The set-up: In a contest which I see being decided late or even in extra time, I'm going to lay the price for the extra 1.5 goals of insurnace. Both teams have plenty of issues. For Buffalo though, it's not a talent issues, it's a chemistry issue. The Sabres were also hit hard by the COVID at the start of the season.

The pick: New York on the other hand has struggled all season with offensive consistency, and now it's having to deal with the loss of top offensive talent Panarin to personal reasons. I think Buffalo is the "hungrier" and better team on paper here and while the outright win is obviously not out of the question, in the end I'll recommend to play this one on the PUCK LINE.

This is an 8* PUCK-LINE DESTRUCTION on the Buffalo Sabres.