Once Upon A Time in America Betting Show
The Buffalo Sabres (5th in Atlantic Division) will try to snatch their seventh consecutive triumph while paying a visit to the Ottawa Senators (7th in Atlantic), who are riding a four-game point streak on own ice with three victories.
The current season-long winning streak of the Buffalo Sabres (18-14-2) extended to six contests after the team banked a 4-3 overtime triumph against the Boston Bruins at TD Garden yesterday afternoon. Alex Tuch (17 goals, 39 points this year) was the star of the show, burying two snipes, including the winner with 1:07 remaining in the extra session, while also tacking on a couple of assists on markers courtesy of Tage Thompson (27 goals, 51 points) and Dylan Cozens (12 goals, 34 points). With that, Buffalo improved to an 11-3-2 record since an eight-game losing skid back in November (0-8-0).
Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen turned aside 37 shots yesterday to take his current performance status to 7-3-1 for the season with a 3.35 GAA and a .896 save percentage. He has never faced Ottawa before, while Craig Anderson (7-4-1 on the year wit h a 2.65 GAA and a .922 save percentage) has picked up a 6-2-0 previous tally against the Senators with a 2.37 GAA and a .927 save percentage. The Sabres, meanwhile, are scoring the absolute highest number of goals per game this season (4.00), while allowing the 10th highest amount defensively (3.38). They are 3rd best in power play (28.7%) and 24th in penalty kill (73.5%).