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← Stats / UTA @ BUF

UTA @ BUF

Saturday, December 7, 2024 · 12:00 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season, L5 / L10 (— until the team has played that many), Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season). Every trend uses this season's games only — last season never counts. vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's starter from ESPN's probable-goalie report: Confirmed once the team or a beat reporter confirms it, Expected before that, refreshed every 30 minutes on game days. With no report yet it falls back to the team's most recent starter (Last start). After the game it shows the real starters from the box score. Injuries lists both teams' players on ESPN's injury report (Day-To-Day, Out, Injured Reserve) before puck drop. Head-to-head lists this season's earlier meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Utah Hockey Club
38-31-13 · Away
5 – 2
FINAL
Buffalo Sabres
36-39-7 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
UTA +100 · BUF -120
Puck Line
UTA +1.5 (-260) · BUF -1.5 (+185)
Total
O 6 (-110) · U (-110)

Graded: total 7 → OVER W · BUF -1.5 L

Betting Trends '24-25 only
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6
 UTAo6 45%
9-11-5
25%
1-3-1
38%
3-5-2
42%
5-7-2
—42%
10-14-1
BUFo6 55%
12-10-4
40%
2-3
44%
4-5-1
62%
8-5-2
—55%
12-10-4
Puck Line
cover %
 UTA+1.5 72%
18-7
100%
5-0
80%
8-2
79%
11-3
—+2.55u
15-10
BUF-1.5 27%
7-19
0%
0-5
10%
1-9
27%
4-11
—-2.32u
14-12
Moneyline
win %
 UTA dog +100 40%
10-15
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
43%
6-8
—-4.00u
5-11
BUF fav -120 42%
11-15
0%
0-5
40%
4-6
40%
6-9
—+0.87u
6-3
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-130/u+100 FD 1.5 o-118/u-108 UTA 72%
18-7
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
64%
9-5
—56%
14-11
 1.56 0.96 / 0.60
BUF 81%
21-5
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
87%
13-2
—58%
15-11
 1.69 1.00 / 0.69
2nd Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-175/u+135 FD 1.5 o-174/u+136 UTA 96%
24-1
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
100%
14-0
—68%
17-8
 2.08 0.76 / 1.32
BUF 92%
24-2
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
93%
14-1
—65%
17-9
 2.12 0.88 / 1.23
3rd Period
over 0.5
 FD 2.5 o+154/u-200 UTA 88%
22-3
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
86%
12-2
—33%
6-12
 1.84 0.92 / 0.92
BUF 85%
22-4
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
87%
13-2
—39%
7-11
 2.08 1.00 / 1.08
Team Comparison '24-25
UTABUF
Record (W-L-OTL)38-31-1336-39-7
Points %54.3%48.2%
Goals for / game2.943.28
Goals against / game3.063.52
Shots for / game28.527.8
Shots against / game27.728.9
Power play %24.2%18.8%
Penalty kill %79.3%76.3%
Faceoff %51.5%47.7%
1st period GF / GA0.82 / 0.711.12 / 0.83
2nd period GF / GA1.04 / 1.121.02 / 1.30
3rd period GF / GA0.99 / 1.071.05 / 1.30
Avg game total6.006.80
Starting Goalies from the box score
23 saves on 25 shots · 2 GA · W
23 saves on 28 shots · 5 GA · L
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
UTA0320280/0
BUF1010250/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
UTAPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Jack McBain G 0.5
o+425
 32% 50% — 1 O
Mikhail Sergachev G 0.5
o+450
 24% 40% — 1 O
Logan Cooley G 0.5
o+260
 24% 40% — 0 U
Nick Bjugstad G 0.5
o+350
 18% 30% — 0 U
Alexander Kerfoot G 0.5
o+425
 20% 30% — 0 U
Nick Schmaltz G 0.5
o+260
 8% 20% — 1 O
Dylan Guenther G 0.5
o+195
 28% 20% — 0 U
Lawson Crouse G 0.5
o+400
 16% 10% — 0 U
Clayton Keller G 0.5
o+195
 24% 10% — 0 U
Michael Carcone G 0.5
o+375
 7% 10% — 0 U
Ian Cole G 0.5
o+1200
 4% 0% — 0 U
Robert Bortuzzo G 0.5
o+2000
 0% 0% — 0 U
Olli Maatta G 0.5
o+1300
 0% 0% — 0 U
Kevin Stenlund G 0.5
o+650
 4% 0% — 1 O
Juuso Välimäki G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% — 0 U
Barrett Hayton G 0.5
o+400
