NHL Betting Odds: Sabres Favorites in Picks vs Flyers

The Philadelphia Flyers and the Buffalo Sabres will both be gunning for a victory on Friday at 7:30pm EST when they meet at the HSBC Arena in a game that can be seen on COMCAST or MSGB television. NHL betting odds have the Sabres listed as 120-moneyline favorites in hockey picks against the Flyers while the game's total is sitting at 5.5 UNDER -115. The Flyers were defeated 7-4 by the Florida Panthers last time out as -140 favorites NHL odds.

That game's 11 goals sailed OVER the posted over/under of 5.5 at online sportsbooks. Danny Briere, Jeff Carter, Ville Leino, and Ryan Parent all netted a goal for the Flyers. The Flyers had previous won five straight game before falling to the Panthers on Wednesday. "It just didn't seem like we got our legs under us," Philadelphia captain Mike Richards said after the game. "We made a lot of mistakes we normally wouldn't make, gave up a lot of odd-man rushes and they capitalized on their chances. We matched their physical presence, but we just weren't there in the mind frame." Heading into tonight's match-up, the Flyers are 33-26-3 on the season, 4-6 when playing on Friday and 7-3 after playing Florida.

The Sabres were defeated 3-1 by the Washington Capitals last time out as +120 underdogs in NHL picks. The teams played UNDER the posted over/under of 6 at online sportsbooks. Jochen Hect netted the lone goal for the Sabres. Olympic hero Ryan Miller was back in net on Wednesday and made 37 saves but couldn't stop Mike Green and Boyd Gordon from scoring in the third period to hand the Sabres their second straight loss. "It's frustrating," said Miller after the game. "It comes down to attitude. The attitude can't be, we hope we're going to win, we hope we're going to do our jobs so we don't get yelled at.' It's got to be take control, dictate play and trusting the system."

Heading into this match-up, the Sabres are 33-20-9 on the season, 3-7 when playing on Friday and 6-4 after playing Washington. Buffalo is 14-5-1 straight up in their last 20 games when playing at home against Philadelphia while the Flyers are 4-1 straight up in their last 5 games when playing on the road against the Sabres. The NHL betting total has gone OVER in 5 of Buffalo's last 7 games when playing at home against Philadelphia and OVER in 12 of the Flyers last 16 games when playing Buffalo. Vegas odds at the MGM Mirage sportsbook have the Buffalo Sabres -120 favorites against the Philadelphia Flyers EV with a total of 5.5 UNDER -115.