Buffalo at Los Angeles

The Sabres won 7-6 in Anaheim on Thursday, and the Kings beat Ottawa 6-5 in overtime. Two nights earlier, Buffalo won 2-0 at San Jose and Los Angeles lost 2-1 at Chicago. Thursday's games, 13 goals for Buffalo and 11 for Los Angeles, are the highest-scoring either club has played in its last ten. The Kings' first home win of the season came only on Thursday, in overtime. Their home losses to Florida, Edmonton and Boston finished 2-1, 4-1 and 4-1. Los Angeles has allowed two goals or fewer in five of its last ten games, and I weigh that figure most. Buffalo has scored one goal or none in three of its 13 games: Dallas shut it out, and Utah and Philadelphia each held it to one. Even in the 7-6 win, the Sabres were playing a team that had allowed six, so a game that gets into the high scores needs both goalies to be shaky at once. At a plus price, we only need the UNDER to land a little less than half the time. The UNDER is the bet this afternoon on a Los Angeles offense that has scored only one goal in six of its last ten games.