Kings vs. Sabres Pick
NHL Betting action sees the Los Angeles Kings taking on the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday December 9th at First Niagara Center. Cappers Picks provides free NHL handicapping tips all season long.
The home team Sabres have been trying to scrap this season for the sake of respectability, but it hasn’t been going well.
NHL Predictions
L.A. vs. Buffalo
Date/Time: Tuesday, Dec. 9 2014, 7:30 pm EST
Venue: First Niagara Center, Buffalo NY
Broadcast: NBCSN
Los Angeles -200, Buffalo +165
Over/Under: 5
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Between endless talk of ownership changes among its franchises, colossal snowstorms and in-game futility, the Sports Gods seem to hate western New York.
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Buffalo winger Tyler Ennis is a talent and let’s hear it for the leading getter of fan-votes for the All-Star Game, Zemgus Girgensons (on name alone!), but it’s a pretty dark time for Sabres fans.
Surely what keeps getting Buffalo fans up in the morning is the Connor McDavid/Jack Eichel sweepstakes – a pair of draft-eligible prospects this year that may rival Crosby/Ovechkin of years past.
At 9-16-2, last in the Atlantic division by a wide margin, the Sabres vie with the Edmonton Oilers for honors of worst team in the league.
All the metrics point to it being a cakewalk for the visiting Kings, but they’re called “trap games” for a reason.
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Los Angeles, a team noted for its concept under head coach Darryl Sutter, must maintain its focus for a fairly non-descript midseason Tuesday night game.
Hockey fans in southern California have plenty of more reasons to get festive this time of year. Sitting fourth in the vicious Pacific division and narrowly behind upstart Calgary (who can see that lasting?) the Kings have been successful thanks to incisive goaltending and penalty kill.
Like every recent season, the Kings are built to win in the playoffs. It’s nice for their franchise that the scoring load has been carried over to the youngsters; 22-year olds Tyler Toffoli and Tanner Pearson come to mind.
Ultimately, as long as L.A. has goalie Jonathan Quick and he continues to find his best form in the spring, the Kings will remain a Cup contender.
It’s not an easy fix for the Sabres, and they might not even want it to be with the dazzling prospects on the table in the offseason.
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It’s always debatable how much a team actually downright tanks in a season, but suffice it to say that Buffalo will unquestionably be sellers at the trade deadline.
NHL Betting Trends
* LA are 3-9 in their last 12 road games.
* Under is 6-2-2 in LA last 10 vs. Atlantic.
* Over is 5-2-1 in LA last 8 Tue. games.
* Under is 5-1-2 in BUF last 8 overall.
* BUF are 17-48 in their last 65 overall.
* BUF are 18-37 in their last 55 home games.
* Home team is 17-3 in the last 20 meetings.
* Over is 4-1-4 in the last 9 meetings in Buffalo.
Los Angeles 3, Buffalo 1
Ennis, blueliner Tyler Myers or veteran forward Matt Moulson could easily be on the block.
Take the UNDER
Look for Toffoli, Pearson and/or London, ON native Jeff Carter to light the lamp in the Queen City on Tuesday night, en route to an easy win for the road team.
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