Penguins vs Sabres Odds, Picks and Prediction for Wednesday (Mar 23)

• The Pittsburgh Penguins visit the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday, March 23rd
• The Penguins are listed as heavy road favorites in the Wednesday NHL odds
• Read below for Penguins vs Sabres odds, picks, and prediction

The Pittsburgh Penguins play their second game on consecutive nights when they travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres. The faceoff is scheduled to go at 7:30 pm ET from the KeyBank Center where the Sabres have won their last two games outright as home underdogs, a situation they find themselves in again against the Penguins. Pittsburgh are listed as strong road favorites in the Penguins vs Sabres odds.

Buffalo is well rested, as they haven’t played since an overtime victory on Sunday against Vancouver. Let’s take a look at the Wednesday NHL odds and find the NHL best bet for Wednesday’s contest.

Penguins vs Sabres Odds

Odds as of March 22nd at Barstool Sportsbook

Pennsylvania sports betting apps have this total at 6 goals. With odds of -225 on the moneyline, the Penguins have an implied win probability of 69.23%.

Penguins Listed as Road Favorites in Wednesday NHL Odds

The Penguins bided their time, but came in at the last minute with a big deal before the trade deadline on Monday, acquiring winger Rickard Rakell from the Mighty Ducks, as they look to improve their Stanley Cup odds. The two-time 30-goal scorer made his Penguins debut in a victory against Columbus Tuesday night

Pittsburgh has acquired two-time 30-goal scorer Rickard Rakell from the Anaheim Ducks.

Since his first full NHL season in 2014-15, no Ducks player has scored more goals than Rakell's 154. pic.twitter.com/1g1Mv3w4Eu

— Penguins PR (@PenguinsPR) March 21, 2022

Pittsburgh’s dynamic duo down the middle of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin aren’t contenders in the Hart Trophy odds this year as they get up their in age, but they do have Pittsburgh trending in the right direction as we come down the home stretch of the NHL season. Pittsburgh has won five of its last six games and is doing it with a strict defensive approach, especially on the road.

The Penguins are fourth in the league in goals against per game and have gone under the goals total in eight of their last nine road games.

Buffalo Sabres Recent Betting Value as Home Underdog

As one of the NHL’s bottom feeders and a team whose NHL Playoff odds are almost non-existent, the Sabres are used to being overlooked, but they’ve made a number of squads pay for that miscalculation of late, especially at the KeyBank Center.

They defeated the Maple Leafs and Golden Knights in their last two home games, and overall, Buffalo is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games a home underdog. After a terrible finish to the month in February, losing six in a row, the Sabres have turned things around this month, with a record of 6-3-0 so far in March.

Rasmus Dahlin cuts to the middle and lets it fly for the @TwistedTea winner! 👏 pic.twitter.com/978nMzOBCY

— NHL (@NHL) March 21, 2022

Craig Anderson is expected to get the call between the pipes for the Sabres after stopping 30 shots in the Sabres 3-2 victory over Vancouver on Sunday. There was some speculation the 40-year old netminder would be traded before the deadline, but he ended up staying put in Buffalo. He’s given up two or fewer goals in three of his last four starts, and the under is 6-2-1 in the Sabres last nine games when playing on two days rest.

These teams have already played each other twice this season, with one win apiece.

Penguins vs Sabres Recent Results

Overall, the Penguins are 20-6 in the last 26 meetings in Buffalo. This is one of the reasons why New York online sports betting markets are making the Sabres such heavy home underdogs.

Penguins vs Sabres Pick & Prediction

Although the Pens may have some tired legs playing the second end of a back-to-back, they are battling for playoff positioning in a very tight Metropolitan Division and can’t afford to squander points against teams who are far below them in the standings like the Sabres.

Two Penguins goals in 36 seconds? You know it. pic.twitter.com/xLdcJYbl1c

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) March 23, 2022

While a victory for Pittsburgh is likely, it feels like goals will be hard to come by in this matchup. On top of some of the recent statistics we’ve already pointed out, the under is 5-0 in Penguins last five games as a road favorite.

In the Wednesday NHL odds, the trends point to the Penguins emerging with a tight victory in a low-scoring affair, so take under 6 at -117 in the Penguins vs Sabres odds at Barstool Sportsbook.

Pick: Under 6 (-117) at Barstool Sportsbook App