Buffalo Sabres vs Los Angeles Kings Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/21/26

The Buffalo Sabres are the most exciting team in hockey, and a trip out to the west coast didn’t do anything to slow down that train. The Sabres started the trip with a 2-0 win over the Vegas Golden Knights, and then followed that shutout with another against the San Jose Sharks for a 5-0 victory. They’ve won 11 of their last 12 games, and are now four points clear of the Tampa Bay Lightning for first in the tough Atlantic Division.

The Kings haven’t been as good lately and are barely hanging on to the last wild card in the Western Conference. While Los Angeles may steal that spot, the Pacific Division hasn’t exactly been a gauntlet this season, and if the Kings were in the Eastern Conference with their 72 points, they’d be 12 points back of the playoffs. When you see their 5-3-2 record over the past 10 games, it’s no problem to understand why it has been a bit of a battle.

The Kings are going to suppress plenty of shots, but despite a lighter workload for Darcy Kuemper when he is in the net, he has still lost three of his past five starts. The opposite can be true for Buffalo’s Sunday starter, Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen, who has a 2.41 goals-against average and .919 save percentage since late December, going 12-3-1.

The Kings aren’t going to be the easiest matchup of this winning run for the Sabres, but they should still be heavier favorites in this matchup than they are getting credit for.

Sabres vs Kings prediction: Sabres ML (-115) available at time of publishing. Playable to (-140).