The Florida Panthers look for a win after splitting their last 12 games. The Calgary Flames need a win after losing 6 of their last 8 games. Let’s preview this game and give out a Florida Panthers vs Calgary Flames prediction.
Florida Panthers Betting Preview
The Florida Panthers rebounded from losses to the Kraken and Canucks with a win over the Oilers. The Florida Panthers are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 18.1 percent of their power play opportunities. Sam Reinhart leads Florida with 17 goals, Aleksander Barkov has 18 assists and Matthew Tkachuk has 109 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing 2.57 goals per game and are killing 81.4 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Sergei Bobrovsky has allowed 56 goals on 627 shots faced, while Anthony Stolarz has given up 16 goals on 188 shots.
Florida Panthers Team Facts
- The underdogs have won each of the Panthers’ last three games.
- The Panthers have failed to cover the puck line in six of their last seven games as favorites following a road win.
- The Panthers have lost the second period in four of their last five games following a road win.
- The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 2′ market has hit in each of the Panthers’ last six games at Scotiabank Saddledome.
Calgary Flames Betting Preview
The Calgary Flames lost to the Avalanche, Golden Knights and Wild last week but most recently beat the Lightning. The Calgary Flames are averaging 3 goals per game and are scoring on 12 percent of their power play opportunities. Yegor Sharangovich leads Calgary with 11 goals, Nazem Kadri has 14 assists and Blake Coleman has 79 shots on goal. Defensively, the Calgary Flames are allowing 3.39 goals per game and are killing 82.1 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jacob Markstrom has allowed 47 goals on 450 shots faced, and Dan Vladar has given up 36 goals on 315 shots.
Calgary Flames Team Facts
- The underdogs have won seven of the Flames’ last eight games at Scotiabank Saddledome.
- The underdogs have covered the puck line in nine of the Flames’ last 10 games.
- The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3′ market has hit in each of the Flames’ last nine games.
- The Flames have won the second period in each of their last four games as underdogs.
Florida Panthers vs Calgary Flames prediction
The Calgary Flames have won 5 of their last 6 meetings against the Panthers and are coming off a nice win over the Lightning. However, I need more plus money to consider the Flames in this spot. The Florida Panthers are comfortably the better team with the far and away more trustworthy defense and outside of two recent shutout losses, their offense has been hot over the last two weeks. We’re getting pretty much pick ’em prices. Give me the Panthers.
