Tip: Devils in the hunt for the divisional win and Sabres in the hunt for a playoff spot!

Buffalo Sabres are visiting Prudential Center and New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night at 07:00 PM ET.

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Devils with a strong offense

New Jersey Devils has this season been surprising good as they, as the preamble says, are battling for the divisional win in the Metropolitan Division. So far this season, there are only the Presidents’ Trophy Winners Boston Bruins, and the Carolina Hurricanes, that has collected more points during the regular season. That’s a good shake-up, as they last year was one of the teams in the whole NHL that collected least number of points. This season, they have been strong both offensively and defensively, with an offense that has been one of the best in the league as they have scored 3,48 goals per game and are among the teams that creating the biggest number of goal scoring chances, and they have offensive players with quality such as Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt and Nico Hischier. Before the deadline day, the Devils also acquired the Swiss forward Timo Meier from San Jose Sharks – and the 26-year-old from Herisau in Switzerland have so far scored thirteen points in nineteen games in the Devils suit, and before that, Meier scored 52 points in 57 games for the Sharks. In summary, the New Jersey Devils has a strong offense and a lot of fire power to lean back on. Here in Prudential Center, the Devils has shown some good shape lately, as they have taken four straight wins with the results 5-3, 2-1, 5-1 and 8-1.

Buffalo clearly better offensively than defensively

Like New Jersey, the Buffalo Sabres are one of the strongest teams in the league offensively, as they are among the teams that scores the biggest amount of goals. Buffalo is, however, clearly weaker defensively as they are among the teams that during the regular season has conceded the biggest amount of goals and biggest amount of goal scoring chances. It is not surprising that the Sabres are stronger offensively than defensively if the look at the roster – where the two defensemen with most time on ice per game, Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power, has their strength’s in the offensive parts of the game.

How much consideration will be given to the defensive game from Sabres as they have to go forward and win?

The Sabres has to win. They have three teams ahead, and there’s only two Wild Card spots up for grabs. As they clearly have their strengths in the offensive, I think that the Sabres will put their trust to their offense and their offensive stars Tage Thompson, Alex Tuch, Jeff Skinner, and the above-mentioned defensemen Rasmus Dahlin and Owen Power.

Conclusion and prediction

A lot at stake for both teams in tonight’s game in Newark as the home team want to grab the divisional win and the visitors want to grab a playoff spot. The visitors have one of the weakest defenses in the league with a lot of goals and goal scoring chances conceded during the regular season. The home team is one the other hand a strong team in the offensive game, with an offense that has been one of the best in the league as they have scored 3,48 goals per game and are among the teams that creating the biggest number of goal scoring chances. The Devils has also been strong at home lately, with four straight wins here at Prudential Center.

With Jack Hughes, Jesper Bratt, Nico Hischier and Timo Meier in the roster I think that it is likely that the strong home team scores at least four times during regular time agianst a defensively weak Buffalo.

My betting tip for this game is therefore:

New Jersey Devils Over 3.5 Goals (Regular time) @ -133 at Unibet