Canucks look to continue their dominance on offense with their top line in their matinee versus the Sabres
There’s been few teams better than the Canucks this season, who have surprised everyone and rank second overall with a 28-11-3 record and the league’s best offense, operating at a higher level than everyone else with best goals per game average of 3.90 ahead of the Dallas Stars. The Buffalo faithful were hoping their team would be the one to have a surprising breakout season with their young core of players but have only been able to muster up a mediocre 18-20-4 record this season with the worst net-powerplay in the league. The one area they aren’t in the basement is scoring with the 21st-best goals per game average with just over three per game.
Buffalo will look to stay in this game as many people will be counting them out. If you are wondering which side to take, here is our best bet for the game that should hopefully score you a win.
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Pick: Quinn Hughes over 0.5 points (-175), over 0.5 assists (-120)
The Canucks have steam-rolled every defense they've played this season, even most recently scoring four goals against a Penguins defense, that was top three at home. It doesn’t matter who they play, the Canucks will score and it will likely be the top line of Elias Pettersson, JT Miller and Brock Boeser, who combined for nine points in their 4-3 win over the Penguins on Thursday. They have become one of the most prolific lines in the league and they should be able to put together at least one goal with the help of Hughes.
The Norris trophy candidate has been one of the best playmakers in the league with ten assists and 12 points in their last 12 games. He’s also been good in his limited history versus Buffalo with assists in three of his career four games against them. The Sabres have also given up at least a point to a defenseman in six of their last eight games.