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BUF @ BOS

Saturday, December 21, 2024 · 6:00 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 (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). 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 recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Buffalo Sabres
36-39-7 · Away
1 – 3
FINAL
Boston Bruins
33-39-10 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF +150 · BOS -180
Puck Line
BUF +1.5 (-165) · BOS -1.5 (+125)
Total
O 6 (-115) · U (-105)

Graded: total 4 → OVER L · BOS -1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6
 BUFo6 61%
17-11-5
75%
3-1-1
67%
6-3-1
55%
6-5-3
33%
1-2
61%
17-11-5
BOSo6 47%
14-16-4
67%
2-1-2
57%
4-3-3
44%
7-9-1
33%
1-2
52%
17-16-1
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF+1.5 61%
20-13
20%
1-4
40%
4-6
50%
7-7
33%
1-2
-7.82u
15-18
BOS-1.5 24%
8-26
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
18%
3-14
67%
2-1
-15.20u
10-24
Moneyline
win %
 BUF dog +150 33%
11-22
0%
0-5
0%
0-10
36%
5-9
33%
1-2
-9.65u
5-16
BOS fav -180 50%
17-17
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
53%
9-8
67%
2-1
-1.94u
13-10
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-135/u+105 FD 1.5 o-128/u+102 BUF 85%
28-5
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
79%
11-3
67%
2-1
61%
20-13
 1.82 1.00 / 0.82
BOS 74%
25-9
80%
4-1
90%
9-1
71%
12-5
67%
2-1
62%
21-13
 1.82 0.85 / 0.97
2nd Period
over 0.5
 DK 2.5 o+150/u-195 FD 1.5 o-192/u+150 BUF 91%
30-3
80%
4-1
90%
9-1
93%
13-1
100%
3-0
67%
22-11
 2.33 0.91 / 1.42
BOS 88%
30-4
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
82%
14-3
100%
3-0
59%
20-14
 1.91 0.91 / 1.00
3rd Period
over 0.5
 FD 2.5 o+150/u-192 BUF 85%
28-5
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
79%
11-3
100%
3-0
36%
9-16
 2.06 0.91 / 1.15
BOS 85%
29-5
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
71%
12-5
100%
3-0
37%
10-17
 1.71 0.65 / 1.06
Team Comparison '24-25
BUFBOS
Record (W-L-OTL)36-39-733-39-10
Points %48.2%46.3%
Goals for / game3.282.71
Goals against / game3.523.32
Shots for / game27.826.5
Shots against / game28.928.6
Power play %18.8%15.2%
Penalty kill %76.3%76.3%
Faceoff %47.7%51.8%
1st period GF / GA1.12 / 0.830.83 / 0.87
2nd period GF / GA1.02 / 1.300.87 / 1.11
3rd period GF / GA1.05 / 1.300.93 / 1.22
Avg game total6.806.02
Starting Goalies from the box score
BUF · James Reimer
16 saves on 18 shots · 2 GA · L
19 saves on 20 shots · 1 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF0100201/3
BOS1020191/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+180
 50% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+325
 21% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Dylan Cozens G 0.5
o+275
 21% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
JJ Peterka G 0.5
o+260
 23% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Owen Power G 0.5
o+650
 15% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+375
 17% 20% — 0 U
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+275
 27% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+800
 6% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1200
 11% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+425
 15% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Connor Clifton G 0.5
o+1750
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Sam Lafferty G 0.5
o+900
 4% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+550
 18% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+650
 9% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+700
 9% 0% — 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 68% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 52% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Dylan Cozens PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 39% 50% 67%2/3 0 U
JJ Peterka PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 55% 50% 67%2/3 1 O
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 30% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 58% 30% 0%0/1 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 36% 40% 50%1/2 1 O
JJ Peterka A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 42% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Dylan Cozens A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 24% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+325 / u-500
