHL standings.

Buffalo and San Jose are the league's underdogs in the current regular season, but the difference in class and ambition between the teams is enormous. Although the Blades are in 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings, but they clearly have not given up on the dream of making the playoffs, and therefore are gradually trying to change the situation, winning four of the last seven meetings. The Sharks have no desire to play, they have scored 2 out of 28 possible points (7%) in the last 14 games. Both head-to-head meetings last season, the Californians also lost.

We are entitled to expect from the upcoming confrontation high goal activity. In the last six head-to-head meetings, Buffalo and San Jose have scored 42 pucks against each other (7.00 average per game). At the same time, it is important to realize that both teams are still far outside the playoff zone, and therefore the tournament situation does not pressure them.