Buffalo Sabres 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
The misery of the Buffalo Sabres is likely to continue for the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. Specifically, that misery is a tee time instead of a place in the postseason. Last year, Don Granato was fired for going 39-37-6. That was after he went 42-33-7. So far, Buffalo legend Liney Ruff, now in his second tour of duty as the Buffalo coach, is 18-24-5. Most important of all, the Sabres last made the playoffs in 2011 and are swimming upstream, 11 points out of the final spot and in the basement of the Eastern Conference. For a town that is said to love its team, this futility has become the ultimate loyalty test.
2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting Odds
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Buffalo Sabres Team Overview
Just past the midway point of the 2024-25 NHL season, the Buffalo Sabres were 18-24-5 straight up and 25-15-7 over/under the total. Also, Buffalo was 16th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings. Buffalo was 11 points behind the Montreal Canadiens for the final spot in the Eastern Conference playoff race.
Buffalo had NHL rankings of 12th for goals scored and 27th for power play efficiency. In comparison, on defense, the Sabres had NHL rankings of 30th for goals against and 22nd for penalty killing.
Buffalo Sabres Key Players
RW Alex Tuch was a key asset for the Sabres last year. Tuch scored 22 goals with 37 assists for 59 points and a +9 last year. However, it was a regression from 2022-23, when Tuch scored 36 goals with 43 assists, 79 points, and a +14. So far this season, Touch has 15 goals, 19 assists, 34 points, and is +14.
D Rasmus Dahlin scored 20 goals, 39 assists, 59 points, and a -3 in 2023-24. He has played in the last three All-Star games. In 2024-25, he has six goals, 28 assists, 34 points, and a +3.
C Tage Thompson is coming off a decent season with 29 goals, 27 assists, 56 points, and a -1. However, Thompson scored 47 goals with 47 assists, 94 points, and a +4 the season before that. In 2021-22, Thompson scored 38 goals with 30 assists. So far this year, Thompson leads Buffalo with 21 goals, 18 assists, 39 points, and a +2.
Buffalo Sabres Goaltenders
Number one goaltender Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was 27-22 last year, with a 2.57 goals against average and .910 save percentage with five shutouts. In 2024-25, he has a 2.99 goals agaisnt average with a save percentage of .897. His record is 15-14-4 with two shutouts.
Buffalo Sabres Head Coach
Head coach Lindy Ruff played for the Sabres from 1979 through 1993 and then coached them from 1997 through 2013. In his first stint as head coach, he was 571-432-78. He began the season with a career record is 864-679-78, with 11 playoff campaigns.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 6)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2023–24 |
82 |
39 |
37 |
6th, Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
| 2022–23 |
82 |
42 |
33 |
5th, Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
| 2021–22 |
82 |
32 |
39 |
5th, Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
| 2020–21 |
56 |
15 |
34 |
8th, East |
Did not qualify |
| 2019–20 |
69 |
30 |
31 |
6th, Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
| 2018–19 |
82 |
33 |
39 |
6th, Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
Buffalo Sabres History
Founded in 1970 as part of the NHL’s Great Expansion Era, the Sabres have never won the Stanley Cup. Their Glory years were in the mid to late 1970s, led by the famed “French Connection” line of Gilbert Perrault, Rene Robert, and Rick Martin. That team lost the 1975 Stanley Cup Final to the Philadelphia Flyers. That era saw sellout crowds, and that team remains the most iconic in franchise history. Perrault is considered the greatest Sabre ever. The French Connection has a retired banner that hangs in the rafters and a statue outside the KeyBank Center in its honor.
Goaltender Dominik Hasek backstopped the Sabres to the 1999 Stanley Cup Final, which they lost to the Dallas Stars.
Owner Terry Pegula bought the team in 2010 and was celebrated as the local boy who made good and would save the franchise from its losing ways. Pegula promised to spend whatever was necessary and that the entire purpose of the Sabres was to win the Stanley Cup championships. Instead, the Sabres have not made the playoffs since Pegula’s rookie season as owner. Although Pegula has not operated on the cheap, the harder he tries, the worse the team does.
The 2022-23 season marked the first one since 1970-71 that legendary fan-favorite Rick Jeanneret was not on the air as a play-by-play announcer. He has since passed away but will not be forgotten.
NHL Teams
Eastern Conference - Atlantic
Eastern Conference - Metropolitan
Western Conference - Central
Western Conference - Pacific
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