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Panthers vs. Devils Pick – NHL Predictions & Odds 3/18/23

New Jersey Devils (44-17-7) vs. Florida Panthers (34-27-7)
March 18, 2023 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Florida Panthers -125 / New Jersey Devils -105; Over/Under: +6.5
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The New Jersey Devils and the Florida Panthers meet in NHL action from the FLA Live Arena on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.

Odds

Florida is listed as a -125 home favorite while New Jersey is a -105 road underdog. The total for this game is set at 6.5 goals.

Injuries

For the Devils, Miles Wood and Nathan Bastian are questionable for this game while MacKenzie Blackwood is out until late March with a lower body injury. For Florida, Spencer Knight and Givani Smith are both out indefinitely.

Matchup History

New Jersey’s 4-2 win back on December 21st, 2022, made it three straight wins for the road team in this head-to-head matchup.

Trends

New Jersey is 25-7 in their last 32 road games and 11-2 in their last 13 Saturday games while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall. Florida is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall and 2-6 in their last 8 games against the Metropolitan division while the over is 9-4 in their last 13 games following a win.

Pick

I’m backing the Devils here. The M.O. for the Panthers this season has been that they beat the bad teams, but the Devils are far from a bad team, especially on the road, where they’ve been arguably the best team in the NHL this season. I think this is a great price given how well the Devils have played away from home this season, so give me the Devils in this one.

Chris Ruffolo's Free Pick: New Jersey Devils -105

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Chris joined the Sports Chat Place team in August 2016 and has a proven system that combines multiple analytical and situational statistics and trends to give out thousands of winning picks over the last three years with winning records across all of the top leagues, Follow Chris Ruffolo on Twitter @ruffthepickdawg

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