Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers NHL Picks, Odds, Predictions 2/17/21
2021-02-17 17:00:00 EDT
The Florida Panthers and Carolina Hurricanes meet Wednesday in NHL action at the PNC Arena.
The Florida Panthers look for a win after winning six of their last nine games. The Florida Panthers are averaging 3.3 goals per game and are scoring on 29.7 percent of their power play opportunities. Carter Verhaeghe leads Florida with seven goals, Jonathan Huberdeau has 12 assists and Aleksander Barkov has 45 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing three goals per game and are killing 76.9 percent of their opponents power plays. Chris Driedger has given up 14 goals on 189 shots faced and Sergei Bobrovsky has given up 24 goals on 207 shots.
The Carolina Hurricanes look to stay hot after winning nine of their last 11 games. The Carolina Hurricanes are averaging 3.6 goals per game and are scoring on 27.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Brock McGinn leads Carolina with seven goals, Sebastian Aho has nine assists and Andrei Svechnikov has 40 shots on goal. Defensively, the Carolina Hurricanes are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 80.9 percent of their opponents power plays. Petr Mrazek has allowed three goals on 66 shots faced and James Reimer has allowed 25 goals on 239 shots.
The Panthers are 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 9-4 in their last 13 overall. The Hurricanes are 4-0 in their last 4 home games and 9-2 in their last 11 overall. The over is 7-1 in Hurricanes last 8 overall. The Panthers are 11-33-2 in the last 46 meetings in Carolina and 1-5 in the last 6 meetings. The home team is 54-26-2 in the last 82 meetings. The favorite is 45-19 in the last 64 meetings.
The Carolina Hurricanes should be the favorites here given the way they’re playing and the recent one-sided history against the Panthers. However, the Florida Panthers have also been one of the more impressive teams in the league and we just saw them comfortably take two of three from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Panthers appear to be legit and getting them at plus money has some serious value to it.
