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NHL Betting Picks and Predictions: Florida Panthers vs. Vancouver Canucks

October 21, 2023



The Vancouver Canucks will travel to Sunrise, Florida to face the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena on Saturday at 7:00 PM ET.

Vancouver enters this game with a record of 2-2 following a 3-4 loss on the road against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday. The Canucks scored three goals against the Lightning with Brock Boeser, J.T. Miller, and Tyler Myers accounting for the three goals. Elias Pettersson recorded two assists while J.T. Miller and Filip Hronek recorded an assist apiece. Thatcher Demko had 32 saves on 36 shots on goal with a .889 save percentage while allowing four goals. 

The Vancouver Canucks are averaging 3.75 goals per game with a 30.8% power play success rate while allowing an average of 2.5 goals per game with a 72.2% penalty kill percentage. Elias Petterson leads the team in points and assists with 8 points and 7 assists this season. Brock Boeser leads the team in goals with 5 goals on the year. Thatcher Demko will be the starting goalie for the Vancouver Canucks when they travel to face the Florida Panthers on Saturday. Demko is 1-2 this season with a .930 save percentage while allowing an average of 2.58 goals per game.

The Florida Panthers enter this game with a record of 2-2 following a 3-1 win at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. Florida scored three goals with Sam Reinhart, Kevin Stenlund, and Oliver Ekman-Larsson accounting for the three goals. Aleksander Barkov, Sam Reinhart, and Dmitry Kulikov recorded an assist apiece. Sergei Bobrovsky had 29 saves on 30 shots on goal with a .967 save percentage while allowing a goal in a win. 

Florida is averaging 2.75 goals per game this season with an 11.1% power play success rate while allowing an average of 3 goals per game with a 70% penalty kill percentage. Sam Reinhart leads the team in points and goals with 6 points and 4 goals this season. Aleksander Barkov and Matthew Tkachuk are tied for the team lead in assists with 4 assists apiece on the year. Sergei Bobrovsky will be the starting goalie for the Florida Panthers when they host the Vancouver Canucks. Bobrovsky is 2-2 on the year with a .908 save percentage while allowing an average of 2.81 goals per game.

BookMaker has the Florida Panthers listed as a -130 moneyline favorite at home against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. