The Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers meet Monday 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 Panthers vs Hurricanes Prediction.
Series Recap
The Florida Panthers came out firing once again to take a 3-0 series lead by ending up with a 6-2 win over Carolina in game three. Niko Mikkola opened the scoring for Florida with the lone goal of the opening period before Logan Stankoven tied things at one with the only goal of the middle frame. The Panthers broke things open in the 3rd starting with a goal 1:29 into the third from Jesper Boqvist. Mikkola added his second of the game to push it to 3-1 at the 6:26 mark before Aleksander Barkov made it 4-1 just 29 seconds later. Barkov added another tally just 2:36 later to make it 5-1 before Brad Marchand made it 6-1 just 1:06 after that. Seth Jarvis added a consolation goal for Carolina just 24 seconds after that, but that’s as close as the Hurricanes would get the rest of the way as Florida rolled to a third straight win in the series.
Hurricanes Trying To Keep Season Alive
Sebastian Aho leads Carolina with 74 points with 29 goals and 45 assists while Andrei Svechnikov has 48 points with 20 goals and 28 assists. Jack Roslovic has 39 points with 22 goals while Shayne Gostisbehere’s added 45 points with 7 goals and 38 assists. Seth Jarvis has also chipped in 67 points with a team-high 32 goals as well this season. Pyotr Kochetkov has gone 27-16-3 with a 2.60 GAA and an .898 save percentage in goal for Carolina so far this year while Frederik Andersen is 13-8-1 with a 2.50 GAA and an .899 save percentage on the year. Spencer Martin has also gone 3-4-1 with a 3.89 GAA and an .846 save percentage and Dustin Tokarski’s 4-2 with a 2.18 GAA and a .902 save percentage this season.
Why the Carolina Hurricanes will win
- The underdogs have won five of the last six games between the Hurricanes and Panthers.
- The Panthers have lost three of their last four games as home favorites against opponents on a losing streak.
- The underdogs have covered the puck line in seven of the Hurricanes’ last eight games at Amerant Bank Arena.
- The Panthers have failed to cover the puck line in four of their last five games as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.
Carolina Hurricanes Player Prop Facts
- Jesperi Kotkaniemi has recorded an assist in each of the Hurricanes’ last three games as underdogs against the Panthers.
- Jesperi Kotkaniemi has recorded at least one point in each of the Hurricanes’ last five games as underdogs.
- Jesper Fast has scored a goal in three of his last four appearances with the Hurricanes as road underdogs against the Panthers.
- Jackson Blake ranks 2nd amongst rookies for Plus/Minus (+10) this season.
Panthers Trying To Get Back To Stanley Cup Finals
Sam Reinhart has a team-high 81 points including 39 goals and 42 assists while Sam Bennett has 51 points with 25 goals and 26 assists and Anton Lundell has 45 points of his own with 17 goals and 28 assists. Aleksander Barkov also has 71 points with 51 assists of his own while Carter Verhaeghe has 53 points with 20 goals and 33 assists and Matthew Tkachuk has 57 points with 22 goals and 35 assists. Sergei Bobrovsky is 33-19-2 with a 2.44 GAA and a .906 save percentage in goal for Florida this season. Vitek Vanecek is also 2-4-1 with a 3.00 GAA and an .890 save percentage in goal for the Panthers this year.
Why the Florida Panthers will win
- The Hurricanes have lost each of their last nine games against Atlantic Division opponents.
- The Panthers have won nine of their last 10 night games at Amerant Bank Arena against opponents on a losing streak.
- The Hurricanes have failed to cover the puck line in each of their last 11 road games against Atlantic Division opponents.
- The Panthers have covered the puck line in each of their last four games against Eastern Conference opponents.
Florida Panthers Player Prop Facts
- Brad Marchand has scored at least one goal in each of his last four playoff appearances with his team as a favorite against the Hurricanes.
- Aleksander Barkov has recorded at least one assist in each of the Panthers’ last six home games against Metropolitan Division opponents.
- Aleksander Barkov has recorded at least one point in each of the Panthers’ last 10 games as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.
- Sam Reinhart has scored the first goal in four of his last five appearances with the Panthers as favorites against Metropolitan Division opponents.
- Aleksander Barkov ranks T1st in the league for shootout goals (4) this season.
Total Goals Facts
- Eight of the Panthers’ last nine home night games following a home win have gone UNDER the total goals line.
- Each of the Hurricanes’ last six Monday night games have gone OVER the total goals line.
Panthers vs Hurricanes Prediction
I’m on the Panthers here. I tried to get on board with the Hurricanes at some point in the series, but that ship looks like it sailed, as the Panthers have had the number of Carolina up to this point in the series. The Hurricanes just don’t have an answer. It feels like the end of the line for Carolina, and I think Florida gets back to the cup final once again. Give me the Panthers.