Category: Hockey

The Tampa Bay Lighting had better be sleeping with one eye open because the Buffalo Sabres are just 5 points back of them for the top spot in the Atlantic. Tonight the Sabres will be in the friendly confines of KeyBank Center and will face the LA Kings. It will be a packed house once again with the best fans on the planet. The Sabres are 16-6-3 in Western New York and the Kings do play well on the road but Buff has the hot hand.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BUFFALO SABRES

The Philadelphia Flyers will be a road dog tonight when they travel to Columbus to face the Blue Jackets. The Flyers score more goals than the Jackets and give up less. Take the Broad Street Bullies.
TONIGHT’S PICK: PHILADELPHIA FLYERS

The Los Angeles Kings will take it on the arches tonight to face the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Kings are lethal on the road with a record of 13-6-6.
TONIGHT’S PICK: LOS ANGELES KINGS

The Toronto Maple Leafs is the side to consider when they host the Colorado Avalanche in an early one today at Scotiabank Arena. At home the Leafs are a formidable 16-7-6 and won the last meeting with the Avs just last week. Colorado is in a funk, losing their last two, and Toronto smells blood.
TONIGHT’S PICK: TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS

Since the Buffalo Sabres fired their GM, they have become a team that is feared in the NHL. Today in a matinée they will take their swagger to Long Island to challenge the New York Islanders. Take the Sabres.
TODAY’S PICK: BUFFALO SABRES

The Dallas Stars have hit a bump in the road, losing 4 of their last 5, but should get back on the rails tonight when they host the St. Louis Blues. St. Louis does not play well on the road, at 7-14-3, and they usually come up short when they visit Dallas. The Blues have lost 5 of their last 7 and are dead last in the league in scoring, averaging just 2.4 goals per game. The Stars boast a 13-7-3 record at American Airlines Arena and average 3.25 goals per game, allowing just 2.73. Once again Dallas is likely to be without one of their top offensive producers, winger Mikko Rantanen, but despite that they are still the better team by far and should prevail tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: DALLAS STARS

The Vancouver Canucks have lost 11 in a row, but they will win eventually and that could happen tonight when they host the Washington Capitals. The Caps have also been struggling, losing 3 straight and 4 of their last 5. Vancouver beat Washington, 4-3, in DC back in October so why not again tonight on their home ice?
TONIGHT’S PICK: VANCOUVER CANUCKS