Buffalo Sabres Odds 2026: Playoffs, Stanley Cup & Futures

Market outlook

Buffalo Sabres odds

Buffalo Sabres trades at 4% for NHL Eastern Conference Finals Winner, 53% for NHL Playoff Qualifiers and 9% for NHL Atlantic Division Winner.

Market outlook

Buffalo Sabres markets

2026-27 Stanley Cup® Finals Winner

Buffalo Sabres

31.2x

Carolina Hurricanes

9.41x

$5,010,060 vol32 markets

NHL Eastern Conference Finals Winner

Buffalo Sabres

11.7x

Carolina Hurricanes

4.73x

$216,460 vol16 markets

NHL Playoff Qualifiers

Buffalo Sabres

2.19x

Vegas Golden Knights

1.07x

$121,735 vol32 markets

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Buffalo Sabres Most Traded Players

Jack Quinn leads Buffalo Sabres player trading with 31.1K contracts traded across 26 markets.

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Jack QuinnRW · 31.1K contracts traded

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Tage ThompsonC · 28.6K contracts traded

3

Olen ZellwegerD · 27.1K contracts traded

4

Zach BensonLW · 25.9K contracts traded

5

Noah OstlundC · 23.2K contracts traded

6

Rasmus DahlinD · 15.1K contracts traded

Buffalo Sabres Record and Atlantic Standings

Buffalo Sabres is 4-4-3 this season, eighth in the Atlantic.

Rank	Team	Record	PTS	P%	GF	GA	Streak
1	Boston Bruins	9-2-1	19	79%	48	26	Won 2
2	Ottawa Senators	8-4-0	16	67%	38	34	Won 1
3	Toronto Maple Leafs	7-5-2	16	57%	52	46	Lost 1
4	Tampa Bay Lightning	7-3-1	15	68%	38	34	Lost 2
5	Montreal Canadiens	6-3-2	14	64%	36	36	Won 2
6	Florida Panthers	6-4-2	14	58%	34	36	Won 1
7	Detroit Red Wings	5-4-3	13	54%	33	37	Won 1
8	Buffalo Sabres	4-4-3	11	50%	31	41	Lost 3

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Buffalo Sabres Injury Report

7 Buffalo Sabres players carry a game-status designation.

Matt Grzelcyk · DLower-BodyOut

Jiri Kulich · FConcussionOut

Conor Timmins · DLower-bodyOut

Justin Danforth · FUpper-BodyDay To Day

Sam Carrick · FUpper BodyOut

Alex Lyon · GUpper-bodyOut

Jack Rathbone · DUndisclosedOut

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Buffalo Sabres Roster

Buffalo Sabres currently lists 23 active players and 28 total players on its roster.

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No.	Player	Pos	Status	Exp	College
21	Conor Timmins	D	Injured reserve	—	—
44	Dennis Gilbert	D	Active	—	Notre Dame
3	Jack Rathbone	D	Injured reserve	—	Harvard
46	Louis Crevier	D	Active	—	—
24	Matt Grzelcyk	D	Injured reserve	—	Boston University
23	Mattias Samuelsson	D	Active	—	Western Michigan
8	Olen Zellweger	D	Active	—	—
25	Owen Power	D	Active	—	Michigan
26	Rasmus Dahlin	D	Active	—	—
73	Zach Metsa	D	Active	—	Quinnipiac

Buffalo Sabres Playoff Chances

Buffalo Sabres is priced at a 53% chance to qualify for the 2026-27 playoffs, with a 9% chance to win the Atlantic.

Playoffs53%

Buffalo Sabres path to the postseasonBuffalo Sabres qualifies with a top-three finish in the Atlantic Division or one of the Eastern Conference's two wild-card spots.

Atlantic: 9%

Eastern Conference champion: 4%

League champion: 3%

Buffalo Sabres 2026 Schedule

Buffalo Sabres plays at San Jose Sharks on Oct 27 next.

Date	Opponent	Time (ET)
Oct 27	@ San Jose Sharks	10:30 PM
Oct 29	@ Anaheim Ducks	10:00 PM
Oct 31	@ Los Angeles Kings	4:00 PM
Nov 4	vs Ottawa Senators	7:30 PM
Nov 6	vs Columbus Blue Jackets	7:00 PM
Nov 8	vs Vegas Golden Knights	3:30 PM
Nov 11	vs Tampa Bay Lightning	7:00 PM
Nov 12	@ Chicago Blackhawks	8:00 PM

Buffalo Sabres matchups

Head-to-head pages for every Buffalo Sabres rivalry — division opponents first, then the rest of the league.

Sabres Starting Lineup

Buffalo project a starting lineup of Jason Zucker (LW), Tage Thompson (C), Konsta Helenius (RW), Rasmus Dahlin (LD), Mattias Samuelsson (RD), and Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen (G).

LW

Jason Zucker

C

Tage Thompson

RW

Konsta Helenius

LD

Rasmus Dahlin

RD

Mattias Samuelsson

G

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Projected by the league, and subject to late changes

Sabres Depth Chart

The current Sabres depth chart lists 8 positions.

Position	Starter	Second	Third+
LW	Jason Zucker	Zach Benson	Ryan McLeod·Tyson Kozak
C	Tage Thompson	Noah Ostlund	Josh Norris·Peyton Krebs
RW	Konsta Helenius	Jack Quinn	Josh Doan·Beck Malenstyn
LD	Rasmus Dahlin	Olen Zellweger	Zach Metsa
RD	Mattias Samuelsson	Owen Power	Louis Crevier
G	Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen	Colten Ellis	—

Buffalo Sabres Head Coach

Lindy Ruff is the Buffalo Sabres head coach for the 2026 season.

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Head coachLindy RuffBuffalo Sabres

Buffalo Sabres Last Game

Buffalo Sabres lost 3-4 to the Washington Capitals in its most recent regular-season game on Oct 24, 2026.

Buffalo Sabres

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Washington Capitals

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Buffalo Sabres Stanley Cup Wins

Buffalo Sabres has won no league championships.

Championships

0

Conference titles

3

Division titles

7

Playoff appearances

30

Buffalo Sabres Franchise

Franchise	Detail
Venue	KeyBank CenterBuffalo, NY · 19,070 capacity
Founded	1970
Owner	Terry Pegula
General manager	Jarmo Kekäläinen
Mascot	Sabretooth

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