Stars vs. Sabres NHL Predictions, Picks and Odds - April 15

The Dallas Stars (49-20-12) will visit the Buffalo Sabres (50-23-8) on Wednesday at 7 p.m. ET, in a game featuring the second-place club in the Western Conference versus the second-place team in the Eastern Conference. The Sabres are underdogs despite being the hosts, at +124, and the Stars are -148.

Dallas claimed a 6-5 road victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs in its last game on April 13. Mavrik Bourque had four points (three goals and one assist) for the Stars.

In its last game on April 13, Buffalo secured a 5-1 road victory over the Chicago Blackhawks. Three Sabres players recorded two points each in that matchup, including Alex Tuch (one goal and one assist) and Rasmus Dahlin (two assists).

Before this matchup, here's who we predict to bring home the win in Wednesday's hockey action.

Stars vs. Sabres Predictions & Pick

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

• Prediction: Sabres 4 - Stars 3
• Pick OU: Over 6.5 (Dunkel projecting 6.99 goals)
  

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Stars vs. Sabres Moneylines

Snag a peek below at the most recent moneylines for the Stars-Sabres matchup.

• Favorite: Stars (-148)
• Underdog: Sabres (+124)

Stars Betting Insights

• The Stars are 38-24 this season when listed as a moneyline favorite.
• Dallas is 24-12 when it has played with moneyline odds of -148 or shorter (66.7% win percentage).
• The Stars have a 59.7% chance (based on the moneyline's implied probability) to win this contest.
• Dallas and its opponent have gone over 6.5 combined goals in 38 of 79 games this season.

Sabres Betting Insights

• This season the Sabres have been an underdog 37 times, and won 23, or 62.2%, of those games.
• Buffalo is 10-7 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +124 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline set in this outing implies a 44.6% chance of victory for the Sabres.
• Buffalo's games this season have had over 6.5 goals 37 of 80 times.

Stars Key Stats

• Dallas' 270 total goals (3.3 per game) make it the ninth-highest scoring team in the league.
• Defensively, the Stars have been one of the stingiest squads in NHL play, allowing 219 total goals (2.7 per game) to rank second.
• Its +51 goal differential is the fourth-best in the league.
• The 70 power-play goals the Stars have scored this season (on 245 power-play chances) lead the NHL.
• Dallas' 28.57% power-play conversion rate is the second-best in the league.
• The four shorthanded goals the Stars have scored this season rank 26th among NHL teams.
• Dallas kills 80.08% of opponent power plays, the 14th-ranked penalty-kill percentage in the league.
• Dallas wins 51.7% of its faceoffs to rank seventh in the NHL.
• The Stars' 13.2% shooting percentage tops the league.

Sabres Key Stats

• With 280 goals (3.5 per game), Buffalo has the NHL's fifth-best offense.
• The Sabres have one of the top defenses in the NHL, giving up 237 total goals (2.9 per game), ninth in the NHL.
• Its +43 goal differential is the fifth-best in the league.
• The Sabres have 48 power-play goals (17th in NHL) on 243 chances.
• Buffalo's power-play percentage (19.75) puts the team 19th in the league.
• In terms of shorthanded goals, the Sabres have 10.
• Buffalo's has the fourth-best penalty-kill percentage (82.1%).
• Buffalo wins 45.8% of faceoffs, 32nd-ranked in the NHL.
• The 12.3% shooting percentage of the Sabres is fifth in the league.