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BUF @ BOS

Thursday, October 30, 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.

Buffalo Sabres
50-23-9 · Away
3 – 4
FINAL / OT
Boston Bruins
45-27-10 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF -125 · BOS +105
Puck Line
BUF -1.5 (+180) · BOS +1.5 (-250)
Total
O 6.5 (+100) · U (-120)

Graded: total 7 → OVER W · BOS +1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6.5
 BUFo6.5 40%
4-6
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
33%
1-2
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
BOSo6.5 58%
7-5
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
71%
5-2
40%
2-3
58%
7-5
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF-1.5 40%
4-6
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
0%
0-3
40%
2-3
-1.38u
5-5
BOS+1.5 75%
9-3
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
86%
6-1
60%
3-2
+2.05u
8-4
Moneyline
win %
 BUF fav -125 40%
4-6
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
0%
0-3
60%
3-2
-0.17u
1-1
BOS dog +105 42%
5-7
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
57%
4-3
40%
2-3
-1.40u
3-6
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 2.5
 DK 1.5 o-135/u+105 FD 1.5 o-144/u+114 BUF 10%
1-9
20%
1-4
10%
1-9
0%
0-3
20%
1-4
40%
4-6
 1.50 0.60 / 0.90
BOS 25%
3-9
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
14%
1-6
20%
1-4
75%
9-3
 2.00 0.83 / 1.17
2nd Period
over 2.5
 DK 1.5 o-188/u+145 FD 1.5 o-196/u+152 BUF 30%
3-7
40%
2-3
30%
3-7
0%
0-3
20%
1-4
50%
5-5
 2.20 1.40 / 0.80
BOS 33%
4-8
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
43%
3-4
20%
1-4
58%
7-5
 2.17 1.17 / 1.00
3rd Period
over 2.5
 FD 2.5 o+146/u-190 BUF 30%
3-7
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
33%
1-2
40%
2-3
44%
4-5
 2.20 1.00 / 1.20
BOS 42%
5-7
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
29%
2-5
40%
2-3
58%
7-5
 2.67 1.17 / 1.50
Team Comparison '25-26
BUFBOS
Record (W-L-OTL)50-23-945-27-10
Points %66.5%61.0%
Goals for / game3.513.32
Goals against / game2.943.05
Shots for / game28.127.0
Shots against / game29.129.7
Power play %19.5%23.4%
Penalty kill %81.9%77.0%
Faceoff %45.9%53.1%
1st period GF / GA1.02 / 0.940.99 / 0.84
2nd period GF / GA1.16 / 0.881.01 / 0.99
3rd period GF / GA1.23 / 1.011.17 / 1.10
Avg game total6.456.37
Starting Goalies from the box score
BUF · Alex Lyon
18 saves on 22 shots · 4 GA · OTL
37 saves on 40 shots · 3 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF0120401/5
BOS2101221/4
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+300
 30% 30% 40%2/5 0 U
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+240
 30% 30% 40%2/5 1 O
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+120
 30% 30% 40%2/5 0 U
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+300
 30% 30% 0%0/4 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+375
 20% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+350
 20% 20% 0%0/4 0 U
Josh Doan G 0.5
o+240
 20% 20% 0%0/2 1 O
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1300
 13% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Michael Kesselring G 0.5
o+1000
 9% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+900
 10% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+800
 11% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Jordan Greenway G 0.5
o+650
 9% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+700
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Conor Timmins G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+425
 0% 0% 25%1/4 1 O
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+575
 0% 0% 20%1/5 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+260
 0% 0% 25%1/4 0 U
Josh Dunne G 0.5
o+700
 0% — — 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 60% 60% 40%2/5 2 O
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-160 / u+120
 60% 60% 50%2/4 2 O
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 50% 50% 60%3/5 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-190 / u+140
 50% 50% 40%2/5 1 O
Ryan McLeod PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 50% 50% 40%2/5 0 U
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 50% 50% 60%3/5 0 U
Josh Doan PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 40% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Jiri Kulich PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-185
 40% 40% 50%2/4 0 U
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o-110 / u-120
 57% 40% 50%2/4 1 O
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 30% 30% 50%2/4 0 U
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+185 / u-250
 33% 30% 60%3/5 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 60% 60% 50%2/4 1 O
