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BUF @ NSH

Tuesday, January 20, 2026 · 7:00 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
5 – 3
FINAL
Nashville Predators
38-34-10 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF +115 · NSH -135
Puck Line
BUF +1.5 (-230) · NSH -1.5 (+175)
Total
O 6.5 (+100) · U (-120)

Graded: total 8 → OVER W · NSH -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6.5
 BUFo6.5 48%
23-25
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
44%
10-13
100%
2-0
50%
24-24
NSHo6.5 46%
22-26
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
44%
11-14
100%
2-0
50%
24-24
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF+1.5 69%
33-15
100%
5-0
90%
9-1
57%
13-10
50%
1-1
+4.19u
26-22
NSH-1.5 19%
9-39
20%
1-4
20%
2-8
16%
4-21
50%
1-1
-6.13u
24-24
Moneyline
win %
 BUF dog +115 54%
26-22
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
44%
10-13
50%
1-1
+1.80u
12-14
NSH fav -135 48%
23-25
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
52%
13-12
50%
1-1
+1.58u
8-5
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
 DK 1.5 o-145/u+114 FD 1.5 o-148/u+116 BUF 58%
28-20
100%
5-0
70%
7-3
61%
14-9
100%
2-0
58%
28-20
 1.98 0.92 / 1.06
NSH 56%
27-21
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
52%
13-12
100%
2-0
56%
27-21
 1.83 0.75 / 1.08
2nd Period
over 1.5
 DK 1.5 o-175/u+135 FD 1.5 o-190/u+146 BUF 69%
33-15
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
70%
16-7
100%
2-0
54%
26-22
 2.08 1.25 / 0.83
NSH 50%
24-24
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
52%
13-12
100%
2-0
48%
23-25
 1.77 0.85 / 0.92
3rd Period
over 1.5
 FD 2.5 o+142/u-182 BUF 63%
30-18
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
61%
14-9
50%
1-1
41%
19-27
 2.13 1.00 / 1.13
NSH 67%
32-16
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
60%
15-10
50%
1-1
58%
28-20
 2.40 1.13 / 1.27
Team Comparison '25-26
BUFNSH
Record (W-L-OTL)50-23-938-34-10
Points %66.5%52.4%
Goals for / game3.513.01
Goals against / game2.943.28
Shots for / game28.127.9
Shots against / game29.129.6
Power play %19.5%23.1%
Penalty kill %81.9%81.7%
Faceoff %45.9%50.4%
1st period GF / GA1.02 / 0.940.82 / 1.00
2nd period GF / GA1.16 / 0.881.00 / 1.02
3rd period GF / GA1.23 / 1.011.07 / 1.13
Avg game total6.456.29
Starting Goalies from the box score
BUF · Alex Lyon
31 saves on 34 shots · 3 GA · W
NSH · Juuse Saros
15 saves on 19 shots · 4 GA · L
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF3110330/1
NSH0210340/2
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+200
 36% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Josh Doan G 0.5
o+260
 25% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+115
 44% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+325
 21% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+300
 19% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+220
 31% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+850
 15% 20% 0%0/1 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin G 0.5
o+375
 14% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+650
 19% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Jacob Bryson G 0.5
o+2250
 7% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+575
 8% 10% 0%0/2 1 O
Noah Ostlund G 0.5
o+350
 17% 10% — 2 O
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+350
 14% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Zach Metsa G 0.5
o+2500
 5% 10% — 0 U
Jordan Greenway G 0.5
o+750
 3% 0% — 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+850
 6% 0% 0%0/1 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+750
 6% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Konsta Helenius G 0.5
o+450
 0% — — 1 O
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 64% 80% 100%2/2 1 O
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-240 / u+175
 65% 80% 50%1/2 1 O
Josh Doan PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 50% 70% 50%1/2 1 O
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 59% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
Ryan McLeod PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 50% 60% 100%2/2 0 U
Rasmus Dahlin PTS 0.5
o-135 / u+105
 57% 60% 100%2/2 1 O
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 42% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Jack Quinn PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-155
 42% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 30% 40% 100%2/2 1 O
Noah Ostlund PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 33% 40% — 2 O
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-185
 46% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+110 / u-145
 42% 70% 50%1/2 0 U
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 38% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Ryan McLeod A 0.5
o+175 / u-240
 38% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 38% 40% 100%2/2 1 O
Rasmus Dahlin A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 50% 40% 100%2/2 1 O
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 29% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Josh Doan A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 31% 40% 0%0/2 1 O
Owen Power A 0.5
