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BUF @ NYI

Monday, December 23, 2024 · 6:30 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
7 – 1
FINAL
New York Islanders
35-35-12 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF +135 · NYI -160
Puck Line
BUF +1.5 (-190) · NYI -1.5 (+145)
Total
O 5.5 (-120) · U (+100)

Graded: total 8 → OVER W · NYI -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 BUFo5.5 65%
22-12
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
60%
9-6
20%
1-4
59%
17-12-5
NYIo5.5 62%
21-13
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
67%
10-5
20%
1-4
59%
19-13-2
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF+1.5 59%
20-14
0%
0-5
40%
4-6
47%
7-8
80%
4-1
-8.82u
15-19
NYI-1.5 21%
7-27
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
13%
2-13
20%
1-4
-10.77u
14-20
Moneyline
win %
 BUF dog +135 32%
11-23
0%
0-5
0%
0-10
33%
5-10
40%
2-3
-10.65u
5-17
NYI fav -160 38%
13-21
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
40%
6-9
60%
3-2
-7.87u
5-11
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-120/u-110 FD 1.5 o-116/u-110 BUF 85%
29-5
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
80%
12-3
40%
2-3
59%
20-14
 1.79 0.97 / 0.82
NYI 77%
26-8
100%
5-0
80%
8-2
87%
13-2
40%
2-3
47%
16-18
 1.56 0.74 / 0.82
2nd Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-175/u+135 FD 1.5 o-176/u+138 BUF 91%
31-3
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
93%
14-1
100%
5-0
65%
22-12
 2.29 0.91 / 1.38
NYI 85%
29-5
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
93%
14-1
100%
5-0
56%
19-15
 1.65 0.94 / 0.71
3rd Period
over 0.5
 FD 1.5 o-196/u+152 BUF 85%
29-5
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
80%
12-3
100%
5-0
35%
9-17
 2.06 0.88 / 1.18
NYI 88%
30-4
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
93%
14-1
100%
5-0
68%
19-9
 2.32 0.94 / 1.38
Team Comparison '24-25
BUFNYI
Record (W-L-OTL)36-39-735-35-12
Points %48.2%50.0%
Goals for / game3.282.73
Goals against / game3.523.17
Shots for / game27.829.5
Shots against / game28.928.7
Power play %18.8%12.6%
Penalty kill %76.3%72.2%
Faceoff %47.7%54.9%
1st period GF / GA1.12 / 0.830.70 / 0.82
2nd period GF / GA1.02 / 1.300.95 / 1.06
3rd period GF / GA1.05 / 1.301.00 / 1.15
Avg game total6.805.90
Starting Goalies from the box score
27 saves on 28 shots · 1 GA · W
NYI · Ilya Sorokin
18 saves on 24 shots · 6 GA · L
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF2320251/3
NYI0100280/1
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+180
 48% 40% 0%0/5 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+350
 23% 30% 0%0/5 0 U
JJ Peterka G 0.5
o+230
 25% 30% 0%0/5 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+275
 21% 20% 25%1/4 1 O
Dylan Cozens G 0.5
o+300
 21% 20% 60%3/5 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+600
 15% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+375
 17% 20% 0%0/1 2 O
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+260
 27% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+750
 6% 10% 0%0/6 1 O
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1100
 11% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+275
 7% 10% 0%0/2 1 O
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+400
 14% 10% 33%1/3 1 O
Connor Clifton G 0.5
o+1600
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Sam Lafferty G 0.5
o+800
 4% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+525
 18% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+600
 9% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+650
 9% 0% 20%1/5 0 U
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 53% 60% 25%1/4 1 O
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 66% 60% 20%1/5 1 O
JJ Peterka PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 56% 60% 20%1/5 1 O
Dylan Cozens PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 38% 50% 60%3/5 2 O
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 47% 50% 40%2/5 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 50% 40% 80%4/5 4 O
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-110 / u-125
 56% 30% 0%0/5 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 38% 50% 25%1/4 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 38% 50% 20%1/5 0 U
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 32% 40% 40%2/5 0 U
JJ Peterka A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 41% 40% 20%1/5 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 39% 30% 80%4/5 4 O
