Washington Capitals at Buffalo Sabres 4/9/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Washington Capitals are coming here after playing the Bruins on Thursday night. The game prior to the game on Thursday for Washington was a 1-0 loss to the Islanders. The loss ended up dropping the Capitals to a 25-10-4 record on the year.

The Capitals defense has allowed only 2.97 goals per game. The offense for Washington has managed to get a total of 3.33 goals per game. When it comes to the power play Washington is converting at a clip of 24% on the year and the penalty kill for the Capitals is sitting at 82.9% on the year.

Buffalo is coming in after playing the Devils on Thursday night. The game before the Thursday night game was a 5-3 win over the Devils in the game before the play. The Sabres with the win were able to move up to a 9-23-6 record on the season.

The offense for the Sabres has scored 2.21 goals per game. Defensively the Sabres have given up only 3.39 goals per game. The Buffalo team has ended up converting on the power play at 22.5% on the year. Defensively the Sabres have killed off 79.2% of the power plays.