Sabres vs. Senators Prediction, Odds & Stats - April 02, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Buffalo Sabres 50-23-8-1	0	1	0	+6
Ottawa Senators 44-27-10-1	0	1	3	-105

Date	Result	Competition
05/14/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 6 - 3	Atlantic
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
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
04/25/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) 4 - 2	Metropolitan
04/23/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) 2 - 1	Metropolitan
04/20/26	Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 2 - 3	Atlantic
04/18/26	Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 0 - 2	Atlantic
04/15/26	Toronto Maple Leafs TOR ( 32-36-10-4 ) Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) 1 - 3	Atlantic
04/12/26	Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) New Jersey Devils NJ ( 42-37-2-1 ) 3 - 4	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Buffalo Sabres BUF	+1.5 0	0	U+60
Ottawa Senators OTT	-1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	line	total
Opening 1 Apr 8:38pm	BUF		O +6.5 -110
Closing 3 Apr 1:27am	BUF		U +4.5 -160

Tim Stutzle Left Wing Buffalo	83	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Ottawa
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Ottawa	41	+ / -	22	Artem Zub Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Ottawa	272	Shots	221	Brady Tkachuk Left Wing Buffalo
Nick Cousins Center Buffalo	92	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Ottawa
Linus Ullmark Goaltender Buffalo	27	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Ottawa
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Ottawa	2.5	GAA	2.4	James Reimer Goaltender Buffalo

Tage Thompson Center Ottawa	11	Points	4	Drake Batherson Right Wing Buffalo
Josh Doan Right Wing Ottawa	5	+ / -	2	Jake Sanderson Defense Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Ottawa	38	Shots	11	Dylan Cozens Center Buffalo
Zach Benson Left Wing Ottawa	52	Penalty Mins	13	Brady Tkachuk Left Wing Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Ottawa	4	Wins	0	Michael Amadio Right Wing Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Ottawa	2.3	GAA	2.0	Linus Ullmark Goaltender Buffalo

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
Buffalo Sabres Buffalo Sabres	46	21	6-3-0-1	1L	38-28	865	24-10-4	22-11-4	30-28-8
Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators	38	26	6-3-1	1W	26-38	-952	18-11-5-1	20-15-4	34-26-4

date	home-away	ats	o/u	OTT:Shots	OTT:Goals	OTT:Assists	BUF:Shots	BUF:Goals	BUF:Assists
04/02/2026	OTT 4 - BUF 1	OTT	Under 6.5	24	4	5	22	1	2
12/23/2025	OTT 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	BUF	Under 6	26	2	3	25	3	6
10/15/2025	BUF 8 - OTT 4	BUF	Over 6	37	4	8	27	8	15
04/01/2025	OTT 2 - BUF 5	BUF	Over 6	22	5	8	35	2	3
03/25/2025	BUF 3 - OTT 2	BUF	Under 6	32	2	4	24	3	6
01/09/2025	OTT 0 - BUF 4	BUF	Under 6	21	4	6	35	0	0
11/05/2024	BUF 5 - OTT 1	BUF	Under 6	38	1	2	34	5	9
09/26/2024	OTT 2 - BUF 3 (OT)	BUF	Under 6	41	3	6	16	2	3
03/27/2024	BUF 2 - OTT 6	OTT	Over 6.5	42	6	11	36	2	3
01/11/2024	BUF 5 - OTT 3	BUF	Over 7	28	3	1	32	5	6
12/31/2023	OTT 5 - BUF 1	OTT	Under 7	46	1	1	31	5	7
10/24/2023	OTT 4 - BUF 6	BUF	Over 7	24	6	10	38	4	8
04/13/2023	BUF 4 - OTT 3	BUF	Under 7.5	33	3	5	36	4	8
01/01/2023	OTT 3 - BUF 1	OTT	Under 6.5	34	1	2	33	3	4
11/16/2022	OTT 4 - BUF 1	OTT	Under 7	30	1	2	40	4	7
10/13/2022	BUF 4 - OTT 1	BUF	Under 6.5	36	1	2	36	4	4
02/17/2022	BUF 1 - OTT 3	OTT	Under 6	28	3	5	24	1	2
01/25/2022	OTT 5 - BUF 0	OTT	Under 6.5	32	0	0	47	5	8
01/18/2022	OTT 1 - BUF 3	BUF	Under 6	32	3	4	44	1	2
02/18/2020	OTT 7 - BUF 4	OTT	Over 6	27	4	6	40	7	13

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	L	Over 6	26	6	12
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	W	Under 6.5	22	3	5
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	L	Over 6	28	2	3
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	L	Under 6	28	5	6
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

