Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins Picks and Prediction for Saturday, October 11, 2025
Use Code SSWC The Buffalo Sabres and the Boston Bruins are ready to battle it out in early-season Atlantic Division action on Saturday evening inside the TD Garden for our Sabres vs. Bruins prediction. The Sabres (0-1-0) opened the season with a brutal 4-0 home loss on Thursday against the New York Rangers. The Bruins (2-0-0) are on a two-game winning streak to begin the season as they secured a 4-3 overtime home win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. This is the first of four games these teams will play against one another, so let’s take a deeper dive into the Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins prediction. Blue line to crease — NHL picks for Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins without the fluff.
Sabres Looking for Massive Improvement This Season
The Buffalo Sabres, looking to get off to a good start, are currently 0-1-0 right 0. Their offense is one of two teams (St. Louis Blues) that have not scored a goal entering play on Saturday. Defenseman Rasmus Dahlin is one of their best players on the roster, and he did not record a point on four shot attempts after scoring 68 points in 73 games last season. Their offense needs to do better on special teams as they were 0-for-4 on the power play to open up the season.
The team has been playing at a mediocre level on defense, ranking tied for 20th in the sport with 4.00 goals allowed per game. The penalty kill for the Sabres has managed to kill all three of their opponents’ opportunities, which is definitely a great sign for the team. Goaltender Alex Lyon is going to be in the net here and is 0-1-0 with 3.01 goals allowed per game and a .906 save percentage thus far.
Injury Report for Buffalo
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- Center Joshua Norris: Upper Body (Questionable)
- Defenseman Owen Power: Illness (Questionable)
- Left winger Zach Benson: Face (Questionable)
- Defenseman Michael Kesselring: Undisclosed (OUT)
- Goalie Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen: Lower Body (OUT)
- Left winger Jordan Greenway: Lower Body (OUT)
- Right winger Carson Meyer: Knee (OUT)
Bruins Looking to Shake Off Last Season
The Boston Bruins, looking to remain undefeated this season, are playing well after a season they would like to forget. Their offense has been looking well thus far as they are tied for 10th with 3.50 goals per game this season. Right winger David Pastrnak has been leading the charge as he has four points (one goal, three assists) and needs to continue stepping up as he is coming off a 106-point season, the third consecutive season doing so. Their offense has been better than the league average as the team is 2-for-7 on power plays and is shooting 12.7% through their first two games this year
Boston’s defense has been doing a solid job as they are tied for ninth place with 2.00 goals allowed per game right now. The penalty kill has been doing right around the league average thus far, killing all eight penalties up to this point as a team and having a team save percentage of .933. Jeremy Swayman has gotten off to an amazing start as he is 1-0-0 with a .972 save percentage and 1.00 goals given up per game.
Injury Report for Boston
- Defenseman Hampus Lindholm: Lower Body (Questionable)
Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins Pick
Spread Pick for Sabres vs. Bruins
- Boston Bruins -115 (5 units)
The Boston Bruins are looking sharp to begin the season, while the Buffalo Sabres are struggling to be able to do well on the ice right now. This Buffalo team has talent, but is still young and needs to figure out how to get them playing at a good level at the same time. The injury report having a handful of names this early in the season is not a great sign either. Jeremy Swayman has shown the ability to dominate in the net for Boston in the past as well as in his opening game of the season, so he is going to be a tough goalie to score against. Boston is going to force this game to be low-scoring, so go with the Boston Bruins to pick up two points at home.
Over/Under Pick for Sabres vs. Bruins
- Under 6.5 (5 units)
This iteration of the Boston Bruins is simply built on defense, as they have an outstanding defensive side of the ice with their goaltending and defensemen, but struggle to score well with their secondary scoring options after Pastrnak and Morgan Geekie. Buffalo could not score in their singular game despite attempting 37 shots on goal. Neither team has allowed a power play goal against them, meaning the special teams are going to be great at limiting scoring chances as well. All in all, go with under 6.5 total goals to be scored.
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