Colorado Avalanche (27-19-4) vs. Florida Panthers (26-22-6)
February 11, 2023 6:00 pm EDT
The Line: Florida Panthers -120 / Colorado Avalanche +100; Over/Under: +6
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The Colorado Avalanche and the Florida Panthers meet in NHL action from the FLA Live Arena on Saturday night. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Florida is listed as a -120 home favorite while Colorado is a +100 road underdog. The total for this game is set at 6 goals.
Injuries
For Colorado, Josh Manson and Cale Makar are both out until late February while Evan Rodriguez is questionable for this game with a facial injury. For Florida, Aleksander Barkov is questionable for this game with a hand injury.
Matchup History
Florida’s 5-4 win back on January 10th, 2023, made it four wins in the last six meetings between these two teams.
Trends
Colorado is 70-25 in their last 95 games against a team with a losing record and 131-64 in their last 195 games overall while the under is 19-6-2 in their last 27 road games. Florida is 63-23 in their last 86 home games and 6-13 in their last 19 games against a team with a winning record while the over is 8-1 in their last 9 games overall.
Pick
I’m sticking with Florida here. This season, the Panthers have had their issues against teams with winning records, but Florida’s looked really good coming out of the all-star break, while the same can’t be said for Colorado, who have scored just one goal in two games since the all-star break and just got their butts handed to them by the Lightning in their last game. Florida’s playing with some confidence right now and I think they get the job done here.
