Buffalo Sabres at Carolina Hurricanes 12/4/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Buffalo Sabres will go on the road to face off against the Carolina Hurricanes Saturday for a 4:30pm PT puck drop.

Buffalo has a record of 8-12-3 on the year and is aiming to stop a three game losing streak, the last loss coming against the Florida Panthers by the score of 7-4. The Hurricanes have a record on the season of 15-6-1. They also are on a three game losing streak, the last loss coming to the Ottawa Senators by the score of 3-2. Both teams have losing records against the spread this season.

The Buffalo Sabres have six guys that will be missing this game in Carolina including centers Drake Caggulia, and Casey Middlestat. The Carolina Hurricanes also have injury problems of their own, having four players missing this matchup including Brett Pesce, Tony DeAngelo, Ethan Bear, and Jordan Martinook.

Tage Thompson leads the Buffalo Sabres in points with 16, 10 goals and six assists. Thompson is also the team's goal leader. Rasmus Dahlin leads the Sabres in assists with 12. 

In net, The Sabres will look to Dustin Tokarski while Craig Anderson is on the injured reserve. Tokarski has a record on the year of 4-5-3 with a goals against average of 3.28, save percentage of .903. 

Sebastian Aho leads Carolina in points, and goals with 22 and 10, five goals coming with the man advantage. Aho has 65 shots on goal this year. Tony DeAngelo is leading the team in assists with 15, but will miss this game.