Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators Prediction: Predators Are Significantly Overstated

Prediction for the NHL Buffalo Sabres vs Nashville Predators match which will take place on March 22th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

Don Granato's team suddenly lost their strength when it seemed the Sabres could achieve the playoffs this season. Buffalo won only two of the last 11 matches and scored points in only four matches during this period. Especially at this stage, it is worth noting the crushing defeats of Buffalo from Dallas (4:10) and Boston (0:7), as well as the loss from the almost non-winning Philadelphia (2:5). In general, the Sabres still have chances for a wild card, crawling behind the top eight of the Eastern Conference by only six points. Still, with the results that the Sabres have shown recently, it will be tough to have a fight for the top 8 on the team.

The Predators also theoretically can join the playoffs, but having given several influential performers to the trade deadline at once, they abandoned this fight. Nashville's results have been better lately than Buffalo's but also been six defeats in the last 11 matches and three losses in a row, specifically on the eve of the meeting with the Sabres. In the most recent game, Nashville was defeated by the New York Rangers 0:7. However, it is worth noting that in this match, the starting goalkeeper was not Juuse Saros but Kevin Lankinen, who missed four goals in 9 minutes of the first period.

Nashville failed in the previous match against the New York Rangers, losing 0-7, but this is mainly due to the non-main goalkeeper in the starting lineup for the game. The Predators have only three defeats in regular time. However, Buffalo has won only two victories in the last ten matches while losing six times within 60 minutes. Despite the poor statistics of face-to-face matches with the Sabres, Nashville has an excellent chance to score points. Given the teams' current form, the coefficients for Predators are significantly overstated here.