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BOS @ BUF

Tuesday, January 28, 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 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.

Boston Bruins
33-39-10 · Away
2 – 7
FINAL
Buffalo Sabres
36-39-7 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BOS -105 · BUF -115
Puck Line
BOS +1.5 (-275) · BUF -1.5 (+195)
Total
O 6 (+100) · U (-120)

Graded: total 9 → OVER W · BUF -1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6
 BOSo6 46%
21-25-5
50%
2-2-1
56%
5-4-1
52%
11-10-4
25%
1-3
49%
24-25-1
BUFo6 61%
25-16-8
60%
3-2
56%
5-4-1
71%
15-6-3
25%
1-3
61%
25-16-7
Puck Line
cover %
 BOS+1.5 67%
34-17
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
52%
13-12
75%
3-1
-14.12u
20-30
BUF-1.5 25%
12-37
0%
0-5
20%
2-8
25%
6-18
25%
1-3
-7.64u
24-24
Moneyline
win %
 BOS dog -105 49%
25-26
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
36%
9-16
75%
3-1
-5.35u
8-15
BUF fav -115 37%
18-31
20%
1-4
40%
4-6
38%
9-15
25%
1-3
-3.50u
7-8
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-125/u-105 FD 1.5 o-112/u-112 BOS 77%
39-12
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
80%
20-5
75%
3-1
57%
29-22
 1.73 0.82 / 0.90
BUF 88%
43-6
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
92%
22-2
75%
3-1
61%
30-19
 1.82 1.08 / 0.73
2nd Period
over 0.5
 DK 1.5 o-175/u+135 FD 1.5 o-176/u+138 BOS 90%
46-5
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
92%
23-2
100%
4-0
59%
30-21
 1.96 0.86 / 1.10
BUF 90%
44-5
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
92%
22-2
100%
4-0
65%
32-17
 2.24 0.96 / 1.29
3rd Period
over 0.5
 FD 1.5 o-210/u+160 BOS 88%
45-6
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
96%
24-1
100%
4-0
43%
19-25
 1.90 0.90 / 1.00
BUF 88%
43-6
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
92%
22-2
100%
4-0
49%
20-21
 2.24 0.92 / 1.33
Team Comparison '24-25
BOSBUF
Record (W-L-OTL)33-39-1036-39-7
Points %46.3%48.2%
Goals for / game2.713.28
Goals against / game3.323.52
Shots for / game26.527.8
Shots against / game28.628.9
Power play %15.2%18.8%
Penalty kill %76.3%76.3%
Faceoff %51.8%47.7%
1st period GF / GA0.83 / 0.871.12 / 0.83
2nd period GF / GA0.87 / 1.111.02 / 1.30
3rd period GF / GA0.93 / 1.221.05 / 1.30
Avg game total6.026.80
Starting Goalies from the box score
26 saves on 32 shots · 6 GA · L
25 saves on 27 shots · 2 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BOS1010271/2
BUF1240331/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BOSPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
David Pastrnak G 0.5
o+105
 41% 70% 25%1/4 0 U
Morgan Geekie G 0.5
o+250
 28% 50% 67%2/3 0 U
Brad Marchand G 0.5
o+210
 29% 20% 50%2/4 1 O
Pavel Zacha G 0.5
o+275
 20% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Trent Frederic G 0.5
o+525
 10% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Vinni Lettieri G 0.5
o+550
 33% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Cole Koepke G 0.5
o+750
 16% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Charlie Coyle G 0.5
o+350
 20% 10% 50%2/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm G 0.5
o+275
 16% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Parker Wotherspoon G 0.5
o+1200
 4% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Andrew Peeke G 0.5
o+1200
 2% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Justin Brazeau G 0.5
o+550
 21% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
John Beecher G 0.5
o+850
 6% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Mason Lohrei G 0.5
o+850
 4% 10% 25%1/4 1 O
Nikita Zadorov G 0.5
o+850
 4% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Jordan Oesterle G 0.5
o+1750
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Matthew Poitras G 0.5
o+500
 5% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Michael Callahan G 0.5
o+1200
 0% — — 0 U
David Pastrnak PTS 1.5
o+155 / u-210
 33% 70% 50%2/4 1 U
Pavel Zacha PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 39% 60% 25%1/4 0 U
Morgan Geekie PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 44% 60% 67%2/3 0 U
Brad Marchand PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 59% 40% 100%4/4 1 O
Mason Lohrei PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 39% 40% 50%2/4 1 O
Charlie Coyle PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 29% 30% 50%2/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 35% 30% 33%1/3 1 O
David Pastrnak A 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 47% 70% 75%3/4 1 O
Pavel Zacha A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 29% 60% 25%1/4 0 U
