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WSH @ BUF

Monday, January 6, 2025 · 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 most recent starter as the probable starter (confirmed starters are not published in advance). Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Washington Capitals
51-22-9 · Away
3 – 4
FINAL / SO
Buffalo Sabres
36-39-7 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
WSH -150 · BUF +130
Puck Line
WSH -1.5 (+150) · BUF +1.5 (-195)
Total
O 6 (-115) · U (-105)

Graded: total 7 → OVER W · BUF +1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6
 WSHo6 52%
17-16-6
75%
3-1-1
33%
3-6-1
50%
8-8-3
100%
2-0-2
51%
18-17-4
BUFo6 61%
20-13-7
67%
2-1-2
75%
6-2-2
67%
12-6-2
100%
2-0-2
62%
21-13-6
Puck Line
cover %
 WSH-1.5 49%
19-20
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
47%
9-10
25%
1-3
+7.93u
25-14
BUF+1.5 60%
24-16
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
70%
14-6
75%
3-1
-7.75u
19-21
Moneyline
win %
 WSH fav -150 67%
26-13
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
68%
13-6
50%
2-2
+2.25u
13-6
BUF dog +130 35%
14-26
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
35%
7-13
50%
2-2
-11.20u
7-20
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 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-145/u+114 FD 1.5 o-124/u-102 WSH 69%
27-12
100%
5-0
60%
6-4
74%
14-5
75%
3-1
69%
27-12
 2.15 1.26 / 0.90
BUF 63%
25-15
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
65%
13-7
75%
3-1
63%
25-15
 1.85 1.08 / 0.78
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-188/u+145 FD 1.5 o-190/u+148 WSH 64%
25-14
40%
2-3
50%
5-5
58%
11-8
100%
4-0
62%
24-15
 2.13 1.15 / 0.97
BUF 65%
26-14
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
55%
11-9
100%
4-0
60%
24-16
 2.18 0.90 / 1.28
3rd Period
over 2.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 2.5 o+148/u-190 WSH 28%
11-28
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
42%
8-11
50%
2-2
33%
11-22
 1.95 1.23 / 0.72
BUF 43%
17-23
80%
4-1
40%
4-6
50%
10-10
50%
2-2
44%
14-18
 2.25 1.00 / 1.25
Team Comparison '24-25
WSHBUF
Record (W-L-OTL)51-22-936-39-7
Points %67.7%48.2%
Goals for / game3.513.28
Goals against / game2.833.52
Shots for / game27.627.8
Shots against / game27.228.9
Power play %23.5%18.8%
Penalty kill %82.0%76.3%
Faceoff %50.3%47.7%
1st period GF / GA1.10 / 0.961.12 / 0.83
2nd period GF / GA1.04 / 0.951.02 / 1.30
3rd period GF / GA1.28 / 0.801.05 / 1.30
Avg game total6.346.80
Starting Goalies from the box score
24 saves on 27 shots · 3 GA · OTL
25 saves on 28 shots · 3 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
WSH1110281/2
BUF1200271/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
WSHPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Alex Ovechkin G 0.5
o+125
 61% 70% 0%0/3 0 U
Aliaksei Protas G 0.5
o+275
 36% 40% 0%0/4 1 O
Tom Wilson G 0.5
o+195
 31% 30% 100%3/3 2 O
Andrew Mangiapane G 0.5
o+450
 24% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Nic Dowd G 0.5
o+550
 26% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Dylan Strome G 0.5
o+230
 31% 20% 75%3/4 0 U
Jakob Chychrun G 0.5
o+425
 32% 20% 80%4/5 0 U
Connor McMichael G 0.5
o+260
 33% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Lars Eller G 0.5
o+550
 11% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Pierre-Luc Dubois G 0.5
o+300
 13% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
Martin Fehérváry G 0.5
o+1200
 3% 10% 33%1/3 0 U
John Carlson G 0.5
o+575
 8% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Trevor van Riemsdyk G 0.5
o+1500
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Matt Roy G 0.5
o+1100
 3% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Taylor Raddysh G 0.5
o+550
 10% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Brandon Duhaime G 0.5
o+600
 10% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Rasmus Sandin G 0.5
o+900
 10% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Alex Ovechkin PTS 0.5
o-210 / u+155
 78% 90% 67%2/3 0 U
Pierre-Luc Dubois PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 62% 80% 67%2/3 1 O
Dylan Strome PTS 0.5
o-175 / u+130
 69% 50% 75%3/4 1 O
Jakob Chychrun PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 53% 50% 80%4/5 1 O
Aliaksei Protas PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 56% 50% 0%0/4 2 O
Tom Wilson PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 51% 40% 100%3/3 2 O
Connor McMichael PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 59% 40% 75%3/4 0 U
John Carlson PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 46% 10% 100%4/4 2 O
Pierre-Luc Dubois A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 56% 70% 33%1/3 1 O
Dylan Strome A 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 56% 40% 25%1/4 1 O
