Dallas Stars (9-5-2) vs. Florida Panthers (9-6-1)
November 17, 2022 7:00 pm EDT
The Line: Florida Panthers -167 / Dallas Stars +133; Over/Under: +6.5
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The Dallas Stars and the Florida Panthers meet in NHL action from the FLA Live Arena on Thursday night.
The Dallas Stars will try to bounce back from a 5-4 OT loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning in their last game. Jason Robertson has a team-high 25 points and Roope Hintz has 20 points with Hintz logging a team-high 14 assists and Robertson posting a team-high 11 goals and 14 assists while Joe Pavelski also has 9 goals and 19 points this season. Jake Oettinger’s gone 6-2-1 with a 2.13 GAA and a .929 save percentage while Scott Wedgewood is 3-3-1 with a 3.21 GAA and a .903 save percentage in goal for the Stars so far this season.
The Florida Panthers will be out to build on their 5-2 win over Washington in their last matchup. Matthew Tkachuk has a team-high 20 points with 5 goals and 15 assists while Brandon Montour and Carter Verhaeghe each have 9 points with Montour logging 12 assists while Verhaeghe has 10 goals of his own this season. Aleksander Barkov also has 14 points with 10 assists as well on the year. Sergei Bobrovsky has posted a 4-4-1 record with a 3.14 GAA and a .905 save percentage while Spencer Knight is 5-2 with a 2.31 GAA and a .922 save percentage in goal for Florida this season.
Dallas is 1-4 in their last 5 games against the Atlantic division and 4-1 in their last 5 Thursday games while the over is 6-0-2 in their last 8 games overall. Florida is 53-26 in their last 79 games overall and 53-15 in their last 68 home games while the under is 8-2-1 in their last 11 games against a team with a winning record.
I get the reasoning for backing either side here, but I’m on the Stars with the value. I’m just not 100% sold on the Panthers’ goaltending right now, and like it or not, the Panthers just aren’t he same team that won games left and right on the way to the Presidents’ Trophy last year. This is a Dallas group on the other hand, that can frustrate opposing teams and go in and steal one even though I’m not overly sure it would surprise anyone if they did. All in all. This Stars team has a strong goaltender, some solid forward and defensive play and I think they go on the road and take one from Florida here.