Dylan Cozens A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 24% 30% 0%0/5 2 O
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+170 / u-240
 41% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 31% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 79% 90% 100%1/1 3 O
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o-160 / u+120
 62% 70% 40%2/5 1 U
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o-190 / u+140
 48% 70% 100%2/2 2 O
Jason Zucker SOG 2.5
o+135 / u-180
 24% 40% 0%0/4 2 U
Tage Thompson SOG 2.5
o-170 / u+125
 52% 30% 80%4/5 1 U
JJ Peterka SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 41% 30% 60%3/5 4 O
Dylan Cozens SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 41% 20% 60%3/5 2 U
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o+105 / u-140
 35% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SV 26.5
o-105 / u-125
 35% 40% 0%0/1 27 O
NYIPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Anders Lee G 0.5
o+225
 35% 40% 20%1/5 0 U
Anthony Duclair G 0.5
o+300
 33% 40% 0%0/3 0 U
Bo Horvat G 0.5
o+190
 27% 40% 20%1/5 0 U
Noah Dobson G 0.5
o+475
 15% 40% 20%1/5 0 U
Maxim Tsyplakov G 0.5
o+375
 21% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Simon Holmstrom G 0.5
o+400
 21% 30% 25%1/4 0 U
Jean-Gabriel Pageau G 0.5
o+325
 22% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Mathew Barzal G 0.5
o+200
 23% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Kyle Palmieri G 0.5
o+210
 29% 10% 40%2/5 1 O
Ryan Pulock G 0.5
o+850
 3% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Kyle MacLean G 0.5
o+650
 6% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Casey Cizikas G 0.5
o+750
 3% 0% 20%1/5 0 U
Brock Nelson G 0.5
o+220
 24% 0% 20%1/5 0 U
Scott Mayfield G 0.5
o+1400
 3% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Adam Pelech G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Hudson Fasching G 0.5
o+850
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Alexander Romanov G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Anders Lee PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 53% 70% 40%2/5 0 U
Noah Dobson PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 44% 70% 20%1/5 0 U
Anthony Duclair PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-170
 50% 60% 0%0/3 1 O
Bo Horvat PTS 0.5
o-145 / u+110
 49% 60% 40%2/5 0 U
Maxim Tsyplakov PTS 0.5
o+145 / u-195
 44% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Kyle Palmieri PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 53% 40% 60%3/5 1 O
Mathew Barzal PTS 0.5
o-165 / u+120
 46% 40% 33%1/3 0 U
Brock Nelson PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 41% 30% 20%1/5 0 U
Anders Lee A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 32% 50% 40%2/5 0 U
Kyle Palmieri A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 38% 40% 20%1/5 0 U
Anthony Duclair A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 33% 40% 0%0/3 1 O
Bo Horvat A 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 33% 40% 40%2/5 0 U
Noah Dobson A 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 32% 40% 0%0/5 0 U
Brock Nelson A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 27% 30% 20%1/5 0 U
Mathew Barzal A 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 23% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Maxim Tsyplakov A 0.5
o+250 / u-350
 32% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Mathew Barzal SOG 2.5
o-125 / u-105
 46% 50% 33%1/3 2 U
Anders Lee SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 56% 40% 20%1/5 0 U
Bo Horvat SOG 2.5
o-120 / u-110
 55% 40% 80%4/5 2 U
Noah Dobson SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 50% 40% 40%2/5 3 O
Kyle Palmieri SOG 2.5
o+105 / u-140
 35% 30% 60%3/5 1 U
Brock Nelson SOG 2.5
o+115 / u-155
 50% 20% 60%3/5 1 U
Ilya Sorokin SV 26.5
o+105 / u-140
 54% 40% 75%3/4 18 U
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Nov 30, 2024 at NYI NYI 3–0 0–02–01–0 3 5.5 U NYI
Nov 1, 2024 at BUF NYI 4–3 1–12–01–2 7 5.5 O NYI
Mar 14, 2024 at BUF NYI 0–4 0–00–30–1 4 — BUF
Oct 21, 2023 at BUF NYI 1–3 0–00–21–1 4 — BUF
Oct 14, 2023 at NYI NYI 3–2 2–00–11–1 5 — NYI
Mar 25, 2023 at NYI NYI 0–2 0–00–00–2 2 — BUF
Mar 7, 2023 at NYI NYI 3–2 0–01–12–1 5 — NYI
Jan 19, 2023 at BUF NYI 2–3 OT 1–01–10–1 5 — BUF
Apr 23, 2022 at BUF NYI 3–5 1–10–32–1 8 — BUF
Feb 15, 2022 at BUF NYI 3–6 1–11–21–3 9 — BUF