Sabres vs. Predators Prediction, Odds & Stats - January 20, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	3	1	1	+7.5
Nashville Predators 38-34-8-2	0	2	1	+875

Date	Result	Competition
05/06/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic
05/01/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 4 - 1	Atlantic
04/28/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
04/26/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 6 - 1	Atlantic
04/23/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) 3 - 1	Atlantic
04/21/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 4 - 2	Atlantic
04/16/26	Anaheim Ducks ANA ( 43-33-6 ) Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 ) 5 - 4	Pacific
04/13/26	San Jose Sharks SJ ( 39-35-6-2 ) Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 ) 3 - 2	Pacific
04/11/26	Minnesota Wild MIN ( 46-24-7-5 ) Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 ) 1 - 2	Central
04/09/26	Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 ) Utah Mammoth UTAH ( 43-33-6 ) 1 - 4	Central
04/07/26	Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 ) Anaheim Ducks ANA ( 43-33-6 ) 5 - 0	Central
04/06/26	Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 ) Los Angeles Kings LA ( 35-27-11-9 ) 2 - 2	Central

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-2.5 -102	+875	U+7.50
Nashville Predators NAS	+2.5 -130	-2000	O+7.50

time	fav	line	total
Opening 19 Jan 4:41pm	BUF		O +6 -125
Closing 21 Jan 3:19am	BUF		O +7.5 -102

Tage Thompson Center Nashville	81	Points	75	Filip Forsberg Left Wing Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Nashville	41	+ / -	8	Ryan O'Reilly Center Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Nashville	272	Shots	246	Filip Forsberg Left Wing Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center Nashville	78	Penalty Mins	64	Erik Haula Left Wing Buffalo
Juuse Saros Goaltender Buffalo	28	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Nashville
Justus Annunen Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Nashville

Tage Thompson Center Nashville	7	Points
Bowen Byram Defense Nashville	7	+ / -
Tage Thompson Center Nashville	26	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing Nashville	28	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Nashville	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Nashville	1.3	GAA

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	26	17	6-3-0-1	1L	26-22	25	16-6-3	10-11-2	22-18-8
Nashville Predators Nashville Predators	23	21	4-5-0-1	2L	26-22	-155	13-10-2	10-11-2	23-22-3

date	home-away	ats	o/u	NAS:Shots	NAS:Goals	NAS:Assists	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists
03/07/2026	BUF 3 - NAS 2	BUF	Over 0	25	2	4	24	3	5
01/20/2026	NAS 3 - BUF 5	BUF	Over 6.5	34	3	5	33	5	8
02/08/2025	NAS 6 - BUF 4	NAS	Over 6.5	29	4	8	23	6	8
01/31/2025	BUF 4 - NAS 3	BUF	Over 6.5	31	3	6	27	4	7
03/07/2024	NAS 4 - BUF 2	NAS	Under 6.5	28	2	3	24	4	8
12/03/2023	BUF 1 - NAS 2	NAS	Under 6.5	29	2	2	35	1	0
03/21/2023	BUF 3 - NAS 7	NAS	Over 6.5	27	7	9	31	3	5
01/14/2023	NAS 3 - BUF 5	BUF	Over 6.5	33	5	8	41	3	6
04/01/2022	BUF 4 - NAS 3	BUF	Over 6	25	3	6	35	4	7
01/13/2022	NAS 1 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 5.5	21	4	6	30	1	2
01/18/2020	NAS 2 - BUF 1	NAS	Under 6	31	1	2	37	2	3
12/12/2019	BUF 4 - NAS 3	BUF	Over 6	39	3	4	32	4	7
04/02/2019	BUF 2 - NAS 3	NAS	Under 5.5	35	3	4	28	2	4
12/03/2018	NAS 2 - BUF 1	NAS	Under 5.5	22	1	0	25	2	4
03/31/2018	NAS 4 - BUF 7	BUF	Over 5.5	36	7	13	36	4	8
03/19/2018	BUF 0 - NAS 4	NAS	Under 6	32	4	8	35	0	0

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	W	Under 6	28	2	3
05/01/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 4	W	Under 5.5	26	4	7
04/28/2026	BUF 1 - BOS 2 (OT)	L	Under 6	29	2	1
04/26/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 6	W	Over 6	35	6	10
04/23/2026	BOS 1 - BUF 3	W	Under 6	28	3	5
04/21/2026	BUF 2 - BOS 4	L	Under 6	26	4	8
04/19/2026	BUF 4 - BOS 3	W	Over 6	20	3	6
04/15/2026	BUF 3 - DAL 3	W	Under 6	28	3	4
04/13/2026	CHI 1 - BUF 5	W	Under 6.5	26	5	8
04/09/2026	BUF 5 - CLB 0	W	Under 6	37	0	0

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/16/2026	NAS 4 - ANA 5	L	Over 6.5	21	4	7
04/13/2026	NAS 2 - SJ 3	L	Under 6.5	28	2	4
04/11/2026	NAS 2 - MIN 1	W	Under 6.5	22	2	4
04/09/2026	UTAH 4 - NAS 1	L	Under 6.5	27	4	8
04/07/2026	ANA 0 - NAS 5	W	Under 6.5	43	0	0
04/06/2026	LA 2 - NAS 2	W	Under 6	28	2	1
04/04/2026	SJ 3 - NAS 6	W	Over 6.5	27	3	4
04/02/2026	LA 4 - NAS 4	W	Over 5.5	33	4	7
03/29/2026	TB 3 - NAS 2	L	Under 6.5	28	3	5
03/28/2026	NAS 1 - MON 4	L	Under 6.5	24	1	2