Jakob Chychrun A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 35% 40% 40%2/5 1 O
Alex Ovechkin A 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 35% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Tom Wilson A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 31% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Connor McMichael A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 28% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
John Carlson A 0.5
o+130 / u-170
 41% 10% 100%4/4 2 O
Aliaksei Protas A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 33% 10% 0%0/4 1 O
Alex Ovechkin SOG 3.5
o-115 / u-115
 57% 60% 33%1/3 5 O
Dylan Strome SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 56% 60% 50%2/4 2 O
Tom Wilson SOG 2.5
o+125 / u-165
 39% 50% 33%1/3 4 O
Jakob Chychrun SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 41% 50% 80%4/5 4 O
Pierre-Luc Dubois SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 44% 40% 67%2/3 1 U
Connor McMichael SOG 1.5
o-165 / u+125
 67% 40% 25%1/4 1 U
Aliaksei Protas SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 46% 40% 75%3/4 4 O
John Carlson SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-200
 46% 30% 25%1/4 1 U
Charlie Lindgren SV 24.5
o-120 / u-110
 37% 40% 50%1/2 24 U
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+220
 30% 50% 100%3/3 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+325
 12% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+425
 21% 30% 50%2/4 0 U
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+250
 25% 20% 50%2/4 2 O
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+155
 46% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Dylan Cozens G 0.5
o+300
 20% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
JJ Peterka G 0.5
o+250
 21% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+350
 20% 20% 100%1/1 0 U
Nicolas Aube-Kubel G 0.5
o+750
 6% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1200
 8% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+650
 10% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+850
 10% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+650
 13% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Connor Clifton G 0.5
o+1600
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Sam Lafferty G 0.5
o+800
 3% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+575
 15% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+350
 19% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
JJ Peterka PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 58% 80% 50%2/4 2 O
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 58% 60% 100%3/3 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-160 / u+120
 69% 60% 100%3/3 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 56% 50% 67%2/3 1 O
Dylan Cozens PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 40% 50% 50%2/4 0 U
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 27% 50% 100%2/2 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 50% 20% 50%2/4 2 O
JJ Peterka A 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 45% 70% 25%1/4 2 O
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+150 / u-210
 37% 50% 100%3/3 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 47% 50% 67%2/3 1 O
Dylan Cozens A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 28% 40% 0%0/4 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 21% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+165 / u-225
 38% 30% 67%2/3 0 U
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 35% 0% 25%1/4 0 U
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 77% 70% 100%1/1 1 U
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o-115 / u-115
 59% 50% 100%3/3 1 U
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+115
 49% 50% 50%1/2 2 O
Dylan Cozens SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 65% 40% 75%3/4 3 O
Jason Zucker SOG 2.5
o+115 / u-150
 28% 30% 100%3/3 2 U
Tage Thompson SOG 2.5
o-180 / u+135
 49% 20% 33%1/3 6 O
JJ Peterka SOG 2.5
o+125 / u-165
 37% 20% 25%1/4 4 O
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 33% 10% 75%3/4 3 O
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SV 25.5
o-125 / u-105
 43% 40% 33%1/3 25 U

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Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Dec 14, 2024 at WSH BUF 2–4 1–11–10–2 6 6 P WSH
Apr 11, 2024 at BUF BUF 4–2 1–01–12–1 6 — BUF
Apr 2, 2024 at BUF BUF 6–2 2–11–13–0 8 — BUF
Nov 22, 2023 at WSH BUF 3–4 OT 2–11–10–1 7 — WSH
Mar 15, 2023 at WSH BUF 4–5 SO 3–10–01–3 9 — WSH
Feb 26, 2023 at BUF BUF 7–4 2–24–21–0 11 — BUF
Jan 3, 2023 at WSH BUF 5–4 OT 2–11–11–2 9 — BUF
Mar 25, 2022 at BUF BUF 3–4 SO 1–12–20–0 7 — WSH
Dec 11, 2021 at BUF BUF 2–3 SO 1–11–00–1 5 — WSH
Nov 8, 2021 at WSH BUF 3–5 0–11–22–2 8 — WSH