Sabres at Stars 1/30/19 - NHL Hockey O/U Pick & Betting Odds
Buffalo Sabres vs. Dallas Stars
NHL: 8:30 PM ET
Jan. 30, 2019
TV: n/a
Latest Odds : Dallas -160 O/U 5.5
This is the first day of NHL action for the Dallas Stars after the All Star break. That can make things a little to difficult to analyze in terms of how teams will respond after a long layoff. However, one thing that is known is last season saw a lot of low-scoring games in the first action for teams after the All Star break.
The Buffalo Sabres did enter the All Star break on a streak of high-scoring games. But the time off during the All Star break can change the scoring in a big way. Surprisingly, the Buffalo Sabres game at Columbus last night did hold up on the trend of low-scoring games after the break but a trip to Dallas could change that in a hurry.
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The Dallas Stars will be playing their first game since January 19th so there will be plenty of rust. The Dallas Stars final game before the All Star break was a 4-2 win. However, prior to the win over the Jets, the Dallas Stars had lost 5 of 6 games and averaged scoring only 1.2 goals per game.
The Buffalo Sabres entered Tuesday night's game having scored an average of only 2.1 goals per game their last 7 road games. The Dallas Stars have held opponents to just 6 of 41 on the power play.
Recent Betting Trends:
Buffalo is 24-39 in a road game where where the total is 5.5
Sabres O/U is 7-0 their last 7 games
Buffalo is 12-8 (+7.7) in non-conference games
Dallas is 5-0 this season when playing with 3 or more days rest
Stars O/U is 4-11 after scoring 4 goals or more in their previous game
Dallas is 2-10-2 their last 14 games
Free Betting Pick: UNDER 5.5 in Dallas
The Dallas Stars power play is on a 2 for 18 conversion run in recent games. You can see that special teams is unlikely to contribute many goals to this total Wednesday night. The Buffalo Sabres power play entered last night's game just 1 for 22 in their last 8 games.
With consideration to all of the above factors, goals are likely to be few and far between in this one and the best (value) is to take the UNDER based on a projected final score of Buffalo Sabres 2, Dallas Stars 1