Max Pacioretty, Mark Stone, and the Vegas Golden Knights will do battle against Jonathan Huberdeau, Aleksander Barkov, and the Florida Panthers at the BB&T Center for an East-West showdown. The match will get going at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, February 6, and it’ll air live on AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain.
Vegas Golden Knights at Florida Panthers Odds
Moneyline and Over/Under (O/U) odds have not yet been posted for this matchup.
Florida is 29-23 straight-up (SU) and has earned 4.5 units for moneyline bettors this season. That winning percentage, the third-best in the Atlantic Division in this young season, is a welcome improvement over the 36-46 record from last year’s regular season campaign. Of its 52 games this season, 31 have gone over the total, while 18 have gone under and just three have pushed. The team’s 16-10 SU at home this year.
The Panthers have converted on 23.2 percent of their power play chances this season, a figure that’s good enough for eighth-best in the league. On the other hand, their penalty kill is ranked 24th overall, and they’ve successfully killed off 77.8 percent of all penalties.
Averaging 27.2 saves per game with a .901 save percentage, Sergei Bobrovsky (21-19-5) has been the top option in goal for Florida this year. If Florida chooses to rest him, however, the team may turn to Chris Driedger (6-3-3 record, .932 save percentage, 2.35 goals against average).
Vegas has lost 15.6 units for bettors taking the moneyline this year and is currently 27-28 straight up (SU). 27 of its outings have gone over the total, while 24 have gone under the total and just four have pushed. The Golden Knights are 13-15 SU as a road team this season.
The Golden Knights have converted on 21.2 percent of their power play chances this season, a figure that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill unit is ranked 17th overall and it’s successfully killed off 79.9 percent of all penalties.
Marc-Andre Fleury (26.7 saves per game) has been the primary option in goal for Vegas. Fleury owns a 20-18-4 record, while registering a .907 save percentage and 2.79 goals against average this year.
Vegas Golden Knights vs. Florida Panthers Free Picks
Prediction: SU Winner – Golden Knights, O/U – Over
Betting Trends
- Over Florida’s last ten outings, six of them have been decided by two or more goals (the team is 4-2 in those games).
- The Panthers are 10-3 SU in games where they serve more penalty minutes than their opponent while the Golden Knights are 15-12 SU when they spend more time in the box than the opposition.
- Vegas is 3-1 in games decided by a shootout this season while Florida is 3-3 in shootouts.
- For both of these clubs, the over has hit in three of their past five outings.
- Vegas skaters have averaged 10.2 giveaways over its last five home games, a rise over its season average of 8.8 giveaways per game (ranked eighth in the NHL).
- Florida is ranked 26th this season with 12.0 giveaways per game. That figure has trended lower lately, however, as the team’s averaged 10.0 giveaways over its last 10 games and 6.8 giveaways over its last five.
- Vegas skaters have dished out the fifth-most hits in the league (27.3 per game).
