NHL, two teams of different strengths meet. St. Louis Blues currently hold the 1st place in the Western Conference and are playing very well. Meanwhile, Buffalo Sabres are not showing anything special this season. The team is ranked 11th in the Eastern Conference and has little chance of achieving anything significant.
Blues have shown excellent play in almost every game this season. This is especially true when the team plays at home. Recently, the team has won 6 consecutive home games, all in regular time. They have defeated teams like Jets, Avalanche, Vegas, etc. Playing at home, Blues average 3.14 goals scored and 2.42 goals conceded. This means that victories are often not won by a large margin, so we choose a simple win without a handicap. Speaking of Sabres, this team looks decent when playing at home, but their game falls apart on the road. In 22 away games, they have suffered 16 losses. On average, they score 2.45 goals and concede 3.54 goals on the road. This is very poor statistics and does not bode well knowing that they face one of the best teams in the league – St. Louis Blues. For this game, Blues will be without Blais, Parayko, Tarasenko, and Gunnarsson, while Sabres will be without Hunwick, Olofsson, Skinner, Sobotka, Thompson, and McCabe. This means that Sabres have slightly more significant losses. The teams' H2H is also in favor of Blues, who have won 7 consecutive home games against Sabres.
So, we choose the victory of the much better team this season, Blues. We predict that the home winning streak will continue and a victory will be achieved, whether easy or hard, in regular time. Good luck.
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