Canadiens vs. Sabres NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Oct. 13

The Montreal Canadiens (2-2-1) host the Buffalo Sabres (3-3) on Tuesday, Oct. 13, with both teams coming off a win. The Sabres are underdogs away from home, at +130, and the Canadiens are -155.

Montreal earned a shootout victory at home its last time out on Oct. 10 against the Detroit Red Wings 1-0, taking the shootout 1-0 to clinch the win. The Canadiens got zero points apiece out of 21 players, including Chris Kreider () and Adam Engstrom ().

Buffalo won its last game 5-3 at home against the Florida Panthers on Oct. 12. Four Sabres skaters recorded two points each in that outing, including Owen Power (two assists) and Tage Thompson (one goal and one assist).

Ahead of watching this matchup, here is a peek at which club we pick to bring home the victory in Tuesday's action on the ice.

Canadiens vs. Sabres Predictions & Pick

Ahead of the upcoming game between the Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres, computer-calculated moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, sourced from Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Sabres 3 - Canadiens 2
• Pick OU: Under 6.5 (Dunkel projecting 5 goals)
  

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Canadiens vs. Sabres Moneylines

Grab a peek below at the latest moneylines for the Canadiens-Sabres game.

• Favorite: Canadiens (-155)
• Underdog: Sabres (+130)

Canadiens Betting Insights

• The Canadiens have won 33.3% of their games when they've been a moneyline favorite this season (1-2).
• Montreal has been a moneyline favorite of -155 or shorter in only two games this season, and split them 1-1.
• Based on the moneyline in this contest, the Canadiens' implied win probability is 60.8%.
• Montreal and its opponent have posted more than 6.5 goals in three of five games this season.

Sabres Betting Insights

• The Sabres have been listed as an underdog three times this season, and won once.
• Buffalo has not entered a game this season as a bigger underdog on the moneyline than the +130 odds on them winning this game.
• Oddsmakers have implied, given the moneyline set for this matchup, that the Sabres have a 43.5% chance to win.
• Buffalo's games this season have had over 6.5 goals three of six times.

Canadiens Key Stats

• Montreal's 14 total goals (2.8 per game) make it the 19th-ranked scoring team in the league.
• Defensively, the Canadiens are allowing 19 total goals (3.8 per game) to rank 27th in league action.
• Its goal differential (-5) ranks 24th in the league.
• The one power-play goal the Canadiens have scored this season (to rank 29th in the NHL) have come on 17 power-play chances.
• Montreal ranks 32nd in the league with a 5.88% power-play conversion rate.
• Montreal kills 76.19% of opponent power plays, the 21st-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• Montreal has the fourth-best faceoff win percentage in the NHL, at 53.9%.
• The Canadiens connect on 10.6% of their shots (21st in the league).

Sabres Key Stats

• Buffalo has 16 goals this season (2.7 per game), 16th in the NHL.
• The Sabres' total of 22 goals given up (3.7 per game) is 28th in the league.
• it has the 26th-ranked goal differential in the league at -6.
• The Sabres have three power-play goals (on 22 chances), 19th in the NHL.
• Buffalo has the NHL's 25th-ranked power-play percentage (13.64%).
• The 60.00% penalty-kill percentage of Buffalo is 30th in the league.
• At 47.2%, Buffalo has the league's 26th-ranked faceoff win percentage.
• The 9.8% shooting percentage of the Sabres is 24th in the league.