Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins 4/28/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 04/27/2022 at 10:29 PM ET

Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins 4/28/22 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Buffalo Sabres go back on the road Thursday night to Boston, MA to take on the Boston Bruins. Buffalo comes into Thursday night 31-38-11 on the year riding a four game win period despite giving up two late goals Dustin Tokarski carried the load for Buffalo posting a .864 save percentage after saving 19 of the 22 shots against.

Jeff Skinner and Tage Thompson led the way for the Buffalo offense with one goal and one assist each. Two other Sabres found the net as well, while Victor Olofsson chipped in two assists to round out the Buffalo offense.

The Boston Bruins will play a second consecutive home game Thursday night winners of four the last five games including three in a row after a 4-2 win over the Florida Panthers. After giving up two goals in the first period Linus Ullmark dominated the game posting a .905 save percentage after posting a shutout over the final 40 minutes of the game.

Offensively this season Boston has averaged 3.08 goals per game on 36.3 shots as a team. Brad Marchand leads the Boston offense with 78 points on the year to go along with a team high 46 assists. David Pastrnak is the top goal scorer with 39 goals on 308 shots this season.

Despite the current win streak for Buffalo the Bruins are the  better team in this matchup and will look to continue to roll on Thursday. Look for Boston to overpower Buffalo as the Bruins are better on both sides of the puck and will play well in front of their home crowd. Take Boston to pick up their fourth victory of the season over Buffalo to get their 51st win of the year. Final Score Prediction, Boston wins and covers 4-1.