Winnipeg Jets vs. Buffalo Sabres NHL Betting Tips and Predictions
by Steve Beck | Mar 29, 2022
Jets vs. Sabres Betting Picks & Predictions
The Winnipeg Jets and Buffalo Sabres — both coming off victories — will face each other on Wednesday at 7:00 PM ET, at KeyBank Center in Buffalo. The Sabres are underdogs despite being at home, at +128, and the Jets are -157. Find more below on the Jets vs. Sabres betting line, injury report, head-to-head stats, best bets and more.
Jets vs. Sabres Betting Line
Jets vs Sabres Betting Information
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Jets vs. Sabres Game Info
- Game Day: Wednesday, March 30, 2022
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- Location: Buffalo, New York
- Arena: KeyBank Center
Computer Predictions for Jets vs. Sabres
Computer picks for Jets vs Sabres
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Jets vs. Sabres Betting Trends
Through 37 games as the moneyline favorite this season, Winnipeg has won 21 times.
The Jets have a record of 10-6 this season in games with their moneyline odds shorter than -157.
The moneyline odds imply that Winnipeg has a 61.1% chance of winning this contest.
Winnipeg Jets Leaders
Kyle Connor is one of Winnipeg’s leading contributors with 82 points. He has 41 goals and 41 assists this season.
Mark Scheifele is contributing with 62 points (26 goals, 36 assists).
Blake Wheeler’s 52 points this season have come via 10 goals and 42 assists.
Connor Hellebuyck has a record of 24-23-9. He has allowed 163 goals (2.94 goals against average) and racked up 1665 saves.
Winnipeg Jets Season Stats
The Jets are ranked 15th in the league with 208 goals this season, an average of 3.1 per contest.
On defense, the Jets have given up 203 goals (3.0 per game) to rank 19th in league play.
The team is ranked 16th in goal differential at +5.
The 44 power-play goals the Jets have recorded this season (on 206 power-play chances) rank 11th in the NHL.
The Jets’ offense has the NHL’s 15th-ranked power-play conversion rate (21.4%).
The Jets’ offense has capitalized with nine shorthanded goals this season (second among all teams).
The Jets have the league’s 26th-ranked penalty-kill percentage at 75.3%.
The Jets win 51% of their faceoffs (12th in the NHL).
The Jets shoot 9.5% as a team, ranked 16th-best in the league.
The Jets average 23.6 hits and 13.2 blocked shots per game.
Sabres vs. Jets Betting Trends
The Sabres have been an underdog in 64 games this season, with 22 upset wins (34.4%).
Buffalo has 48 games this season playing as an underdog by +128 or longer, and is 17-31 in those contests.
The Sabres have a 43.9% chance to win this game (implied from the moneyline).
Buffalo Sabres Leaders
Tage Thompson is a top offensive contributor for his team with 51 points (0.8 per game). He has recorded 28 goals and 23 assists in 63 games (playing 17:54 per game).
Jeff Skinner is a key contributor for Buffalo, with 47 total points this season. He has netted 27 goals and provided 20 assists in 65 games.
Buffalo’s Rasmus Dahlin has 43 points, courtesy of nine goals (seventh on team) and 34 assists (first).
Craig Anderson has a 12-9-1 record this season, with a .901 save percentage (37th in the league). In 22 games, he has 626 saves, and has allowed 69 goals (3.1 goals against average).
Buffalo Sabres Season Stats
The Sabres have the league’s 24th-ranked scoring offense (181 total goals, 2.7 per game).
The Sabres’ 235 total goals given up (3.5 per game) rank 27th in the league.
Their -54 goal differential ranks 27th in the league.
The Sabres have recorded 35 power-play goals this season (on 179 power-play chances). That ranks 21st in the NHL.
The Sabres have a 19.6% power-play conversion rate, the league’s No. 20 percentage.
The Sabres have scored four shorthanded goals this season (20th in the league).
The 75% penalty-kill percentage the Sabres have amassed is the league’s 27th-ranked rate.
The Sabres win 46.1% of their faceoffs. That’s the 32nd-ranked percentage in the NHL.
The Sabres’ collective 9.1% shooting percentage ranks 23rd in the league.
The Sabres have not had a shutout win yet this season.
Jets and Sabres Injury Report
Jets: Cole Perfetti: Out (Upper-body)
Sabres: Malcolm Subban: Out For Season (Upper Body), Andrew Oglevie: Out (Undisclosed), Drake Caggiula: Out For Season (Back)
We have the Jets projected as the best bet on the moneyline in this contest, and our pick against the spread is the Jets (+). Our computer model has the scoring going under the total of goals when it’s sorted out on the ice.
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