Sabres vs. Rangers Prediction, Odds & Stats - April 08, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	2	0	3	+4.5
New York Rangers 34-39-8-1	1	2	0	-135

Date	Result	Competition
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
04/19/26	Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 4	Atlantic
04/15/26	Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 3	Central
04/15/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 4 - 2	Metropolitan
04/13/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Florida Panthers FLA ( 40-38-2-2 ) 2 - 3	Metropolitan
04/11/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 0 - 2	Metropolitan
04/05/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) 1 - 8	Metropolitan
04/04/26	Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-31-6-4 ) NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) 1 - 4	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Buffalo Sabres BUF	-1.5 0	0	U+4.50
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	+1.5 0	0	O+4.50

time	fav	line	total
Opening 7 Apr 6:30pm	BUF		O +6 -118
Closing 9 Apr 1:28am	BUF		O +8.5 -185

Tage Thompson Center NY Rangers	81	Points	78	Mika Zibanejad Center Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense NY Rangers	41	+ / -	5	Adam Fox Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center NY Rangers	272	Shots	215	Mika Zibanejad Center Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center NY Rangers	78	Penalty Mins	65	Will Cuylle Left Wing Buffalo
Igor Shesterkin Goaltender Buffalo	25	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Rangers
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Rangers	2.5	GAA	1.6	Dylan Garand Goaltender Buffalo

Alex Tuch Right Wing NY Rangers	6	Points
Peyton Krebs Center NY Rangers	6	+ / -
Tage Thompson Center NY Rangers	21	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing NY Rangers	26	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Rangers	2	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Rangers	1.2	GAA

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	47	23	6-3-0-1	1L	39-30	615	25-10-4	22-13-4	31-30-8
NY Rangers Rangers NY Rangers Rangers	33	36	6-4-0	1W	35-32	-518	14-19-6-1	19-17-2	29-36-2

date	home-away	ats	o/u	NYR:Shots	NYR:Goals	NYR:Assists	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists
04/08/2026	NYR 3 - BUF 5	BUF	Over 6.5	20	3	5	27	5	9
01/08/2026	NYR 2 - BUF 5	BUF	Over 6	32	2	3	21	5	7
10/09/2025	BUF 0 - NYR 4	NYR	Under 6	33	4	7	37	0	0
02/22/2025	BUF 8 - NYR 2	BUF	Over 6.5	28	2	4	33	8	12
12/11/2024	BUF 2 - NYR 3	NYR	Under 6	28	3	5	31	2	4
11/07/2024	NYR 1 - BUF 6	BUF	Over 6.5	22	6	11	26	1	2
12/23/2023	NYR 4 - BUF 3	NYR	Over 6.5	30	3	4	33	4	7
11/27/2023	NYR 1 - BUF 5	BUF	Under 6	39	5	9	26	1	2
10/12/2023	BUF 1 - NYR 5	NYR	Under 6.5	31	5	8	25	1	2
04/10/2023	NYR 2 - BUF 2	BUF	Under 6.5	39	2	3	28	2	3
03/31/2023	BUF 3 - NYR 2	BUF	Under 6.5	33	2	4	34	3	6
03/11/2023	BUF 1 - NYR 2 (OT)	NYR	Under 6.5	26	2	4	33	1	2
03/27/2022	NYR 5 - BUF 4	NYR	Over 6	17	4	8	31	5	7
12/10/2021	BUF 1 - NYR 2	NYR	Under 6	31	2	4	37	1	2
11/21/2021	NYR 5 - BUF 4	NYR	Over 6	22	4	6	36	5	10
04/27/2021	NYR 3 - BUF 1	NYR	Under 6.5	37	1	1	41	3	4
04/25/2021	NYR 6 - BUF 3	NYR	Over 6	34	3	5	29	6	11
04/03/2021	BUF 2 - NYR 2	BUF	Under 5.5	30	2	4	29	2	4
04/01/2021	BUF 2 - NYR 3 (OT)	NYR	Under 6	47	3	6	23	2	4
03/22/2021	NYR 5 - BUF 3	NYR	Over 5.5	19	3	4	40	5	9

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
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
04/08/2026	NYR 3 - BUF 5	W	Over 6.5	27	5	9
04/06/2026	BUF 4 - TB 2	W	Under 6.5	25	2	4

