The San Jose Sharks and the Florida Panthers meet in NHL action from the FLA Live Arena on Tuesday night.

Sharks Still Looking For First Win

The San Jose Sharks come into this game looking for their first win on the year after dropping to 0-4-1 on the year after a 5-1 loss to Nashville last time out. Tomas Hertl has a goal and a team-high 4 assists while Filip Zadina has a pair of goals. Henry Thrun has a pair of assists and Fabian Zetterlund has a goal and an assist. William Eklund, Thomas Bordeleau and Anthony Duclair each have a goal as well for the Sharks this season. MacKenzie Blackwood’s gone 0-2-1 between the pipes for the Sharks this season, posting a 3.89 GAA and a .906 save percentage while Kaapo Kahkonen is 0-2 with a 3.60 GAA and an .897 save percentage this season.

San Jose Sharks Team Facts

• The Sharks have lost each of their last 11 games.
• The favorites have covered the puck line in nine of the Sharks’ last 10 games.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 1′ market has hit in 14 of the Sharks’ last 18 games.
• The Sharks have lost the third period in nine of their last 10 games as underdogs.

San Jose Sharks Player Prop Facts

• Anthony Duclair has recorded a point in five of his last six appearances with his team as an underdog against Atlantic Division opponents.
• Kevin Labanc has scored a goal in three of his last four appearances against the Panthers.
• Mike Hoffman has recorded an assist in four of his last five appearances with his team as an underdog against the Panthers.

Panthers Fall To Vancouver

The Florida Panthers come into this one on the heels of their 5-3 loss at the hands of the Vancouver Canucks in their last game, dropping to 2-3 on the year. Sam Reinhart leads the Panthers with 8 points including a team-high 6 goals while Evan Rodrigues has 7 points and a team-high 5 assists and Aleksander Barkov has 6 points with 5 assists of his own. Matthew Tkachuk and Dmitry Kulikov have 4 and 3 assists respectively as well this season. Sergei Bobrovsky’s made all five starts for Florida this year, going 2-3 with a 3.06 GAA and an .899 save percentage this season.

Florida Panthers Team Facts

• The Panthers have won each of their last eight games against the Sharks.
• The underdogs have covered the puck line in each of the Panthers’ last nine games at Amerant Bank Arena.
• The Panthers have lost the second period in eight of their last nine games.
• The ‘Over 1.5 Goals Period 2′ market has hit in 15 of the Panthers’ last 16 games against Pacific Division opponents.

Florida Panthers Player Prop Facts

• Sam Reinhart has recorded at least one point in each of his last six home appearances against the Sharks.
• Aleksander Barkov has recorded at least one assist in each of the Panthers’ last four games.
• Sam Reinhart has scored at least one goal in each of the Panthers’ last four games.
• Sam Reinhart ranks T1st in the league for multi-point games (4) this season.

Matchup/League Facts

• The Florida Panthers ranks 31st in the league in penalty kill percentage this season (65.22%).
• The Florida Panthers ranks 25th in the league in power play percentage this season (10.00%).
• The San Jose Sharks ranks 31st in the league for goals per game this season (1.40).
• The San Jose Sharks ranks T26th in the league for goals against per game this season (3.80).

Chris’ Pick

I’m looking at the Panthers here if forced to pick, I don’t love this money line price, but I don’t think there’s anywhere else to go. The Sharks are getting some nice plus money, but they’re heavy underdogs for a reason as this is the worst team in the NHL. Florida’s the better team but they need more scoring depth and hopefully for their sake it can come in the coming days. Give me Florida, but of all 16 games this is probably my least favorite.