BUF Sabres vs WAS Capitals Prediction: Expect a productive encounter

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on April 3. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

A year ago, the Blades came close to their first playoff appearance in many years, but then they fell just one point short. Now, they've never been this close to the top 8. Except that instead of a productive stretch at the end of the regular season, they settled for just three wins and five losses in their last eight meetings, with each setback coming in regulation time. The Yellow and Blue are now only 13th in the Western Conference standings, seven points behind the Cup Final Eight.

Washington has been outside the Cup Eight for a long time, but they've been trying their best to get there. Surprisingly, the start of this task happened to be when Anthony Mantha and Evgeny Kuznetsov were traded from the club. In the last nine meetings, the Capitals have been held scoreless only twice, when they failed to cope with Toronto - 3:7 and 1:5. They suffered another defeat the previous day in a 2:3 loss to Boston. Still, in the six remaining battles, they have always celebrated success. This surge has allowed the team to climb to seventh in the Eastern Conference standings, and they have several games in hand over their direct competitors.

For a long time, Buffalo and Washington were neighbors in the Eastern Conference standings. Still, at the end of the regular season, the Capitals made a serious breakthrough, so now they are in seventh place, while the Blades remain in 13th position. At the same time, they can't slow down; otherwise, they risk losing their position in the playoff zone. The Yellow Blues have no realistic chance for cup battles, so they quietly finish the season in bad shape.

The confrontation between Buffalo and Washington has spoiled us lately with high-goal activity. The rivals are going into their head-to-head battles with a special attitude to prove themselves offensively, so in the last seven head-to-head meetings, they have scored 57 pucks (8.14 per game on average). In addition, the Blades and Capitals have scored at least three times each in all seven meetings, so now we can expect a goal-scoring battle.