Buffalo Sabres vs Vegas Golden Knights Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 03/17/26

The Buffalo Sabres continue to maintain a lead in the Atlantic Division, leading the Tampa Bay Lightning by four points, although the Lightning do have two games in hand. Still, Buffalo has surged into first place with nine victories in the past 10 games since returning from the Olympic break on Feb. 25. That includes a wild 8-7 win filled with a ton of offense and fighting in Buffalo on March 8. That also includes a 3-2 victory over the Golden Knights at KeyBank Center on March 3 as moderate favorites (-140) as the Under (6) cashed.

The Sabres fired out to a 3-0 lead with goals for Jason Zucker, Owen Power and Tage Thompson. However, the Golden Knights answered back with goals to Ivan Barbashev and Pavel Dorofeyev within a 97-second span in the second period. However, we had scoreless hockey for the final 31:33 of the game, as Buffalo held on for the 3-2 victory. Vegas has picked up back-to-back wins on home ice, outscoring the Chicago Blackhawks and Pittsburgh Penguins by a 10-2 margin after a 1-5-0 run from Feb. 27-March 10. Can we trust the Golden Knights again? Well, as long as VGK is at home, you can. But, go lightly.

Golden Knights ML (-130) at time of publishing. Playable at that number.