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/25/2026	OTT 2 - CAR 4	L	Under 6	27	2	4
04/23/2026	OTT 1 - CAR 2	L	Under 6	22	1	1
04/20/2026	CAR 3 - OTT 2	L	Under 6	49	3	5
04/18/2026	CAR 2 - OTT 0	L	Under 6	29	2	4
04/15/2026	OTT 3 - TOR 1	W	Under 6.5	38	3	6
04/12/2026	NJ 4 - OTT 3	L	Over 6	30	4	6
04/11/2026	NYI 0 - OTT 3	W	Under 6	23	0	0
04/09/2026	OTT 5 - FLA 1	W	Under 6.5	28	5	6
04/07/2026	OTT 6 - TB 2	W	Over 6.5	32	6	10
04/05/2026	OTT 6 - CAR 3	W	Over 6.5	31	6	9

Buffalo Sabres BUF Ottawa Senators OTT

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
3.0	6	Goals Per Game	11	1.3
3.0	7	Goals Against Per Game	6	2.8
29.2	5	Shots Per Game	10	27.5
27.3	6	Shots Against Per Game	15	33.8
10.3	7	Shooting %	15	4.5
11.0	9	Opponent Shooting %	2	8.1
1.91	5	Shot Differential Per Game	13	-6.25
10.3	7	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	15	4.5
.890	5	Save %	2	.920
.900	4	Opponent Save %	8	.950
16.6	4	Penalty Minutes Per Game	9	11.8
0.55	9	Power Play Goals Per Game	13	0.25
0.73	9	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	5	0.5
14.3	11	Power Play %	16	4.8
78.9	12	Penalty Kill %	6	86.7
1.89	6	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	11	1.73

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

Ottawa Senators OTT

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.35	8
Shots	28.91	9
Power Play (%)	24	8
Faceoff (%)	55	2
Penalty Mins	786	8

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

Ottawa Senators OTT

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.35	8
Shots	28.91	9
Power Play (%)	24	8
Faceoff (%)	55	2
Penalty Mins	786	8

Buffalo Sabres BUF

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Rasmus Dahlin (D)	Ques Fri	Undisclosed - 07 / 05 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
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)	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

Ottawa Senators OTT

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Jake Sanderson (D)	Ques Mon	Concussion - 24 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Artem Zub (D)	Out indefinitely	Undisclosed - 18 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Brady Tkachuk (LW)	Questionable	Undisclosed - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tyler Kleven (D)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 04 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Carter Yakemchuk (D)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 01 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Thomas Chabot (D)	Out indefinitely	Arm - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Lassi Thomson (D)	Ques Fri	Lower Body - 24 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Nick Jensen (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 13 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jake Sanderson (D)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 08 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tim Stutzle (LW)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 26 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Buffalo Sabres BUF

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Ottawa Senators OTT

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Buffalo Sabres BUF

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

Under is 4-0 in Sabres last 4 Thursday games.

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

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

Over is 7-2 in Sabres last 9 when their opponent allows 5 goals or more in their previous game.

Ottawa Senators OTT

Senators are 11-47 in their last 58 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 7-1-2 in Senators last 10 games as a home underdog.

Over is 22-8 in Senators last 30 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Over is 7-3-1 in Senators last 11 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Senators are 8-3 in their last 11 games playing on 1 days rest.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-35	44-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-35	44-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	34-41	37-34-4
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8

Buffalo Sabres

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Ottawa Senators

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

4.5

16.7

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )	L W L L W
Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 )	L L L W L

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

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

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Matchup

Tim Stutzle Left Wing Buffalo	83	Points	81	Tage Thompson Center Ottawa
Mattias Samuelsson Defense Ottawa	41	+ / -	22	Artem Zub Defense Buffalo
Tage Thompson Center Ottawa	272	Shots	221	Brady Tkachuk Left Wing Buffalo
Nick Cousins Center Buffalo	92	Penalty Mins	78	Peyton Krebs Center Ottawa
Linus Ullmark Goaltender Buffalo	27	Wins	22	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Ottawa
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen Goaltender Ottawa	2.5	GAA	2.4	James Reimer Goaltender Buffalo

Tage Thompson Center Ottawa	11	Points	4	Drake Batherson Right Wing Buffalo
Josh Doan Right Wing Ottawa	5	+ / -	2	Jake Sanderson Defense Buffalo
Rasmus Dahlin Defense Ottawa	38	Shots	11	Dylan Cozens Center Buffalo
Zach Benson Left Wing Ottawa	52	Penalty Mins	13	Brady Tkachuk Left Wing Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Ottawa	4	Wins	0	Michael Amadio Right Wing Buffalo
Alex Lyon Goaltender Ottawa	2.3	GAA	2.0	Linus Ullmark Goaltender Buffalo

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Buffalo Sabres vs. Ottawa Senators Prediction, NHL Odds

Injuries to Ottawa's two best defenders in Jake Sanderson and Thomas Chabot have clearly been a factor in the team's recent slide.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Buffalo Sabres BUF	50-23	49-35	44-34-6
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	50-26	45-33	42-32-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	48-24	49-35	44-34-6
Boston Bruins BOS	45-27	45-33	35-34-9
Ottawa Senators OTT	44-27	34-41	37-34-4
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-31	38-34	34-30-8
Florida Panthers FLA	40-38	38-34	34-30-8
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	32-36	30-41	40-23-8