DET Red Wings vs BUF Sabres Prediction: The Red and Whites will make a step towards the playoffs

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on April 7. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Detroit is having an amazing regular season. In recent years, the Wings have been in a personnel rebuilding process that has prevented them from making the playoffs, but now the young players have gained the necessary experience, and they have also signed high-profile hockey players. All of this helped the Red and White stay in the playoff zone for a long time, but then the weirdness started. They won six straight games in late February, but lost seven straight games in regulation time in the first half of March. After that, they picked up some momentum and started picking up points, but they lost five more times in the last six meetings. The team now sits in only ninth place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Buffalo still retains an arithmetic chance of making the playoffs, but the fault is not their own play, but numerous point losses to other contenders for cup spots. Surprisingly, all of their direct competitors lost momentum at the finish of the regular season, while the Blades continue to play quite well. In the last six meetings they allowed only two defeats, failing to cope with Ottawa and Toronto- 2:6 and 0:3, respectively, while beating Calgary- 4:1, New Jersey - 5:2, Washington - 6:2, and the day before and Philadelphia - 4:2. It turns out that all of the Yellow and Blue's wins are against top-8 opponents. For now, Buffalo remains in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, but four points behind the playoff zone.

Detroit and Buffalo are still in the race for a playoff spot. For now, the Red and White are in a much better position, as everything is in their hands: although they are in ninth place in the Eastern Conference, they are only one point behind the coveted eighth place, and have one game in hand. The Blades need a whole host of competitors to start losing points, and they need to beat everyone in a row. We don't believe in such a scenario. In terms of skill and experience, the Wings are far superior to their opponents, and that's why they should take two points at home.