Carolina Hurricanes (16-6-1) vs. Florida Panthers (14-9-1)
November 30, 2024 4:00 pm EDT
The Line: Florida Panthers -111 / Carolina Hurricanes -111; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Florida Panthers and the Carolina Hurricanes meet Saturday in NHL action from the Amerant Bank Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes Prediction.
Florida Panthers Recap
The Florida Panthers come into this one looking to add to their 6-3 win over the Carolina Hurricanes last time out. After this game, the Panthers will head on the road to take on the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Panthers Looking To Sweep Home And Home
Entering Friday, Sam Reinhart has a team-high 32 points including 17 goals and 15 assists while Sam Bennett has 21 points with 10 goals and 11 assists and Anton Lundell has 16 points of his own with 7 goals and 9 assists. Aleksander Barkov also has 21 points with 16 assists of his own while Carter Verhaeghe has 18 points with 6 goals and 12 assists and Matthew Tkachuk has 16 points with 5 goals and 11 assists. Sergei Bobrovsky is 10-5-1 with a 3.05 GAA and an .889 save percentage while Spencer Knight is 3-4 with a 2.63 GAA and a .902 save percentage in goal for Florida this season.
Why the Florida Panthers will win
- The Panthers have won seven of their last eight games on the second leg of a back-to-back.
- The Hurricanes have lost six of their last seven games at Amerant Bank Arena.
- The Hurricanes have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last four games against Eastern Conference opponents.
- The home team has covered the puck line in 12 of the Hurricanes’ last 16 games.
Carolina Hurricanes Recap
The Carolina Hurricanes come into this one looking to bounce back and earn a split after their loss to the Panthers in Friday’s matchup. After this game, Carolina will head back home to take on the Seattle Kraken.
Hurricanes Looking For Revenge
Going into Friday’s game, Martin Necas leads the Hurricanes with 37 points including 12 goals and a team-high 25 assists while Andrei Svechnikov has 18 points with 8 goals and 10 assists. Sebastian Aho has 24 points with 7 goals and 17 assists. Jack Roslovic has 14 points with a team-high 12 goals while Eric Robinson added 14 points with 5 goals and 9 assists. Pyotr Kochetkov has gone 10-2 with a 2.42 GAA and a .904 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this year while Frederik Andersen is 3-1 with a 1.48 GAA and a .941 save percentage on the year. Spencer Martin has also gone 3-2-1 with a 3.33 GAA and a .856 save percentage this season.
Why the Carolina Hurricanes will win
- The underdogs have won four of the Panthers’ last five games.
- The Panthers have lost each of their last three games as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.
- The Panthers have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last seven home games against Metropolitan Division opponents.
- The Hurricanes have covered the puck line in nine of their last 10 games as underdogs against the Panthers.
Florida Panthers vs Carolina Hurricanes Prediction
I’m on the Panthers here. A lot of the time, I’ve found that with these home and home games on a quick turnaround, there usually isn’t enough time to make the adjustments to expect a different result from the first outing. The Panthers likely will start Spencer Knight here, but Knight’s been a very capable backup and the Hurricanes just had trouble solving the Panthers on Friday so give me Florida here.
