Pittsburgh Penguins (17-8-4) vs. Florida Panthers (14-12-4)
December 15, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Florida Panthers -137 / Pittsburgh Penguins +111; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Florida Panthers meet in NHL action from the FLA Live Arena on Thursday night.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will look to build on their 2-1 win over the Dallas Stars to push their win streak to six games last time out. Sidney Crosby has a team-high 38 points with 17 goals and 21 assists while Evgeni Malkin has 29 points split between 9 goals and 20 assists. Jake Guentzel has also chipped in 29 points with 13 goals and 16 assists this season. Tristan Jarry has gone 13-3-3 with a 2.67 GAA and a .920 save percentage while Casey DeSmith is 4-5-1 with a 2.80 GAA and a .916 save percentage in goal for Pittsburgh this season.
The Florida Panthers will look to build on a 4-0 win over Columbus last time out. Matthew Tkachuk has a team-high 39 points with 14 goals and 25 assists while Brandon Montour has 23 points and Carter Verhaeghe has 24 points with Montour logging 17 assists while Verhaeghe has 15 goals of his own this season. Sam Bennett also has 22 points with 15 assists as well on the year. Sergei Bobrovsky has posted a 6-8-1 record with a 3.35 GAA and a .889 save percentage while Spencer Knight is 8-4-3 with a 2.64 GAA and a .919 save percentage in goal for Florida this season.
Pittsburgh is 5-0 in their last 5 road games and 42-19 in their last 61 games following a win while the under is 3-0-1 in their last 4 games overall. Florida is 56-19 in their last 75 home games and 2-10 in their last 12 games following a win while the over is 6-2 in their last 8 home games.
I get the case to be made for either side in this game, but I’m leaning towards the Penguins here. The Panthers are solid and at home, but we’re getting plus money with a Panthers team that’s been the hotter team in the last couple of weeks and are just firing on all cylinders right now. Give me the Pens and the plus money.
