Buffalo Sabres vs. Boston Bruins
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For a number of different reasons I believe the value in this contest is on the Bruins as they’ll look to wrap up this series in front of the home town crowd:

Buffalo played well enough to force a Game 6; but keep this in mind: no Sabres team in history has ever rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win a series.

Also remember, that dating back to the end of the regular season, Buffalo is a brutal 1-6 its last seven on the road overall.

On the other side of the ice: Boston is 14-1 when leading a best-of-seven series 3-1.

Boston was simply outplayed last time out against a desperate Buffalo team.

I believe home ice advantage can not be overlooked in this game.

And Boston has excelled in this spot; 5-3 (+1.2 units) when playing with two days of rest; 13-7 (+4.4 units) after allowing four goals or more in its previous contest.

Bottom line: I’m not reading too much into the result in Game 5 and look for the Bruins to clamp down in this contest and get ready for the 2nd round.

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