The Sabres are also playing on a back to back, and are also coming off an overtime loss, as they fell to the Vancouver Canucks 4-3 in OT on Friday afternoon. Dylan Cozens, Alex Tuch and Bowen Byram scored for Buffalo while Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen tuned aside 18 of 22 shots.

The New York Islanders return home as they face the Buffalo Sabres. It is time to continue our NHL odds series with a Sabres-Islanders prediction and pick. The Sabres enter Friday sitting at 11-10-1 on the year.

Pregame analysis and predictions of the Buffalo Sabres vs. New York Islanders NHL game to be played on November 30, 2024 on ESPN.

Jean-Gabriel Pageau, who scored in the first meeting between the Sabres and Islanders at the start of the month, missed Friday’s game in Washington and is considered day to day. He joined a list of injured forwards that already included last season’s leading point scorer, Mathew Barzal, as well as offseason addition Anthony Duclair.