The Boston Bruins and the Florida Panthers meet in NHL action from the FLA Live Arena on Saturday. Let’s dive into the odds, injuries, matchup history and make a prediction for this game.
Odds
Boston is listed as a -155 road favorite while Florida is a +130 home underdog with the total for this game set at 6.5 goals.
Injuries
For Boston, Tomas Nosek is out until late February with a Foot injury, while Florida has Sergei Bobrovsky as out indefinitely with a lower body injury and Gustav Forsling is day-to-day with a knee injury.
Matchup History
Boston’s 7-3 win over Florida back on December 19th, 2022, made it 6 straight wins for the home team in this matchup.
Trends
Boston is 7-1 in their last 8 road games and 41-12 in their last 53 games overall while the under is 4-0-2 in their last 6 games overall. Florida is 0-6 in their last 6 games played on no rest and 60-23 in their last 83 home games while the over is 6-0 in their last 6 games overall.
Pick
I’m sticking with the Bruins in this one. The Panthers have had no luck on the second half of the back-to-back and that’s not good welcoming the Bruins to town, as one of the NHL’s best, trying to shake off a bad loss in their last game in a spotlight scenario against the Lightning. This is just not a spot I’m trying to back the Cats in so give me Boston laying the juice here.