Sabres at Blackhawks 11/17/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Buffalo Sabres are ahard team to beat this year for the most part. However, the Sabres are also a team that has to continue to play at high level to be taken seriously as the Sabres are in the same division as the high powered Lightning, but also the Bruins. The Sabres in their last game heading into play on Saturday did have a loss to the Ottawa Senators. The loss dropped the Sabres to a 9-6-3 record.

Offensively the Sabres have managed to put in a total of 2.94 goals a game. The defense for the Sabres has allowed only 2.89 goals a game. The Sabres have ended up converting on the power play at 23.7%, but have killed off 74.5%.

Chicago has struggled almost all year long and does not look like the Blackhawks have a lot of room for improvement. What is making it even worse for the Blackhawks is the team has had to battle some injuries in the past and it seems that the players who were injured before are pulling up short in some games. The Blackhawks did pick up a recent win heading into play on Saturday over the Golden Knights. The Blackhawks with that win posted a 7-7-4 record.

With the offense the Blackhawks have managed to score at a clip of 2.78 goals per game. The defense is giving up 3 goals a game. The Blackhawks power play has converted at a clip of 14.3%, but the penalty kill is sitting at 78.3%.