Panthers at Penguins NHL Statistics

Panthers at Penguins NHL Statistics

The hot Florida Panthers skate up to the Steel City on Friday night to take on the slumping Pittsburgh Penguins. Let’s take a look and breakdown some key factors for this contest between Eastern Conference opponents in this betting preview of Panthers at Penguins NHL Statistics for Friday night out in Pittsburgh.

Panthers Scratching

The Florida Panthers have been playing strong hockey during this first half of the National Hockey League season, with a big 6-2 win over the Arizona Coyotes on Wednesday night, the Cats notch back-to-back victories after going on a four-game slump.

Florida has now won 11 of their last 15 contests heading into this contest on Friday against the Pittsburgh Penguins, who are slipping far out of the Eastern Conference Wild Card race. Forward Sam Reinhart is heading to the All-Star Game on absolute fire right now, ranked second in the NHL in Goals with his 35th tally of the season coming last game against Arizona.

He skates into this game on an 11-game point streak with 12 goals and four assists during the stretch. Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky made 31 saves on 33 shots faced for his 22nd victory of the season, which leads all netminders in the Eastern Conference.

Penguins Waddling on Thin Ice?

The Pittsburgh Penguins were hoping to make a big push in the Metropolitan Division at the start of this season, but now with this team sitting two games below the .500 mark, it seems like this veteran-laden bunch could miss out on the postseason again for the second straight season and third time in the long, storied, Hall-of-Fame career of captain Sidney Crosby.

The 36-year old veteran has done his fair share this season, scoring 27 goals and 48 points in 44 games. Unfortunately, his teammates are pulling their share of the weight consistently enough. Losers of four of their last five contest, the Penguins head into this home game against a strong Florida club that has won 11 of their last 15 games overall, but in the Steel City, the Pens have won 17 of their last 20 meetings hosting the Cats.

Panthers at Penguins Betting Odds

Sportsbooks have the visiting Florida Panthers NHL Odds betting odds to win as short favorites against the hosting Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night priced in the pick’em range around -115 to -125.

Florida, as previously mentioned, has won eleven of their last fifteen games overall, including six straight at home, but they have struggled in Pittsburgh, losing 17 of their last 20 games at PPG Paints Arena.

The Penguins have lost four of their last five games overall, but have won six of their last nine contests at home.

Concluding the Panthers at Penguins NHL Statistics Betting Preview: The total for this contest is set at 6.5 goals shaded to the Under between the price of -120 and -130. Both teams have trended to the Under as of late, with Pittsburgh going Under the total in five of their last seven games overall and Florida cashing the Under in 14 of their last 20 contests. Head-to-Head, the Under has cashed in nine of the last thirteen meetings between these two Eastern Conference clubs.

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Panthers at Penguins NHL Statistics

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