Buffalo Sabres BUF Nashville Predators NAS

avg	rank	edge in	rank
3.4	5	Goals Per Game	1
2.0	2	Goals Against Per Game	1
29.4	6	Shots Per Game	1
25.6	2	Shots Against Per Game	1
11.7	4	Shooting %	1
7.8	4	Opponent Shooting %	1
3.86	4	Shot Differential Per Game	1
11.7	4	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	1
.920	2	Save %	1
.880	2	Opponent Save %	1
13.9	5	Penalty Minutes Per Game	1
0.43	8	Power Play Goals Per Game	1
0.43	5	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	1
11.1	13	Power Play %	1
83.3	10	Penalty Kill %	1
1.9	5	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	1

offence

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Nashville Predators NAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.95	20
Shots	27.87	19
Power Play (%)	23	11
Faceoff (%)	50	16
Penalty Mins	715	15

defence

Buffalo Sabres BUF

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.45	5
Shots	28.12	13
Power Play (%)	20	18
Faceoff (%)	46	31
Penalty Mins	797	7

Nashville Predators NAS

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.95	20
Shots	27.87	19
Power Play (%)	23	11
Faceoff (%)	50	16
Penalty Mins	715	15

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 30 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 29 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jason Zucker (LW)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyson Kozak (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 27 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Norris (C)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 23 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alex Lyon (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 08 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Sam Carrick (C)	Ques Fri	Arm - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Ostlund (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 27 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mattias Samuelsson (D)	Ques Wed	Illness - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Colten Ellis (G)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 13 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Nashville Predators NAS

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Roman Josi (D)	Ques Sat	Upper Body - 10 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nicolas Hague (D)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 05 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Juuse Saros (G)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 20 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ryan O'Reilly (C)	Ques Sat	Face - 05 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Adam Wilsby (D)	Ques Sun	Lower Body - 01 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Fedor Svechkov (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 28 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nicolas Hague (D)	Ques Wed	Lower Body - 24 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Adam Wilsby (D)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 15 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nicolas Hague (D)	Ques Fri	Illness - 14 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonathan Marchessault (RW)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 19 / 12 / 25	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

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Nashville Predators NAS

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

Over is 4-0 in Sabres last 4 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Sabres are 6-1 in their last 7 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Over is 39-16-6 in Sabres last 61 vs. a team with a losing record.

Over is 32-13-6 in Sabres last 51 games as a favorite.

Sabres are 37-112 in their last 149 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Nashville Predators NAS

Over is 8-2-1 in Predators last 11 Tuesday games.

Predators are 7-1 in their last 8 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Under is 3-1-1 in Predators last 5 games as a favorite.

Predators are 11-28 in their last 39 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 7-3 in Predators last 10 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	50-31	37-37-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	46-33	35-35-9
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	46-33	35-35-9
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	50-31	37-37-7
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	41-40	46-30-5
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	31-47	39-35-4
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	41-40	46-30-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	36-44	43-29-8
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	36-44	43-29-8
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	40-30	30-36-4
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Nashville Predators

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

15.2

8.8

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	W W L W W
Nashville Predators NAS ( 38-34-8-2 )	L W L W L

05/08/26

7:00 pm ET

Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )

Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )

vs
Matchup

Tage Thompson Center Nashville	81	Points	75	Filip Forsberg Left Wing Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Nashville	41	+ / -	8	Ryan O'Reilly Center Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Nashville	272	Shots	246	Filip Forsberg Left Wing Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center Nashville	78	Penalty Mins	64	Erik Haula Left Wing Buffalo
Juuse Saros Goaltender Buffalo	28	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Nashville
Justus Annunen Goaltender Buffalo	2.7	GAA	2.5	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Nashville

Tage Thompson Center Nashville	7	Points
Bowen Byram Defense Nashville	7	+ / -
Tage Thompson Center Nashville	26	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing Nashville	28	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Nashville	4	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender Nashville	1.3	GAA

nhl Standings Complete BUF Standings

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	53-22	50-31	37-37-7
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	46-33	35-35-9
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	46-33	35-35-9
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	30-43	37-31-5
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	41-25	46-30	38-30-8
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	43-27	50-31	37-37-7
Washington Capitals WAS	43-30	39-33	34-31-7
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	40-30	39-33	34-31-7
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	43-34	27-42	37-27-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	42-37	28-44	31-37-4
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	34-39	35-35	30-38-2

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Colorado Avalanche COL	55-16	41-40	46-30-5
Dallas Stars DAL	50-20	31-47	39-35-4
Minnesota Wild MIN	46-24	41-40	46-30-5
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	39-26	36-44	43-29-8
Edmonton Oilers EDM	41-30	35-43	42-27-9
Utah Mammoth UTAH	43-33	30-47	37-33-7
Anaheim Ducks ANA	43-33	36-44	43-29-8
Los Angeles Kings LA	35-27	39-36	29-36-10
San Jose Sharks SJ	39-35	45-29	34-31-9
St. Louis Blues STL	37-33	37-33	31-35-4
Nashville Predators NAS	38-34	40-30	30-36-4
Winnipeg Jets WIN	35-35	45-29	34-31-9
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-37	44-27	29-35-7
Calgary Flames CAL	34-39	23-48	31-38-2
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	29-39	45-28	33-31-9
Vancouver Canucks VAN	25-49	31-40	39-25-7