Category: Hockey

The Buffalo Sabres ripped off ten straight wins but now find themselves in a 3-game losing streak. Tonight they will return home from a 3-game road trip to host their hated rival, the Toronto Maple Leafs. Buffalo will be playing back-to-back games, after falling to Nashville last night, but fatigue is never an issue when they face the Leafs. Toronto is hot, winning four in a row, and are a force on the road with a record of 10-3-0. Buffalo counters with a stellar home record of 9-2-1 and they are 6-0 in their last 6 at KeyBank Center. The Home team is 26-8 in the last 34 meetings between these two clubs and the Sabres are a big home dog in this one.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BUFFALO SABRES

The Dallas Stars lost to the Edmonton Oilers last week north of the border in overtime, 1-0, so revenge will be on their minds tonight when they get a chance to even the score at American Airlines Center. The Oilers are on a 3-game winning streak but their road record is not impressive, at 6-7-1, and they are just 1-6 in their last 7 away from Rogers Place. Dallas is also on a roll, winning their last two. The Stars have an impressive home record of 8-3-1 and are 6-1 in their last 7 against Edmonton at American Airlines Center.
TONIGHT’S PICK: DALLAS STARS

When the Boston Bruins take the ice at TD Garden, good things usually happen – they win. Tonight that is where they will be when they host another Original Six team, the Detroit Red Wings. The Bruins are 9-2-0 at home on the season and have a record of 37-15 in their last 52 at TD Garden. Now that’s impressive. To say Detroit has had issues with Boston would be an understatement. The Red Wings are 2-8 in their last 10 meetings with the Bruins and 0-11 in their last 11 trips to Boston. To stack the cards against the Red Wings even more, Tuukka Rask is expected between the pipes for Boston and he is 13-5-3 lifetime in the regular season against Detroit.
TONIGHT’S PICK: BOSTON BRUINS

The Dallas Stars will take their 4-7-2-0 road record into Scotiabank Saddledome tonight when they step across the border to take on the Calgary Flames. Good luck, because you’re gonna need it. The Flames are 5-1 in their last 6 at home and 4-1 in their last 5 overall.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CALGARY FLAMES

When the Winnipeg Jets take the ice at Bell MTS Place, good things usually happen, and that’s where they will be tonight when they host the Pittsburgh Penguins. Winnipeg is 8-2-1-1 at home. They will face a Pittsburgh team that is 0-5 in their last 5 road games and 3-10 in their last 13 overall. The Jets’ Patrik Laine has been off the Richter scale, notching 11 goals in his last 4 games, and the home team is 6-1 in the last 7 meetings between these two clubs.
TONIGHT’S PICK: WINNIPEG JETS

The New York Rangers have lost two in a row and tonight they will look to get back on track when they host an Ottawa Senators team that cannot stop the puck. The Senators have allowed more goals than any other club in the NHL and are a dismal 2-7-1 on the road where they are allowing an average of 5.40 goals per game, which is not good. The Rangers are always a force at MSG, with a home record of 9-4-0 and are 7-1 in their last 8 at the rink in mid-town. The home team has won 10 of the last 11 meetings between these two clubs and Ottawa is 1-4 in their last 5 trips to MSG. TONIGHT’S PICK: NEW YORK RANGERS

The St. Louis Blues have lost two in a row, with shutouts in both losses, and the last team they want to face to get back on track is the Nashville Predators but that is who their opponent will be tonight when the two clubs square off at Bridgestone Arena. The Predators are the best team in hockey and rarely lose at home, with a record of 7-3-0. The Blues have been awful on the road, at 2-3-2, and especially at Bridgestone Arena, where they are 0-8 in their last 8 games and are 0-5 in their last 5 overall against Nashville. St. Louis fired their coach, Mike Yeo, on Monday. The interim coach, Craig Berube, will be making his debut as the Blues skipper tonight and he’ll need all the luck he can get.
TONIGHT’S PICK: NASHVILLE PREDATORS