Devils vs Panthers Prediction 10/16/25 NHL Picks Today

The Florida Panthers and New Jersey Devils meet Thursday in NHL action at Prudential Center. Here’s a Devils vs Panthers Prediction. This article will include a Devils vs Panthers Pick.

Florida Panthers Betting Preview

The Florida Panthers lost to the Flyers and Red Wings, and they play the Sabres next. The Panthers have won 6 of their last 10 regular season games.

The Florida Panthers are averaging 2.8 goals per game and are scoring 31.6 percent of their power-play opportunities. Brad Marchand leads Florida with 3 goals, Gustav Forsling has 3 assists, and Sam Reinhart has 15 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing 2.8 goals per game and are killing 93.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Sergei Bobrovsky has allowed 7 goals on 90 shots faced, while Daniil Tarasov has given up 3 goals on 20 shots.

New Jersey Devils Betting Preview

The New Jersey Devils beat the Lightning and Blue Jackets, and they play the Oilers next. The Devils have lost 5 of their last 8 regular season games.

The New Jersey Devils are averaging 3.67 goals per game and are scoring 25 percent of their power play opportunities. Jesper Bratt leads New Jersey with 2 goals, Luke Hughes has 4 assists and Timo Meier has 11 shots on goal. Defensively, the New Jersey Devils are allowing 3.67 goals per game and are killing 91.7 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Jacob Markstrom has allowed 9 goals on 58 shots faced, while Jake Allen has given up 1 goal on 24 shots.

Why the New Jersey Devils will win

• The home team has won each of the Panthers’ last six games.
• The Panthers have lost each of their last six road games on the second leg of a back-to-back.
• The Panthers have failed to cover the puck line in four of their last five games.
• The home team has covered the puck line in each of the Panthers’ last three games.
• The home team has won the third period in each of the Panthers’ last six games.

Why the Florida Panthers will win

• The Devils have lost eight of their last nine games as home favorites against opponents on a losing streak.
• The Panthers have won each of their last four games as underdogs against Eastern Conference opponents.
• The Panthers have covered the puck line in each of their last 10 games as underdogs following a road loss.
• The Devils have failed to cover the puck line in 14 of their last 15 games following a road win.
• The Panthers have won the third period in each of their last eight road games against Eastern Conference opponents when leading after the second period.

Total Goals Facts

• Eight of the Panthers’ last nine games as underdogs on the second leg of a back-to-back have gone UNDER the total goals line.
• Seven of the Devils’ last eight night games against Atlantic Division opponents have gone OVER the total goals line.
• The ‘Over 2.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in eight of the Panthers’ last nine games as underdogs against opponents on a winning streak.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 3′ market has hit in 12 of the Devils’ last 13 night games at Prudential Center.

New Jersey Devils Player Prop Facts

• Timo Meier has scored a goal in four of the Devils’ last five games.
• Jack Hughes has recorded at least one assist in each of the Devils’ last eight Thursday games against Eastern Conference opponents.
• Jack Hughes has recorded at least one point in each of his last 10 appearances with the Devils as favorites.
• Luke Hughes ranks T1st in the league for multi-assist games (2) this season.

Florida Panthers Player Prop Facts

• Sam Bennett has scored at least one goal in each of the Panthers’ last seven games as underdogs.
• Anton Lundell has recorded at least one assist in each of the Panthers’ last four road games.
• Sam Bennett has recorded at least one point in each of the Panthers’ last seven games as underdogs.
• Jesper Boqvist ranks T4th in the league for Game Winning Goals (1) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The New Jersey Devils rank T6th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (91.67%).
• The New Jersey Devils rank 7th in the league for goals per game this season (3.67).
• The Florida Panthers rank 4th in the league in power play percentage this season (31.58%).
• The Florida Panthers rank T4th in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (93.33%).

Devils vs Panthers Prediction

The Panthers and plus money is always worth a look given they’ve won back-to-back cups, but their injury situation is awful and playing on the end of a back-to-back are the worst spots for banged up teams. The Devils more than held their own to star the season with a road trip, and now they make their home debut against the Panthers. The place will be packed, and the players should be eager to build on two straight wins. This is just a bad spot for the injured Panthers. Give me the Devils.