Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres Prediction: the Pressure of the Final Day

Prediction for the NHL Columbus Blue Jackets vs Buffalo Sabres match which will take place on April 15th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available. 

The Blue Jackets have become one of the main disappointments of this season. Having looked good in the second half of the previous regular season and even strengthened the lineup in the offseason, Brad Larsen's team finishes the current championship in the last place in the summary standings of the Eastern Conference. Columbus generally has a good lineup, so it's unclear what to expect from this team next season. In the last game, Columbus beat Pittsburgh on its ice – 3:2 at the end of overtime. 

If Columbus is the main disappointment of this season, then Buffalo is one of the main surprises. Don Granato's team even claimed to get into the playoffs for a long time, but at the end of the championship, they still lost positions in the wild card to the more experienced Florida and New York Islanders. Still, they made significant progress, taking 10th place in the summary standings of the Eastern Conference, just three points away from the eighth.

Buffalo won over Ottawa 4-3 overtime in the previous match. Casey Mittelstadt scored the goal at the beginning of the extra five minutes.

Columbus and Buffalo are in the top 3 of the Eastern Conference in terms of performance on average per game. That both full-time opponents' matches in the current championship were very effective is not surprising. The third match will likely turn out that way. Moreover, both of them feel the pressure of the result on the final day of the regular season. We are betting on a competitive game and still prefer Buffalo.