Carolina Hurricanes at Columbus Blue Jackets (-182, 5.5)
The only NHL team yet to win on the road is the Hurricanes, who have been pretty bad everywhere but are awful when venturing away from home.
Overall, Carolina has eight goals in its last six games. That includes a 6-1 loss at Philadelphia on Halloween, a 3-0 blanking at Florida Wednesday and a 3-2 loss to the Leafs Friday.
The Hurricanes are 27th in the NHL in road scoring and 29th in road goals allowed. They also have taken the most penalty minutes (205) in road games and rank in the second half of the league in both sides of special teams on the road.
Carolina played and traveled Friday night, while first-place Columbus is 4-2 when coming off one day of rest and has won the last two meetings by a combined 9-2.
Pick: Columbus
Buffalo Sabres at Boston Bruins (-115, 5.5)
The Bruins have had so many problems finding the twine thay they almost revisited "old-time hockey" and the days of Eddie Shore.
Boston was less than a minute from its third straight shutout loss before scoring in the last minute of regulation in Thursday's 2-1 shootout setback to Montreal. The Bruins had not been shut out in three straight games since 1929, when Shore was between the pipes.
Goalie Tim Thomas is doing his part to keep the Bruins in games, allowing just four regulation goals in that span. In all, Boston hasn't played to the over in a regulation game since Oct. 12.
Meanwhile, the Sabres have played to the under in five of their last six games.
Pick: Under 5.5