Take #36 Buffalo Sabres over New York Islanders
(NHL) NY Islanders vs. Buffalo,
Money Line: -115.00 Buffalo (Home)
Result: Win
Looking for their second win of the year, the Buffalo Sabres (1-3-0) will be the better-rested squad on Saturday, when the New York Islanders come to town. The Islanders (2-0-1) dropped their first game of the season in overtime on Friday, a 5-4 loss to the New Jersey Devils. Ilya Sorokin played Friday's full game at UBS Arena, which means Semyon Varlamov should make his first start of the year in Buffalo on Saturday. We are on the Sabres as our top NHL future, and they have started slow. But we do think they bounce back from the slow start as they just lost to Calgary on the road, and they likely show up here at home. New York beat the Sabres in Buffalo six days ago, and the Sabres will not want to lose to them yet again on home ice as a favorite. We like Buffalo today.