Florida Panthers (38-13-5) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (34-14-9)
March 8, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Pittsburgh Penguins -110 / Florida Panthers -110; Over/Under: -6.5
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The Florida Panthers and the Pittsburgh Penguins meet in NHL action from the PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday night.
The Florida Panthers will look to build on a three-game win streak after a 6-1 win over Buffalo in their last game. Jonathan Huberdeau leads the Panthers in scoring with 77 points including a team-high 59 assists while Aaron Ekblad has 49 points with 14 goals and 35 assists as well as a team-high +37 plus/minus rating this season. Carter Verhaeghe has 42 points and Sam Reinhart has 53 points as well with Verhaeghe chipping in 17 goals and 25 apples while Reinhart’s logging 18 goals and 35 assists. Aleksander Barkov has a team-high 26 goals as well for Florida this season. Sergei Bobrovsky’s gone 28-6-3 with a 2.54 GAA and a .916 save percentage between the pipes for Florida while Spencer Knight is 10-6-2 with a 3.10 GAA and an .902 save percentage this season.
The Pittsburgh Penguins will hope to bounce back from a 3-2 OT loss to Carolina in their last game. Jake Guentzel leads the Penguins in scoring with 57 points including a team-high 27 goals. Evan Rodrigues has 35 points with 16 goals and 19 assists while Kris Letang has 49 points with a team-high 43 assists. Sidney Crosby’s also added 54 points with 18 goals and 36 assists of his own this season. Tristan Jarry’s seen the majority of Pittsburgh’s action between the pipes, going 27-11-6 with a 2.30 GAA and a .921 save percentage this season,
Florida is 4-0 in their last 4 road games and 5-1 in their last 6 games after allowing 2 goals or less in the previous game while the over is 6-1-1 in their last 8 road games. Pittsburgh is 9-3 in their last 12 games after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game and 24-10 in their last 34 games overall while the over is 20-5-1 in their last 26 games following a win.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m looking at the over in this one. Both teams can flat out score and despite the talent on both sides, both teams have been shaky defensively as of late. I think this ends up being an up and down and back and forth style of game, and as such, a 5-4 game wouldn’t shock me. Give me the over here.
