Boston Bruins at Buffalo Sabres 11/24/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 11/23/2021 at 10:56 PM ET

The Boston Bruins will be on the road Wednesday night for an Eastern Conference matchup against the struggling Buffalo Sabres. Boston is playing well as of late coming into this game 9-6 overall following a 4-0 loss to the Calgary Flames. Goalie Jeremy Swayman struggled immensely in the net against Calgary allowing four goals on 32 shots in 60 minutes of ice time.

Offensively Boston has been elite thus far this season scoring three goals on 35.4 shots per game as a team. Brad Marchand is by far the leader of the Boston offense posting a team high 20 points to go along with a team leading 12 assists and eight goals on the season.

The Buffalo Sabres have struggled to start the year coming into this game 7-9-2 overall after losing four of the last five games played including three in a row after a 7-4 loss to Columbus. Tage Thompson Led the way for the Buffalo offense against Columbus with two goals, while Zemgus Girgensons and Dylan Cozens added one goal each.

Defensively Buffalo struggled immensely against Columbus allowing multiple goals in every period of the game. Buffalo used a 2 goalie set Aaron Dell played the majority of the minutes giving up only one goal on 14 shots against in 38.5 minutes of action, while Dustin Tokarski struggled immensely giving up four goals on twelve shots against in less than 21 minutes.

Boston is the better team in this matchup and it will show from the opening faceoff on Wednesday night. Look for the goalie issues of Buffalo to once again play a factor in this game against a potent Bruins offense. Take Boston to roll Wednesday night on the road to pick up another win this season. Final Score Prediction, Boston Bruins win and cover 4-1.

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