 20% 0% — 0 U
Michael Kesselring G 0.5
o+800
 12% 0% — 1 O
Matias Maccelli G 0.5
o+425
 8% 0% — 0 U
Clayton Keller PTS 0.5
o-170 / u+125
 64% 60% — 1 O
Mikhail Sergachev PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 52% 60% — 1 O
Dylan Guenther PTS 0.5
o-140 / u+105
 56% 60% — 1 O
Logan Cooley PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 56% 60% — 1 O
Nick Schmaltz PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 52% 50% — 1 O
Clayton Keller A 0.5
o+120 / u-155
 48% 60% — 1 O
Dylan Guenther A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 40% 60% — 1 O
Logan Cooley A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 44% 40% — 1 O
Nick Schmaltz A 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 44% 30% — 0 U
Mikhail Sergachev A 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 32% 20% — 0 U
Logan Cooley SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 72% 80% — 0 U
Nick Schmaltz SOG 1.5
o-200 / u+150
 64% 70% — 5 O
Mikhail Sergachev SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+125
 44% 50% — 3 O
Dylan Guenther SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 52% 40% — 1 U
Clayton Keller SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 48% 30% — 1 U
Karel Vejmelka SV 25.5
o-125 / u-105
 55% 50% — 23 U
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+110
 57% 60% — 0 U
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+185
 31% 40% — 0 U
Dylan Cozens G 0.5
o+230
 23% 30% — 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+260
 19% 20% — 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+475
 23% 20% — 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+750
 8% 10% — 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+525
 12% 10% — 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+600
 12% 10% — 0 U
JJ Peterka G 0.5
o+180
 25% 10% — 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+400
 12% 10% — 1 O
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+375
 15% 10% — 0 U
Connor Clifton G 0.5
o+1300
 0% 0% — 0 U
Nicolas Aube-Kubel G 0.5
o+750
 0% 0% — 0 U
Henri Jokiharju G 0.5
o+1100
 5% 0% — 0 U
Jacob Bryson G 0.5
o+1750
 0% 0% — 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+600
 12% 0% — 0 U
Dennis Gilbert G 0.5
o+2000
 0% — — 0 U
Tyson Kozak G 0.5
o+600
 0% — — 1 O
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-185 / u+135
 69% 80% — 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-240 / u+170
 71% 60% — 0 U
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 54% 50% — 1 O
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-155
 42% 40% — 0 U
Dylan Cozens PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-120
 39% 40% — 0 U
JJ Peterka PTS 0.5
o-140 / u+105
 54% 30% — 0 U
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 42% 20% — 1 O
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 54% 60% — 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+160 / u-210
 39% 30% — 1 O
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 31% 30% — 0 U
Dylan Cozens A 0.5
o+185 / u-250
 23% 20% — 0 U
JJ Peterka A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 38% 20% — 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+125 / u-170
 31% 20% — 1 O
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+120 / u-160
 33% 10% — 0 U
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-175 / u+130
 77% 80% — 2 O
Tage Thompson SOG 3.5
o-130 / u-105
 38% 60% — 1 U
Dylan Cozens SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 50% 50% — 0 U
Jason Zucker SOG 2.5
o+120 / u-155
 19% 40% — 3 O
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o-125 / u-105
 46% 40% — 2 U
JJ Peterka SOG 2.5
o-120 / u-110
 46% 40% — 2 U
Owen Power SOG 1.5
o-125 / u-105
 50% 40% — 4 O
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SV 25.5
o-110 / u-120
 44% 40% — 23 U
Head-to-Head last 0 meetings

No earlier meetings this season.