Sabres at Panthers 2/19/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Buffalo Sabres are in the same position that they have been most of the season, one of those teams that is on the outside looking in. However, the Sabres are a team that has managed to bring home a lot of wins and that has had some people thinking the Sabres rebuilding phase was already over, but it really was not and it was a fast assumption for people. The Panthers, though, are a team that has looked decent, but for some reason and it was not even major injuries has started to fall off on the year and that can be a problem for the Panthers moving forward on the year. The Sabres are coming into this game with an offense that has been able to score 2.86 goals a game, but the defense for the Sabres is giving up 3.09 goals a game. The Sabres have been able to convert on the power play only at 18.3%, but the defense has killed off 82.1%.

With the Panthers the team has been able to score 3 goals a game on the year so far, but the defense isg not that good and gives up 3.39 goals a game. The power play offense of the Panthers has converted on the power play at 25.8%, but the defense has managed to kill off 81.5% of the opponents power plays.