Sabres at Kings: the Buffalo Sabres draw 74% of moneyline bets and 86% of the money, a 12-point gap.
| Market | Side | Bet % | Money % | Odds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moneyline | Buffalo Sabres | 74% | 86% | -124 |
| Los Angeles Kings | 26% | 14% | +105 | |
| Total | Over 5.5 | 88% | 90% | -138 |
| Under 5.5 | 12% | 10% | +115 |
On Buffalo Sabres at Los Angeles Kings, the Buffalo Sabres draw 74% of the moneyline bets and 86% of the money. The money runs 12 points ahead of the tickets, so the larger bets lean the same way as the crowd.
A gap of 12 points is close to the typical NHL game, which closes about 11 points apart. It's worth a glance, not a conclusion.
On the total, 88% of bets and 90% of the money are on the Over 5.5. That's the normal pattern in hockey: over the last two seasons, 65% or more of total bets landed on the over in about 94% of NHL games.
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The Buffalo Sabres have 86% of the moneyline dollars against 74% of the tickets, a 12-point difference. A gap that size means the larger bets are not landing in the same proportions as the ticket count.
The hockey version of a point spread, set at 1.5 goals: the favorite at -1.5 must win by two or more, the underdog at +1.5 covers with any win or a one-goal loss. The prices move instead of the number.
Not on the split alone. Across the last two NHL seasons, backing the side with more money than tickets and fading heavily bet public sides both lost at closing prices, about the size of the bookmaker's margin. Splits are context for your own read, not a pick.
Bet percentage counts tickets: every wager counts once. Money percentage counts dollars, so one $1,000 bet outweighs a hundred $10 ones. Reading the two together shows whether the bigger bettors agree with the crowd.
At the latest snapshot, the Buffalo Sabres have 74% of the moneyline bets and 86% of the money. The table above has both teams on the moneyline, puck line and total.
Every ticket counts once in the bet percentage, but in the money percentage a $1,000 bet counts a hundred times more than a $10 one. When the two disagree, the bigger bets are landing somewhere other than the crowd. In the NHL that is common: last season the typical closing moneyline gap was about 11 points, and one game in four cleared 22. On its own, following the money has not beaten NHL prices. See our methodology →
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Last updated: October 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM UTC
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