The Carolina Hurricanes host the Buffalo Sabres in an Eastern Conference tilt on TNT to kick off Monday\u2019s NHL slate.<\/p>\n
Five of Carolina\u2019s past six wins have come by at least a two-goal margin, and my Sabres vs. Hurricanes predictions expect this trend to continue.<\/p>\n
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Read on for my NHL picks<\/a> for Monday, January 19.<\/p>\n Sabres vs Hurricanes prediction<\/p>\n Sabres vs Hurricanes best bet: Hurricanes -1.5 (+125)<\/p>\n The Carolina Hurricanes<\/a> are one of the best two-way teams in hockey, ranking second in expected goals for per 60 minutes (xGF\/60) and fourth in expected goals against per 60 minutes (xGA\/60).<\/p>\n They are one of two teams to rank in the league\u2019s Top 6 in both of those key categories, joining the historically dominant Colorado Avalanche. As a result, the Hurricanes rank second in expected goal share.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, the Buffalo Sabres<\/a> rank 15th in expected goal share.<\/p>\n The goaltending edge also belongs to the Hurricanes, as Brandon Bussi<\/a> is slated to start Monday. Through 21 starts this season, the rookie netminder is 17-3-1 with a .905 save percentage and a 2.25 goals-against average.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen<\/a> is projected to start for Buffalo, and he trails Bussi in each of those three categories.<\/p>\n Sabres vs Hurricanes same-game parlay<\/p>\n Carolina\u2019s Andrei Svechnikov<\/a> is coming off his best game of the season, recording a hat trick against the Devils.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Nikolaj Ehlers<\/a> also carries a hot stick into this matchup, having scored a hat trick in the game prior against the Panthers.<\/p>\n Sabres vs Hurricanes SGP<\/p>\n Andrei Svechnikov anytime goal<\/p>\n Nikolaj Ehlers anytime goal<\/p>\n Sabres vs Hurricanes odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Sabres +175 | Hurricanes -210<\/p>\n Puck Line: Sabres +1.5 (-145) | Hurricanes -1.5 (+125)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6.5 (+105) | Under 6.5 (-125)<\/p>\n Sabres vs Hurricanes trend<\/p>\n Five of Carolina\u2019s past six wins have come by at least a two-goal margin. Find more\u00a0NHL betting trends<\/a> for Sabres vs. Hurricanes.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n How to watch Sabres vs Hurricanes<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Lenovo Center, Raleigh, NC<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Monday, January 19, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 1:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n TNT, HBO Max<\/p>\n Sabres vs Hurricanes latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Carolina Hurricanes host the Buffalo Sabres in an Eastern Conference tilt on TNT to kick off Monday\u2019s…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5107],"tags":[1742,19349,229,194,29,5176,144,2217,5,195,4,794,7800],"class_list":{"0":"post-416446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-carolina-hurricanes","8":"tag-andrei-svechnikov","9":"tag-brandon-bussi","10":"tag-buffalo-sabres","11":"tag-carolina","12":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","13":"tag-carolinahurricanes","14":"tag-colorado-avalanche","15":"tag-eastern-conference","16":"tag-hockey","17":"tag-hurricanes","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-nikolaj-ehlers","20":"tag-ukko-pekka-luukkonen"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115923384103101337","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=416446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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