o+260 / u-400
 23% 40% 100%2/2 1 O
Noah Ostlund A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 17% 30% — 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 31% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Jack Quinn A 0.5
o+220 / u-325
 31% 20% 50%1/2 0 U
Jack Quinn SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+135
 65% 70% 100%2/2 5 O
Jason Zucker SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+115
 52% 50% 100%2/2 5 O
Tage Thompson SOG 3.5
o+110 / u-145
 50% 50% 0%0/2 1 U
Rasmus Dahlin SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 55% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Josh Doan SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 58% 40% 50%1/2 1 U
Zach Benson SOG 1.5
o-115 / u-115
 51% 40% 50%1/2 2 O
Owen Power SOG 1.5
o+130 / u-175
 47% 30% 100%2/2 3 O
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o+150 / u-200
 34% 20% 0%0/2 1 U
Alex Lyon SV 25.5
o-115 / u-115
 63% 40% 100%1/1 31 O
NSHPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Steven Stamkos G 0.5
o+210
 35% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Roman Josi G 0.5
o+400
 19% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Ryan O'Reilly G 0.5
o+225
 27% 30% 0%0/2 2 O
Jonathan Marchessault G 0.5
o+325
 21% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Michael Bunting G 0.5
o+300
 25% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Erik Haula G 0.5
o+375
 15% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Filip Forsberg G 0.5
o+180
 33% 20% 50%1/2 1 O
Michael McCarron G 0.5
o+600
 4% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Nicolas Hague G 0.5
o+1200
 5% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Nick Perbix G 0.5
o+1400
 7% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Cole Smith G 0.5
o+600
 17% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Ozzy Wiesblatt G 0.5
o+600
 4% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Luke Evangelista G 0.5
o+260
 15% 10% 100%1/1 0 U
Nick Blankenburg G 0.5
o+1000
 13% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Brady Skjei G 0.5
o+800
 2% 0% 100%2/2 0 U
Justin Barron G 0.5
o+1500
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Fedor Svechkov G 0.5
o+600
 4% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Matthew Wood G 0.5
o+500
 16% 0% — 0 U
Ryan O'Reilly PTS 0.5
o-170 / u+130
 63% 70% 100%2/2 3 O
Steven Stamkos PTS 0.5
o-130 / u+100
 44% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Roman Josi PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 56% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Michael Bunting PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 40% 50% 50%1/2 0 U
Luke Evangelista PTS 0.5
o-125 / u-105
 51% 50% 100%1/1 1 O
Jonathan Marchessault PTS 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 31% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Filip Forsberg PTS 0.5
o-155 / u+115
 60% 40% 50%1/2 3 O
Erik Haula PTS 0.5
o+145 / u-200
 42% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Nick Blankenburg PTS 0.5
o+225 / u-325
 42% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Brady Skjei PTS 0.5
o+190 / u-260
 27% 20% 100%2/2 1 O
Ryan O'Reilly A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 48% 50% 100%2/2 1 O
Michael Bunting A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 27% 40% 50%1/2 0 U
Luke Evangelista A 0.5
o+140 / u-185
 45% 40% 0%0/1 1 O
Steven Stamkos A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 23% 30% 0%0/2 0 U
Roman Josi A 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 39% 30% 50%1/2 0 U
Filip Forsberg A 0.5
o+145 / u-190
 35% 30% 0%0/2 2 O
Brady Skjei A 0.5
o+250 / u-350
 25% 20% 50%1/2 1 O
Nick Blankenburg A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 32% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Erik Haula A 0.5
o+260 / u-375
 29% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Jonathan Marchessault A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 10% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
Roman Josi SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-130
 53% 60% 50%1/2 4 O
Ryan O'Reilly SOG 1.5
o-135 / u+100
 44% 60% 100%2/2 4 O
Michael Bunting SOG 1.5
o-155 / u+115
 52% 60% 50%1/2 1 U
Jonathan Marchessault SOG 1.5
o-170 / u+125
 66% 50% 0%0/2 1 U
Erik Haula SOG 1.5
o-110 / u-120
 40% 40% 0%0/2 1 U
Brady Skjei SOG 1.5
o+110 / u-145
 42% 40% 50%1/2 2 O
Steven Stamkos SOG 2.5
o+130 / u-175
 33% 30% 0%0/2 1 U
Filip Forsberg SOG 2.5
o-145 / u+110
 52% 30% 100%2/2 7 O
Luke Evangelista SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-190
 36% 10% 100%1/1 4 O
Juuse Saros SV 23.5
o-115 / u-115
 57% 60% — 15 U
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Feb 8, 2025 at NSH NSH 6–4 2–22–12–1 10 6.5 O NSH
Jan 31, 2025 at BUF NSH 3–4 2–21–10–1 7 6.5 O BUF
Mar 7, 2024 at NSH NSH 4–2 2–10–02–1 6 — NSH
Dec 3, 2023 at BUF NSH 2–1 2–00–10–0 3 — NSH
Mar 21, 2023 at BUF NSH 7–3 2–04–21–1 10 — NSH
Jan 14, 2023 at NSH NSH 3–5 1–12–20–2 8 — BUF
Apr 1, 2022 at BUF NSH 3–4 3–30–10–0 7 — BUF
Jan 13, 2022 at NSH NSH 1–4 0–11–10–2 5 — BUF
Jan 18, 2020 at NSH NSH 2–1 0–11–01–0 3 — NSH
Dec 12, 2019 at BUF NSH 3–4 2–11–20–1 7 — BUF