The Calgary Flames will travel to Sunrise, Florida to face the Florida Panthers at the Amerant Bank Arena with the game scheduled to start at 4:00 PM ET on Saturday afternoon and will air on Bally Sports Florida and Root Sports North.

The Calgary Flames enter this game with a record of 31-26-5 and 67 points which puts them in 5^th place in the Pacific Division and a tie with the Seattle Kraken, St. Louis Blues, and Minnesota Wild for 9^th place in the Western Conference while having won six of their last seven games including Thursday’s 6-3 win on the road against the Tampa Bay Lighting. 

Calgary has been a middle-of-the-pack team offensively as they rank 16^th in scoring in the NHL with an average of 3.13 goals per game, however, the Flames have the 4^th worst power-play success rate at 14.66%. Defensively, the Flames have been a below-average team as they rank 18^th in goals allowed per game with an average of 3.13 goals allowed per game, however, they have the 4^th-best penalty-kill percentage at 83.33%. Nazem Kadri has been one of the best players for the Flames this season as he leads the team in assists and points with 32 assists and 54 points. 

The Calgary Flames will look to get their 7^th win in their last eight games when they travel to face the Florida Panthers.

The Florida Panthers have been one of the best teams in the NHL this season with a record of 43-17-4 and 90 points which puts them in 1^st place in the Atlantic Division and the best record in the league, however, the Panthers are coming off a 1-2 loss at home against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday which also ended their six-game winning streak. 

The success of the Panthers this season can be attributed to their defensive play and goalies who enter this game allowing the fewest goals per game with an average of 2.38 goals allowed per game and have the 7^th-best penalty-kill percentage at 81.9%. Sergei Bobrovsky will be the starting goalie for the Panthers on Saturday against the Flames and has been one of the best goalies in the NHL this season as he enters this game 3^rd in wins with 31, tied for 1^st in goals allowed per game with 2.29 goals allowed per game, and tied for 4^th in save percentage at .918. 

Offensively, Florida has also been above average as they are averaging 3.35 goals per game which ranks 8^th in the NHL, and has the 5^th best power-play success rate at 26.07%. The Florida Panthers will look to bounce back following the loss at home against the Flyers when they host the Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon.

WagerWeb has the Florida Panthers listed as -220 moneyline favorites at home against the Calgary Flames on Saturday afternoon. Calgary is 7-2-1 in the last ten while having won the previous four meetings. The Flames have won by an average margin of .8 goals per game over the last ten and 2.33 goals per game over the previous three games in the series.

Florida enters this game with a better record. However, Calgary has been the dominant team in the series, going 7-2-1 in the last ten and winning the last four contests against Florida. The Flames have won by an average margin of .8 goals per game over the last ten and 2.33 goals per game over the previous three games in the series. Take the puck line with the Calgary Flames at +1.5 when they travel to face the Florida Panthers on Saturday afternoon.