 19% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 42% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+195 / u-275
 32% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 78% 90% — 2 O
Jason Zucker SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+135
 55% 70% 100%2/2 1 U
Tage Thompson SOG 2.5
o-170 / u+130
 54% 40% 0%0/2 2 U
Dylan Cozens SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 42% 30% 33%1/3 1 U
JJ Peterka SOG 2.5
o+120 / u-160
 39% 20% 67%2/3 4 O
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o+115 / u-155
 36% 10% 0%0/1 2 U
BOSPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Brad Marchand G 0.5
o+165
 32% 40% 33%1/3 1 O
David Pastrnak G 0.5
o+110
 35% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Pavel Zacha G 0.5
o+220
 21% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Morgan Geekie G 0.5
o+240
 17% 30% 50%1/2 1 O
Charlie Coyle G 0.5
o+325
 18% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Elias Lindholm G 0.5
o+250
 15% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Nikita Zadorov G 0.5
o+800
 6% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Charlie McAvoy G 0.5
o+475
 12% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Trent Frederic G 0.5
o+350
 9% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Justin Brazeau G 0.5
o+325
 19% 10% — 0 U
Mark Kastelic G 0.5
o+550
 9% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Oliver Wahlstrom G 0.5
o+450
 7% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Cole Koepke G 0.5
o+600
 16% 10% — 0 U
Jordan Oesterle G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% — 0 U
Brandon Carlo G 0.5
o+1100
 3% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Andrew Peeke G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
John Beecher G 0.5
o+700
 6% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Mason Lohrei G 0.5
o+1000
 3% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Brad Marchand PTS 0.5
o-170 / u+125
 65% 80% 100%3/3 1 O
Charlie McAvoy PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 32% 50% 67%2/3 1 O
Morgan Geekie PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 35% 50% 50%1/2 1 O
Pavel Zacha PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 32% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Charlie Coyle PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 24% 30% 33%1/3 1 O
Elias Lindholm PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 35% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
David Pastrnak PTS 1.5
o+160 / u-220
 24% 20% 33%1/3 2 O
Brad Marchand A 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 38% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
David Pastrnak A 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 41% 40% 67%2/3 2 O
Charlie McAvoy A 0.5
o+135 / u-185
 27% 40% 67%2/3 1 O
Morgan Geekie A 0.5
o+225 / u-325
 21% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Elias Lindholm A 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 27% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Pavel Zacha A 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 21% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Charlie Coyle A 0.5
o+220 / u-325
 6% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Charlie McAvoy SOG 1.5
o-145 / u+110
 71% 100% 0%0/3 0 U
Morgan Geekie SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 66% 80% 50%1/2 2 O
Brad Marchand SOG 2.5
o-135 / u+105
 65% 70% 67%2/3 1 U
David Pastrnak SOG 3.5
o-160 / u+120
 59% 70% 33%1/3 3 U
Pavel Zacha SOG 1.5
o-185 / u+140
 68% 70% 67%2/3 1 U
Elias Lindholm SOG 1.5
o-185 / u+135
 41% 40% 50%1/2 2 O
Joonas Korpisalo SV 25.5
o-115 / u-115
 30% 30% 100%1/1 19 U
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Dec 27, 2023 at BUF BOS 4–1 2–02–00–1 5 — BOS
Dec 7, 2023 at BOS BOS 1–3 0–01–20–1 4 — BUF
Nov 14, 2023 at BUF BOS 5–2 3–02–10–1 7 — BOS
Mar 19, 2023 at BUF BOS 7–0 3–01–03–0 7 — BOS
Mar 2, 2023 at BOS BOS 7–1 0–02–05–1 8 — BOS
Dec 31, 2022 at BOS BOS 3–4 OT 1–10–12–1 7 — BUF
Nov 12, 2022 at BUF BOS 3–1 0–11–02–0 4 — BOS
Apr 28, 2022 at BOS BOS 5–0 0–02–03–0 5 — BOS
Jan 1, 2022 at BOS BOS 4–3 OT 0–11–22–0 7 — BOS
Nov 24, 2021 at BUF BOS 5–1 4–10–01–0 6 — BOS