Buffalo Sabres 2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting
How does a team damage its reputation and relationship with fans in what was once a great hockey market? How about 14 consecutive seasons out of the playoffs with no end of the misery in sight? Buffalo took a step back this season in what was a disappointing return of former player and head coach Lindy Ruff. Previously, Don Granato produced two consecutive winning seasons before getting fired in favor of Ruff at the end of last season. Buffalo fans were thrilled when Terry Pegula bought the Sabres. Instead, his tenure has been a nightmare scenario.
2024-25 Stanley Cup Betting Odds
Buffalo Sabres NHL Betting Lines
Buffalo Sabres Team Overview
To conclude the regular season, the Buffalo Sabres were 36-39-7 straight up and 46-29-7 over/under the total. Buffalo was also 14th in the Eastern Conference playoff standings, 32 points behind the Washington Capitals.
Buffalo had NHL rankings of 10th for goals scored and 24th for power play efficiency. In comparison on defense, the Sabres had NHL rankings of 30th for goals against and 24th 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. This season, Touch has 36 goals, 31 assists, 67 points, and is +16.
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 17 goals, 51 assists, 68 points, and a +11.
C Tage Thompson was 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. This year, Thompson came back with 44 goals, 28 assists, 72 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. Ruff's career record of 900-718-78-160, with 11 playoff campaigns.
Season-by-Season Record (Last 7)
| SEASON |
GAMES |
WINS |
LOSSES |
FINISH |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2024–25 |
82 |
36 |
39 |
7th, Atlantic |
Did not qualify |
| 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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