The Chicago Blackhawks will travel to Buffalo, New York to face the Buffalo Sabres at the KeyBank Center with the game scheduled to start at 7:30 PM ET on Wednesday night and will air on TNT.

Chicago has one of the worst records in the NHL with a record of 13-29-2 and 28 points which puts them in last place in the Central Division and gives them the 2^nd worst record in the Western Conference, however, they are coming off a 2-1 win at home against the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday which also ended their three-game losing streak. 

Chicago has been the 2^nd lowest-scoring team in the NHL while having the 2^nd worst power-play success rate as they enter this game averaging 2.26 goals per game and a 12.88% power-play success rate. Defensively, the Blackhawks have been just as bad as they are allowing the 4^th most goals per game while having the 6^th worst penalty-kill percentage as they are allowing an average of 3.67 goals per game and have a 75.36% penalty-kill percentage. 

Connor Bedard has missed the last few games for the Blackhawks, however, he leads the team in goals, assists, and points with 15 goals, 18 assists, and 33 points. The Chicago Blackhawks will look to build off the momentum following the win against the Sharks when they travel to face the Buffalo Sabres.

The Buffalo Sabres are 19-21-4 with 42 points this season which puts them in 7^th place in the Atlantic Division and gives them the 3^rd worst record in the Eastern Conference, however, they are coming off a 3-0 shutout win at home against the San Jose Sharks on Monday and have won two of their last three games. 

The Sabres have been one of the lower-scoring teams in the NHL as they rank 23^rd in goals per game and 27^th in power-play success rate with an average of 2.95 goals per game and a 13.82% power-play success rate while also having been below-average defensively as they are allowing an average of 3.33 goals per game and have a penalty-kill percentage of 78.79%. Casey Mittelstadt has been one of the better players on the Sabres as he leads the team in assists and points with 26 assists and 38 points. 

The Buffalo Sabres will look to build momentum following the shutout win at home against the Sharks when they host the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night.

BookMaker has the Buffalo Sabres listed as -285 moneyline favorites at home against the Chicago Blackhawks on Wednesday night. Buffalo is 5-2-3 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the last three meetings. The Blackhawks have outscored the Sabres by an average of 3.8 to 3.4 goals per game over the last ten while the Sabres have won by an average margin of .33 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Buffalo enters this game with a better record and has been the better team in the series, going 5-2-3 in the last ten and 2-0-1 in the last three meetings. However, the Blackhawks have outscored the Sabres by an average of 3.8 to 3.4 goals per game over the last ten and have only lost by an average margin of .33 goals per game over the last three games in the series. Take the puck line for the Chicago Blackhawks at +1.5 when they travel to face the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday night.