Buffalo at Ottawa

Buffalo has now lost seven in a row and look to avenge a 3-5 home loss to Ottawa on January 4th. Against this Ottawa defense that's alllowing 3.2 per game at home (and 4.4 per game over their last five), we look for Buffalo's offense to break out of their slump. Ottawa can certainly score but getting this kind of line on the better defense is what we like about this game. And, Buffalo is 18-10 the past two seasons on the road vs. high-scoring opponents (2.9+ goals per game). The Sabres are also 13-4 in their last 17 road games coming off two straight road losses. They rarely lose that third one. Finally, backing teams off a close 1-goal road loss vs. a team off a close 1-goal home win has produced 60% winners the past five seasons.