PUCK LINE DESTROYER
(NHL) Buffalo vs. Pittsburgh,
Point Spread: 1.50 | 145.00 Buffalo (Away)
Result: Win
ASA NHL TOP PLAY ON 10* Buffalo Sabres Puck Line (+1.5 goals) over Pittsburgh Penguins, Saturday at 3:05 PM ET - The Sabres won the first two starts that Michael Houser made in goal for Buffalo. Then he and his Sabres teammates had an awful game in Thursday's 8-4 final. As a result, the line on Saturday's game is offering a rare "plus plus" opportunity as you can get Buffalo +1.5 goals and also plus money! The current line sits as high as +1.5 +140 as of about two hours before puck drop and we are stepping in on this one because we have confirmation that the Penguins are starting Maxime Lagace. He has a 3.92 GAA in his NHL career of 17 games (15 starts) and we feel Pittsburgh will try to prevent opportunities in front of the inexperienced netminder. At the same time the Sabres will want to hold the fort at the other end after they (and Houser) were embarrassed on Thursday. That said, this game could be a bit tight and certainly should be much lower scoring than the Thursday game. That means getting the goal and a half at plus money with a relaxed Sabres team playing with no pressure and wanting to end their season on a high note is absolutely the way to go here the way we see it. Grabbing the 1.5 goals (and getting solid plus money in doing so) with road underdog Buffalo is the big value play here.