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NHLSat 10 Oct
Utah Mammoth
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Buffalo Sabres
Our call

Our number has the Sabres at 56.1%. They are a bet at -104 or better, the Mammoth at +158 or longer.

Mammoth at Sabres · 10 OctOur number has the Sabres at 56.1%.
Tyler WilliamsRead the predictionMammoth at Sabres prediction
NHLMon 12 Oct
Florida Panthers
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Buffalo Sabres
Our call

The Sabres won 26 of 41 at home last season. Our number makes them 61.0%: bet the Sabres at -127 or better, the Panthers at +194 or better.

Panthers at Sabres · 12 OctThe Sabres won 26 of 41 at home last season.
Tyler WilliamsRead the predictionPanthers at Sabres prediction

One unit on the Sabres in every game of 2025-26 returned 14.59, more than on any other NHL team. Most of it was won at plus money, with 24 wins in 40 games as the underdog.

The NHL’s best moneyline return

Buffalo went 50-32. Only Colorado and Carolina finished with a better record, and Dallas and Tampa Bay matched it. One unit on the Sabres in all 82 games finished 14.59 units up, a 17.8% return. No NHL team returned more.

One unit on the Sabres to win, every game0-5+5+10+15+14.59 unitsfirst gamelast game
Running total over 82 priced 2025-26 regular-season games, at the pre-game moneyline. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Both venues paid. The road games made 8.4 units and the home games 6.19; only two teams beat either figure.

Made as the underdog

The market priced Buffalo as the underdog 40 times. The Sabres won 24 of those games and made 12.7 units. Only San Jose, Montreal and the Islanders made more as underdogs. The best price they won at was +200, a 6-2 win in Tampa on 28 February. As favorites they went 26-16, worth 1.88 units.

The turn in December

October and November went 10-15 and cost 4.11 units. December and January went 21-8 and returned 11.90. The season’s longest winning run, ten games, ran from 9 December to 31 December. March added 11-4 and 3.72 units.

The Sabres 2025-26 regular season, game by game2025-10-09 v New York Rangers 0-42025-10-11 at Boston Bruins 1-32025-10-13 v Colorado Avalanche 1-32025-10-15 v Ottawa Senators 8-42025-10-18 v Florida Panthers 3-02025-10-20 at Montreal Canadiens 2-42025-10-22 v Detroit Red Wings 4-22025-10-24 v Toronto Maple Leafs 5-32025-10-25 at Toronto Maple Leafs 3-42025-10-28 v Columbus Blue Jackets 3-42025-10-30 at Boston Bruins 3-42025-11-01 v Washington Capitals 4-32025-11-04 v Utah Mammoth 1-22025-11-06 v St. Louis Blues 0-32025-11-08 at Carolina Hurricanes 3-62025-11-12 at Utah Mammoth 2-52025-11-13 at Colorado Avalanche 3-62025-11-15 at Detroit Red Wings 5-42025-11-17 v Edmonton Oilers 5-12025-11-19 v Calgary Flames 2-62025-11-21 v Chicago Blackhawks 9-32025-11-23 v Carolina Hurricanes 4-12025-11-26 at Pittsburgh Penguins 2-42025-11-28 v New Jersey Devils 0-52025-11-29 at Minnesota Wild 3-22025-12-01 v Winnipeg Jets 5-12025-12-03 at Philadelphia Flyers 2-52025-12-05 at Winnipeg Jets 1-42025-12-08 at Calgary Flames 4-72025-12-09 at Edmonton Oilers 4-32025-12-11 at Vancouver Canucks 3-22025-12-14 at Seattle Kraken 3-12025-12-18 v Philadelphia Flyers 5-32025-12-20 v New York Islanders 3-22025-12-21 at New Jersey Devils 3-12025-12-23 at Ottawa Senators 3-22025-12-27 v Boston Bruins 4-12025-12-29 at St. Louis Blues 4-22025-12-31 at Dallas Stars 4-12026-01-03 at Columbus Blue Jackets 1-52026-01-06 v Vancouver Canucks 5-32026-01-08 at New York Rangers 5-22026-01-10 v Anaheim Ducks 5-32026-01-12 v Florida Panthers 3-42026-01-14 v Philadelphia Flyers 5-22026-01-15 v Montreal Canadiens 5-32026-01-17 v Minnesota Wild 4-52026-01-19 at Carolina Hurricanes 1-22026-01-20 at Nashville Predators 5-32026-01-22 at Montreal Canadiens 4-22026-01-24 at New York Islanders 5-02026-01-27 at Toronto Maple Leafs 7-42026-01-29 v Los Angeles Kings 4-12026-01-31 v Montreal Canadiens 2-42026-02-02 at Florida Panthers 5-32026-02-03 at Tampa Bay Lightning 3-42026-02-05 v Pittsburgh Penguins 2-52026-02-25 at New Jersey Devils 2-12026-02-27 at Florida Panthers 3-22026-02-28 at Tampa Bay Lightning 6-22026-03-03 v Vegas Golden Knights 3-22026-03-05 at Pittsburgh Penguins 5-12026-03-07 v Nashville Predators 3-22026-03-08 v Tampa Bay Lightning 8-72026-03-10 v San Jose Sharks 6-32026-03-12 v Washington Capitals 1-22026-03-14 v Toronto Maple Leafs 3-22026-03-17 at Vegas Golden Knights 2-02026-03-19 at San Jose Sharks 5-02026-03-21 at Los Angeles Kings 4-12026-03-22 at Anaheim Ducks 5-62026-03-25 v Boston Bruins 3-42026-03-27 v Detroit Red Wings 2-52026-03-28 v Seattle Kraken 3-22026-03-31 v New York Islanders 4-32026-04-02 at Ottawa Senators 1-42026-04-04 at Washington Capitals 2-62026-04-06 v Tampa Bay Lightning 4-22026-04-08 at New York Rangers 5-32026-04-09 v Columbus Blue Jackets 5-02026-04-13 at Chicago Blackhawks 5-12026-04-15 v Dallas Stars 3-4Wins above the line, losses below; bar length is the margin0
50-32 in 82 games. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Better away on the puck line

