NHL board for Friday, November 6, 2026
Columbus Blue Jackets at Buffalo Sabres
Fewer than 7 total goals
Total: both sides' scores added together.
Ticket Under 6.5
Buffalo lists Alex Lyon and several skaters on injured reserve, and DraftKings posts a 6.5 total. Two middle-of-the-pack clubs with those absences point to a quieter night.
Books on this card
- DraftKings BUF -1.5 · total 6.5 · CBJ +142 / BUF -170
Consensus median BUF -1.5. 1 of 1 books match that number.
Total median 6.5. 1 of 1 books match that total.
A snapshot from the card's source. Not a link. Not an offer. It may already be stale. One book is the whole board when that is all the source printed.
Sources
- https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/scoreboard?dates=20261106Retrieved Friday, November 6, 2026, 10:47 AM ET. Verified schedule, odds.
- https://site.api.espn.com/apis/site/v2/sports/hockey/nhl/summary?event=401892659Retrieved Friday, November 6, 2026, 10:47 AM ET. Verified schedule, injury.
Preview
Columbus visits KeyBank Center at 7:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+. ESPN has Buffalo at 7-5-3 (3-4-0 at home) and Columbus at 7-7-0 (1-4-0 on the road). Buffalo is 3-2 in its last five; Columbus is 3-2 in its last five, per ESPN's last-five.
Key factors
Buffalo's ESPN injury board lists Konsta Helenius Out plus Justin Danforth, Alex Lyon and Matt Grzelcyk on Injured Reserve. Columbus has no players listed on that board at retrieval. ESPN leaders show Tage Thompson with 10 goals for Buffalo and Kent Johnson with 7 goals for Columbus. DraftKings via ESPN posts Buffalo -170 on the moneyline (Columbus +142), a -1.5 puck line, and a 6.5 total — same 6.5 total as our morning Under lean.
The pick
Our morning card took Under 6.5 as a Lean. The evening DraftKings total is still 6.5 with Buffalo missing Lyon and several skaters on IR. Two middle-of-the-pack clubs with those absences still point to a quieter night. The risk is a track-meet if both power plays click; check late goalie confirmations.
Write-up sources
- ESPN: Blue Jackets at Sabres, Nov. 6, 2026
- ESPN game summary: CBJ at BUF (injuries, leaders, last five, odds)
- ESPN NHL scoreboard Nov. 6, 2026 (records, odds)
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