Sabres vs Blackhawks Prediction and Picks - Props Over Sides

Buffalo play the second half of a back-to-back after an 8-3 beating from Tampa Bay, and the best value in this Sabres vs Blackhawks prediction sits in the player markets when the Buffalo Sabres visit the Chicago Blackhawks at United Center, with puck drop at 8 p.m. ET.

Zach Benson over 2.5 shots at +128 is my top play. He has three or more in 10 of 18 games, eight of his last 10 and all of his last five, so this price hasn't caught up to how much he's shooting.

Connor Bedard over 0.5 assists is at -102. He has nine helpers in 12 games and an assist in eight of them, and he scored in the third period in Carolina on Saturday.

Roman Kantserov to score at +220 is the longer price, and I like it. He's scored in four straight games and eight of 18 overall, with nine goals leading the Blackhawks.

I'm passing on both moneylines and the total. Buffalo have won only four of their last 10, and Chicago have won one.

Buffalo swept the 2025-26 series 2-0, winning 9-3 at home and 5-1 in Chicago, and they've won the only meeting this season too.

That game was October 3 in Buffalo, a 4-3 Sabres win. Chicago led 2-0 and 3-2, but Rasmus Dahlin tied it at 6.10 of the third and Jiri Kulich won it at 13.20, with Buffalo outshooting the Blackhawks 28-15.

Buffalo are 4-4-2 in their last 10 and have lost two straight, with a road record of 4-1-3 that's far better than their 4-6-0 at home. Tage Thompson leads them with 11 goals.

Vegas beat them 4-1 on Sunday, as Tomas Hertl scored twice in the third. On Wednesday they fought back from 4-0 down to 4-3 on Thompson's goal 33 seconds into the third, before Nikita Kucherov scored three times and Tampa Bay won 8-3.

Alex Lyon went on IR with a shoulder injury on November 10, CBS Sports reports in its latest list, leaving two goalies for a back-to-back. Colten Ellis (.873) is the likely starter after Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen was pulled on Wednesday.

Chicago are 1-8-1 in their last 10 and have lost four straight, scoring 2.17 goals a game and allowing 4.22. They're 4-5-0 at home, though, and haven't won once on the road.

Tampa Bay beat them 4-1 on November 5, with Kantserov's late goal the only reply. Two nights later, Carolina led 7-0 after two periods before Kantserov and Bedard scored in the third of a 9-2 loss.

Patrick Kane went on IR on November 11 with an upper-body injury, according to CBS Sports updates, which takes nine points out of the lineup. Spencer Knight (.881) is expected in goal after four days off.