The Edmonton Oilers and the Florida Panthers meet Monday in NHL action from Amerant Bank Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s an Panthers vs Oilers Prediction.
Series Recap
The Florida Panthers tied the series up at one win apiece thanks to securing a 5-4 win in game two last time out over the Oilers. Sam Bennett opened the scoring 2:07 into the game to give Florida the first lead before Evander Kane tied the game at one and Evan Bouchard gave the Oilers the lead in a span of 1:40 before the midway point of the first. Seth Jones tied things at two just 2:18 later before Leon Draisaitl restored Edmonton’s lead on the power play just one minute after that. Dmitry Kulikov tied things at three for Florida and Brad Marchand pushed the lead to 4-3 just 3:46 later to give the Panthers the lead once again. Florida almost held on to secure the win in regulation, but Corey Perry would tie things at four with 18 seconds to go in the third to force OT. The first OT solved nothing but Brad Marchand would pot the winner in the second OT to secure the win for the Panthers.
Oilers Looking To Restore Home Ice
Leon Draisaitl leads the Oilers in scoring with 106 points including a team-high 52 goals and 54 assists while Connor McDavid has 100 points with 26 goals and 74 assists. Evan Bouchard has 67 points with 14 goals and 53 assists while Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 49 points with 20 goals and 29 assists as well this season. Zach Hyman also has 44 points with 27 goals. Calvin Pickard has gone 22-10-1 with a 2.71 GAA and a .900 save percentage in goal for Edmonton and Stuart Skinner has gone 26-18-4 with a 2.81 GAA and an .896 save percentage this season.
Why the Edmonton Oilers will win
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- The Oilers have won six of their last seven games as underdogs.
- The Panthers have lost four of their last five games as favorites following a road win.
- The road team has covered the puck line in nine of the Panthers’ last 10 games.
- The Panthers have failed to cover the puck line in nine of their last 10 home games after coming off overtime.
Edmonton Oilers Player Prop Facts
- Leon Draisaitl has scored at least one goal in each of the Oilers’ last four games against the Panthers.
- John Klingberg has recorded at least one point in eight of his last nine appearances with his team as an underdog against the Panthers.
- John Klingberg has recorded at least one assist in seven of his last eight appearances with his team as an underdog against the Panthers.
- Leon Draisaitl ranks 1st in the league for Goals (52) this season.
Panthers Looking To Take First Series Lead
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 Panthers have won each of their last eight night Game 3s of a playoff series.
- The Oilers have lost each of their last seven Monday road games.
- The Oilers have failed to cover the puck line in eight of their last nine games against Atlantic Division opponents.
- The Panthers have covered the puck line in seven of their last eight games.
Florida Panthers Player Prop Facts
- Sam Reinhart has scored a goal in seven of his eight previous appearances in night Game 3s of a playoff series.
- Evan Rodrigues has recorded at least one assist in each of the Panthers’ last five Game 3s of a playoff series.
- Matthew Tkachuk has recorded at least one point in each of the Panthers’ last nine Game 3s of a playoff series.
- Aleksander Barkov ranks T1st in the league for shootout goals (4) this season.
Total Goals Facts
- Eight of the last nine games between the Oilers and Panthers have gone OVER the total goals line.
- Four of the Oilers’ last five games have gone OVER the total goals line.
Panthers vs Oilers Prediction
I’m on the under here. I don’t think there’s going to be 14 penalties called in this game like there was in game two. Furthermore, I just think the defense picks up a lot more than it did in the first period of game two, that kind of set the tone for the rest of that game. Likewise, I’ll side with the under in game three.