The set-up: Buffalo is 24-24 and Columbus is 28-20. Both teams have been better on home ice and I think that trend of success continues here for the Jackets. Buffalo went into the break off a 4-3 road loss to Vancouver, while Columbus fell 2-1 to Minnesota on the road. Buffalo goaltender Carter Hutton is just 4-11 with a 3.22 GAA on the road this year. Overall the Sabres are just 10-15 on the road, averaging 2.68 goals and allowing 3.16 in those contests. Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky is 10-8 with a 2.85 GAA at home this season. The Jackets are 15-10 at home, averaging 3.40 goals and allowing 3.08 in those games.

The pick: Take it for what you will as well, but Columbus is 16-5 in its last 21 when playing on three or more days rest, while Buffalo is just 2-8 in its last ten in the same position. No upsets here, lay the price with confidence.

8* play