Stars vs. Sabres NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - Dec. 31

The Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres -- the former coming off a loss, the latter a win -- will meet on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET, at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The oddsmakers have made the Stars solid favorites at -155 on the moneyline, and the Sabres are at +130.

Dallas lost in a shootout at home its last time out on Dec. 27 against the Chicago Blackhawks 4-3, dropping the shootout 2-1 to finish the loss. Wyatt Johnston (three assists) and Mikko Rantanen (one goal and two assists) both had three points for the Stars.

Buffalo won its last game 4-2 on the road over the St. Louis Blues on Dec. 29. Nine Sabres players recorded one point each in that outing, including Joshua Norris (one assist) and Mattias Samuelsson (one assist).

Before watching this matchup, here's a peek at which team we think will emerge with the victory in Wednesday's action on the ice.

Stars vs. Sabres Predictions & Pick

For predictions on the upcoming contest between the Dallas Stars and Buffalo Sabres, computer-derived moneyline, over/under, and score predictions are below, per Dunkel Index.

• Prediction: Sabres 4 - Stars 3
• Pick OU: Over 6.5 (Dunkel projecting 6.96 goals)
  

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Stars vs. Sabres Moneylines

Take a peek below at the most up-to-date moneylines for the Stars-Sabres game.

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

Stars Betting Insights

• The Stars are 19-12 when favored on the moneyline this season.
• In games it has played with moneyline odds of -155 or shorter, Dallas is 8-5 (winning 61.5% of the time).
• The Stars' implied moneyline win probability is 60.8% in this game.
• Dallas' 39 matches this season have finished above this game's total of 6.5 goals 18 times.

Sabres Betting Insights

• The Sabres have been made an underdog 21 times this season, and won 10, or 47.6%, of those games.
• Buffalo is 6-4 this season when entering a game as an underdog by +130 or more on the moneyline.
• Oddsmakers have implied, given the moneyline set for this matchup, that the Sabres have a 43.5% chance to win.
• Buffalo has played 16 games this season with more than 6.5 goals.

Stars Key Stats

• Dallas has scored the second-most goals in the league (136 total, 3.5 per game).
• The Stars have given up 102 total goals (2.6 per game), the fourth-fewest in NHL play.
• Its +34 goal differential is the second-best in the league.
• The 37 power-play goals the Stars have scored this season (second-most in the NHL) have come on 121 power-play chances.
• Dallas has the league's second-best power-play conversion rate (30.58%).
• The Stars have scored two shorthanded goals this season.
• Dallas has the league's eighth-best penalty-kill percentage (82.93%).
• Dallas wins the fifth-highest percentage of faceoffs in the NHL, 52.3%.
• The Stars shoot 13.9% as a team (tops in the league).

Sabres Key Stats

• Buffalo has 117 goals this season (3.1 per game), 18th in the NHL.
• The Sabres give up 3.2 goals per game (120 in total), 18th in the league.
• it has the 18th-ranked goal differential in the league at -3.
• With 22 power-play goals (on 115 chances), the Sabres are 13th in the NHL.
• Buffalo scores on 19.13% of its power plays, No. 17 in the NHL.
• The Sabres have three shorthanded goals (11th in NHL).
• At 84.76%, Buffalo has the third-best penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• Buffalo is 32nd in faceoff win rate in the NHL (44.1%).
• The 10.8% shooting percentage of the Sabres is 16th in the league.