Brad Marchand A 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 39% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Charlie Coyle A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 14% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Elias Lindholm A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 26% 30% 33%1/3 1 O
Morgan Geekie A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 24% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Mason Lohrei A 0.5
o+185 / u-250
 37% 30% 25%1/4 0 U
David Pastrnak SOG 3.5
o-165 / u+125
 65% 80% 25%1/4 2 U
Elias Lindholm SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+115
 49% 60% 67%2/3 1 U
Pavel Zacha SOG 1.5
o-130 / u+100
 57% 60% 50%2/4 1 U
Morgan Geekie SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 63% 50% 67%2/3 1 U
Brad Marchand SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 59% 40% 50%2/4 4 O
Jeremy Swayman SV 25.5
o-120 / u-110
 39% 60% 0%0/1 26 O
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+250
 28% 40% 0%0/3 0 U
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+135
 46% 40% 33%1/3 3 O
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+225
 27% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+260
 17% 30% 0%0/1 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+275
 23% 30% 0%0/1 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+450
 17% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Dylan Cozens G 0.5
o+260
 20% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Sam Lafferty G 0.5
o+750
 5% 10% 0%0/3 DNP
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+800
 9% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1100
 9% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
JJ Peterka G 0.5
o+195
 19% 10% 50%2/4 3 O
Owen Power G 0.5
o+550
 12% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+375
 19% 10% 0%0/3 1 O
Henri Jokiharju G 0.5
o+1300
 3% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Jacob Bryson G 0.5
o+2250
 0% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+375
 15% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+475
 8% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+800
 8% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 55% 60% 67%2/3 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 53% 60% 0%0/2 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-180 / u+135
 68% 60% 33%1/3 4 O
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-155 / u+115
 56% 60% 0%0/2 1 O
JJ Peterka PTS 0.5
o-150 / u+110
 55% 50% 75%3/4 4 O
Dylan Cozens PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-150
 41% 40% 50%2/4 2 O
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 29% 30% 0%0/1 1 O
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-210
 39% 30% 50%2/4 1 O
Jiri Kulich PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 26% 30% 0%0/1 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 49% 60% 0%0/2 1 O
JJ Peterka A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 45% 50% 25%1/4 1 O
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 38% 40% 67%2/3 0 U
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 35% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+145 / u-195
 36% 30% 0%0/3 1 O
Dylan Cozens A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 27% 20% 50%2/4 2 O
Owen Power A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 31% 20% 50%2/4 1 O
Jiri Kulich A 0.5
o+275 / u-425
 9% 10% 0%0/1 1 O
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 17% 0% 0%0/1 1 O
Alex Tuch SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 74% 80% 100%2/2 4 O
Jason Zucker SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+110
 55% 70% 67%2/3 1 U
Tage Thompson SOG 2.5
o-175 / u+130
 52% 70% 0%0/3 6 O
Dylan Cozens SOG 1.5
o-175 / u+130
 63% 60% 75%3/4 5 O
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 50% 60% 100%1/1 3 O
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-185 / u+135
 74% 60% 100%1/1 1 U
JJ Peterka SOG 2.5
o+120 / u-160
 40% 50% 75%3/4 4 O
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-150
 54% 40% 50%1/2 1 U
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SV 23.5
o-110 / u-120
 54% 60% — 25 O
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Dec 21, 2024 at BOS BUF 1–3 0–11–00–2 4 6 U BOS
Dec 27, 2023 at BUF BUF 1–4 0–20–21–0 5 — BOS
Dec 7, 2023 at BOS BUF 3–1 0–02–11–0 4 — BUF
Nov 14, 2023 at BUF BUF 2–5 0–31–21–0 7 — BOS
Mar 19, 2023 at BUF BUF 0–7 0–30–10–3 7 — BOS
Mar 2, 2023 at BOS BUF 1–7 0–00–21–5 8 — BOS
Dec 31, 2022 at BOS BUF 4–3 OT 1–11–01–2 7 — BUF
Nov 12, 2022 at BUF BUF 1–3 1–00–10–2 4 — BOS
Apr 28, 2022 at BOS BUF 0–5 0–00–20–3 5 — BOS
Jan 1, 2022 at BOS BUF 3–4 OT 1–02–10–2 7 — BOS