The set-up: The Sabres enter off a 5-3 loss at home to Tampa Bay, while the Oilers come in off a 3-2 home loss to Arizona on Saturday. These teams haven't played yet this season, but the Sabres have won four straight in the series, including a 5-0 road victory last January 23rd. With a chance to avenge that pathetic effort and to atone for the listless setback at home to the lowly Coyotes, I think the Oilers find a way to get the job done here against a Buffalo team which is just 3-6-1 in its last ten. The Oilers are just 3-9-0 in their last 12, but I think that home ice will prove to be the difference here.

The pick: Take it for what you will as well but Buffalo is just 2-7 in its last nine non-conference road games following a home loss in which it allowed five or more goals in. In my professional opinion, this is the very definition of "great line value." Lay it.

10* play