NY Rangers vs BUF Sabres Prediction: Don’t expect a lot of pucks

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on December 24. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Rangers have finally started to show results that are comparable to the level of the team's roster. In recent years, the Blueshirts have had a very solid selection of players, but they have not been able to solve big problems. And now Peter Laviolette has taken over as head coach, which has led to team-wide progress. Since the start of the regular season, the New York team has been gaining a lot of points, and in the last four games they won three more, losing only the day before to Edmonton - 3:4. The Rangers now lead the Eastern Conference standings.

Buffalo leaves not the most pleasant impression. The Blades have a young and ambitious team, which already last season showed good results and almost made the playoffs for the first time in many years. Now we expected them to make even more progress and make it to the cup eight, but in reality they are playing very mediocre and have already lost a lot of important points, which may not be enough to make it to the top 8. The team put on a great show in their last two games, first losing to Columbus 4:9 and then beating Toronto 9:3 to remain in 14th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

The Rangers and Buffalo are opponents of a completely different level. For the Blueshirts this season is becoming a breakthrough season, they are leading the Eastern Conference standings and clearly intend to solve the most ambitious tasks. The Blades, on the contrary, instead of further progress, sharply slowed down and once again turned into the outsiders of the league, which are not even contenders for cup spots yet. Recently the New York team has been playing very hard against the Blue-and-Yellow, but now the difference in class is too great for the guests to hope for success.

The confrontation between the Rangers and Buffalo in recent years is not characterized by very solid goal activity. In the previous five head-to-head meetings, the rivals have combined for only 22 shots on goal (4.40 average per game). The Blades in the last two games played abnormally productive, they first lost - 4:9, and then won - 9:3, but in this stretch, it seems that they have used up all the goal chances.