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/15/2026	TB 2 - NYR 4	W	Under 6.5	31	2	4
04/13/2026	FLA 3 - NYR 2	L	Under 6	16	3	4
04/11/2026	DAL 2 - NYR 0	L	Under 6	19	2	4
04/08/2026	NYR 3 - BUF 5	L	Over 6.5	20	3	5
04/05/2026	NYR 8 - WAS 1	W	Over 6	33	8	14
04/04/2026	NYR 4 - DET 1	W	Under 6.5	20	4	8
04/02/2026	NYR 2 - MON 3	L	Under 6.5	24	2	4
03/31/2026	NYR 4 - NJ 1	W	Under 6.5	23	4	7
03/29/2026	NYR 3 - FLA 1	W	Under 6	22	3	4
03/27/2026	NYR 6 - CHI 1	W	Over 6	39	6	11

Buffalo Sabres BUF NY Rangers Rangers NYR

avg	rank	edge in	rank
3.2	7	Goals Per Game	1
2.2	3	Goals Against Per Game	1
32.8	2	Shots Per Game	1
25.0	2	Shots Against Per Game	1
9.8	9	Shooting %	1
8.8	5	Opponent Shooting %	1
7.8	1	Shot Differential Per Game	1
9.8	9	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	1
.910	4	Save %	1
.900	4	Opponent Save %	1
18.2	2	Penalty Minutes Per Game	1
0.2	12	Power Play Goals Per Game	1
0.4	4	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	1
5.0	15	Power Play %	1
87.5	6	Penalty Kill %	1
1.98	4	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

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.87	23
Shots	25.2	31
Power Play (%)	25	6
Faceoff (%)	55	1
Penalty Mins	667	20

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

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.87	23
Shots	25.2	31
Power Play (%)	25	6
Faceoff (%)	55	1
Penalty Mins	667	20

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Logan Stanley (D)	Ques Fri	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)	Out indefinitely	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

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Jonathan Quick (G)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 21 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Urho Vaakanainen (D)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 18 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Laba (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 18 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Taylor Raddysh (RW)	Ques Sat	Personal - 08 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
J.T. Miller (LW)	Out Indefinitely	Upper Body - 08 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mika Zibanejad (C)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 25 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Matt Rempe (C)	out for season	Thumb - 20 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Laba (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 02 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexis Lafreniere (LW)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 07 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Igor Shesterkin (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 06 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

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NY Rangers Rangers NYR

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

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

Over is 7-2-3 in Sabres last 12 Wednesday games.

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

Under is 6-0 in Sabres last 6 vs. a team with a losing record.

Over is 4-1 in Sabres last 5 games as a favorite.

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

Rangers are 3-7 in their last 10 after scoring 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Over is 4-0 in Rangers last 4 Wednesday games.

Under is 11-5-1 in Rangers last 17 games as a favorite.

Under is 24-7-1 in Rangers last 32 games as a home underdog.

Under is 6-1 in Rangers last 7 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Buffalo Sabres

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

New York Rangers

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

18.5

15.0

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	L W W L W
NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 )	L L L W W

05/01/26

7:30 pm ET

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

Boston Bruins BOS ( 45-27-7-3 )

vs
Matchup

Tage Thompson Center NY Rangers	81	Points	78	Mika Zibanejad Center Buffalo
Mattias Samuelsson Defense NY Rangers	41	+ / -	5	Adam Fox Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center NY Rangers	272	Shots	215	Mika Zibanejad Center Buffalo
Peyton Krebs Center NY Rangers	78	Penalty Mins	65	Will Cuylle Left Wing Buffalo
Igor Shesterkin Goaltender Buffalo	25	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Rangers
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender NY Rangers	2.5	GAA	1.6	Dylan Garand Goaltender Buffalo

Alex Tuch Right Wing NY Rangers	6	Points
Peyton Krebs Center NY Rangers	6	+ / -
Tage Thompson Center NY Rangers	21	Shots	Did not qualify
Zach Benson Left Wing NY Rangers	26	Penalty Mins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Rangers	2	Wins
Alex Lyon Goaltender NY Rangers	1.2	GAA