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+165 / u-225
 50% 50% 20%1/5 1 O
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 40% 40% 60%3/5 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+165 / u-225
 57% 40% 25%1/4 1 O
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 30% 30% 20%1/5 1 O
Ryan McLeod A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 30% 30% 40%2/5 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+225 / u-325
 20% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+300 / u-425
 20% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Josh Doan A 0.5
o+250 / u-350
 20% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+240 / u-350
 22% 20% 60%3/5 1 O
Jiri Kulich A 0.5
o+300 / u-450
 20% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Alex Tuch SOG 1.5
o-175 / u+130
 70% 70% 80%4/5 4 O
Tage Thompson SOG 3.5
o-115 / u-115
 70% 70% 80%4/5 7 O
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o+100 / u-130
 60% 60% 50%2/4 4 O
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o-115 / u-115
 60% 60% 25%1/4 0 U
Josh Doan SOG 2.5
o+140 / u-190
 60% 60% 50%1/2 5 O
Jason Zucker SOG 1.5
o-130 / u+100
 50% 50% 60%3/5 6 O
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-135 / u+105
 50% 50% 50%2/4 1 U
Zach Benson SOG 1.5
o-130 / u+100
 57% 40% 75%3/4 1 U
Alex Lyon SV 25.5
o-105 / u-125
 100% 90% 100%1/1 18 U
BOSPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Morgan Geekie G 0.5
o+185
 58% 60% 60%3/5 1 O
David Pastrnak G 0.5
o+110
 42% 40% 0%0/5 1 O
Michael Eyssimont G 0.5
o+425
 25% 30% 0%0/1 0 U
Casey Mittelstadt G 0.5
o+400
 27% 30% 20%1/5 0 U
Elias Lindholm G 0.5
o+210
 33% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Viktor Arvidsson G 0.5
o+325
 17% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Pavel Zacha G 0.5
o+300
 17% 20% 40%2/5 0 U
Mark Kastelic G 0.5
o+600
 17% 20% 33%1/3 1 O
Sean Kuraly G 0.5
o+575
 8% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Hampus Lindholm G 0.5
o+750
 18% 10% — 0 U
Nikita Zadorov G 0.5
o+1100
 8% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Tanner Jeannot G 0.5
o+575
 17% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Marat Khusnutdinov G 0.5
o+500
 0% 10% 0%0/3 1 O
Mason Lohrei G 0.5
o+900
 9% 10% 20%1/5 DNP
Fraser Minten G 0.5
o+500
 17% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Charlie McAvoy G 0.5
o+550
 0% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Andrew Peeke G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Henri Jokiharju G 0.5
o+1200
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Morgan Geekie PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 67% 70% 60%3/5 1 O
Pavel Zacha PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 67% 60% 40%2/5 1 O
Charlie McAvoy PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 50% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
Elias Lindholm PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 58% 50% 60%3/5 0 U
Viktor Arvidsson PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-185
 42% 50% 0%0/3 0 U
Casey Mittelstadt PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 46% 50% 40%2/5 0 U
David Pastrnak PTS 1.5
o+135 / u-185
 42% 40% 40%2/5 2 O
Charlie McAvoy A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 50% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
David Pastrnak A 0.5
o-135 / u+100
 58% 50% 80%4/5 1 O
Pavel Zacha A 0.5
o+145 / u-195
 58% 50% 0%0/5 1 O
Elias Lindholm A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 42% 40% 40%2/5 0 U
Viktor Arvidsson A 0.5
o+250 / u-375
 25% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Casey Mittelstadt A 0.5
o+250 / u-375
 18% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Morgan Geekie A 0.5
o+185 / u-260
 17% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Morgan Geekie SOG 1.5
o-170 / u+125
 58% 70% 60%3/5 2 O
David Pastrnak SOG 3.5
o-115 / u-115
 50% 60% 40%2/5 4 O
Viktor Arvidsson SOG 2.5
o+115 / u-150
 50% 60% 0%0/3 2 U
Michael Eyssimont SOG 1.5
o-135 / u+100
 58% 60% 0%0/1 1 U
Elias Lindholm SOG 1.5
o-175 / u+130
 50% 40% 80%4/5 0 U
Pavel Zacha SOG 1.5
o+100 / u-130
 42% 40% 0%0/5 1 U
Charlie McAvoy SOG 1.5
o-115 / u-115
 33% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Joonas Korpisalo SV 24.5
o-110 / u-120
 20% 40% 67%2/3 37 O
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Oct 11, 2025 at BOS BOS 3–1 1–01–01–1 4 5.5 U BOS
Apr 6, 2025 at BUF BOS 3–6 2–01–30–3 9 6.5 O BUF
Mar 17, 2025 at BOS BOS 2–3 OT 2–10–10–0 5 5.5 U BUF
Jan 28, 2025 at BUF BOS 2–7 1–10–21–4 9 6 O BUF
Dec 21, 2024 at BOS BOS 3–1 1–00–12–0 4 6 U BOS
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