Buffalo covered the puck line in 48 of 82 games. On the road the count was 27 of 41; only Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Montreal covered more often away. At home it was 21 of 41. Taking +1.5 as the underdog, the Sabres covered 29 of 40. Laying -1.5 as the favorite, 19 of 42.

The Sabres at home, away, as favorite and as underdogHome (41)won 26 (63.4%)Away (41)won 24 (58.5%)Favorite (42)won 26 (61.9%)Underdog (40)won 24 (60.0%)50%
2025-26 regular season. Neutral-site games are in neither home nor away. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Four covers in four against Tampa Bay

Tampa Bay lost three of its four games with Buffalo, and the Sabres covered all four puck lines, 2.97 units on the moneyline. Florida and Toronto also went 1-3 against them. Boston ran the other way: Buffalo went 1-3 and lost 2.26 units. Against Washington the Sabres covered none of three puck lines, and the defeat at the shortest price all season was a 2-1 home loss to the Capitals at -218.

The Sabres against the teams they played mostBoston Bruins1-3Florida Panthers3-1Montreal Canadiens2-2Tampa Bay Lightning3-1Toronto Maple Leafs3-1Carolina Hurricanes1-2Columbus Blue Jackets1-2Detroit Red Wings2-1
2025-26 regular season; dark is wins, light the games played. Source: ESPN results and pre-game lines.

Sabres totals: 41 under, 40 over, one push.

Questions and answers

Were the Sabres a good moneyline bet in 2025-26?

The best in the NHL: one unit on every Buffalo game returned 14.59 units.

How much did the Sabres make at plus money in 2025-26?

12.7 units from 40 games as the underdog, a 24-16 record, with 29 covers on the +1.5 puck line.

Did Sabres games lean to the over or the under in 2025-26?

No: 41 under, 40 over and one push.

Past games

  1. Stars at Sabres · 8 OctNo bet
  2. Wild at Sabres · 6 OctNo bet
  3. Blackhawks at Sabres · 3 OctThe Sabres should win this, and -218 already says so.
  4. Sabres at Blue Jackets · 1 OctThe Sabres won 24 of 41 on the road last season.

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