BUF Sabres vs TOR Maple Leafs Prediction: The guests will be stronger

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on March 31. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Buffalo's chances of making the playoffs are getting closer and closer to zero. A year ago, the Blades were in contention for a Cup spot until the very last game of the regular season, after which they should have been expected to make further progress, but in reality, they are spending the current season noticeably more modestly. They still tried to improve when they beat Edmonton 3:2, Detroit 7:3 and the Islanders 4:0 at the equator of March, but to solve the main problem they needed to continue to collect points in all games, but it didn't work out. In the last Seven meetings they have only three wins with four losses, dropping to 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Toronto will certainly play in the upcoming cup battles, but the Maple Leafs have made it to the playoffs in previous seasons, but their main problems are related to the elimination games. For two decades they couldn't get past the first round of the Stanley Cup, but the year before they broke that curse. Now they are clearly intent on going even further, but they're not having a productive final stretch of the regular season. In the last seven meetings, they have only three wins and four losses, which speaks to their mediocre form. The Blue and White sit in fifth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Buffalo and Toronto at the finish of the regular season no longer solve global tournament problems. The Blades although they are only six points behind the playoff zone, but occupy only 12th place in the Eastern Conference, so too many must lose points to have a chance for the final success appeared, in addition, Blue-Yellow have played more matches than the competitors. The Maple Leafs have no problem getting into the cup eight, while they will certainly finish on its equator. At the same time, the Canadian team looks noticeably stronger in terms of pure skill.

The confrontation between Buffalo and Toronto in recent years is characterised by high goal scoring activity. In nine previous head-to-head meetings, the rivals have scored 69 pucks (7.67 per game on average), which in itself is a very high indicator by the standards of North American football.