2023 Florida Panthers Betting Line Breakdown: Where Were the Wins and Losses…

Stanley Cup NHL odds were the longest shot on the board for the Florida Panthers after sneaking into the playoffs by one point after the final NHL standings were settled. Despite all of that, the Florida Panthers found themselves in the Stanley Cup Final against the Vegas Golden Knights after defeating the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, and Carolina Hurricanes. Let’s break down the Florida Panthers lines in the regular season vs. the postseason.

Panthers 2023 Regular Season Was Filled With Inconsistency

In 2022, the Florida Panthers won the Presidents Cup with 122 points under interim head coach Andrew Brunette, but a second-round exit in the postseason forced GM Bill Zito to look elsewhere for a coach that could push his team over the top. In walked former Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice with superstar Mathew Tkachuk after the Calgary Flames decided not to re-sign their superstar. For bettors, those moves didn’t produce results in the regular season after finishing with a 42-40 record, costing bettors 1294 units. The majority of those losses were as a favorite where their 35-31 record took 1213 units from Florida backers.

They were a difficult team to figure out, especially at home where they won 20 of their 38 games but that wasn’t good enough to produce a profit (-841 units). That was pretty much where their regular season landed for the public, more wins than losses, but a high moneyline after their 2022 success failed to allow for a profit.

Let’s break down the team by the numbers based on a straight $100 wager. As a favorite of -300 or more, the Panthers were 6-1 (+54 units), 200-299 favorite (-115), and 150-199 (-161 units). The real problem for bettors came when Florida was a favorite of -149 or less (10-19, -1090 units).

Seven times this season, the Panthers were -140 to -149 favorites. That’s where the Panthers were at their worst white losing six of those games (-530 units). It’s fair to say that Florida was one of the most difficult teams to read in the regular season. We continue our Florida Panthers line breakdown with a look at how different their postseason numbers are.

Brand New Confidence Emerges in Post-Season

Paul Maurice has always been one of our favorite head coaches. He causes his team to hang on to every inspirational word in the room, while masterfully manipulating his lines on the ice to give his team the best chance at winning. In the playoffs, this was a team that knew it didn’t have the depth to compete with the better teams in the East, but they decided they were going to physically beat their opponents to the Stanley Cup.

From a betting standpoint, the public cleaned up after the Panthers went on a 13-7 run that saw them produce 1123 units of profit. No team in the postseason has been a bigger surprise than Florida who are 10-7 as a dog (+866 units) and 8-3 on the road (+984 units). As a dog of +150 to +175, Florida is a perfect 5-0 (+803 units). Overall, including preseason, the Panthers are 56-50 in 2023 (-355 units).

They may not win the Stanley Cup but they’ve done an incredible job fighting back after going deep into the red for bettors during the regular season. As we conclude our Florida Panthers line review, perhaps bettors should look for the Cats to pick up where they left off in 2023-24.

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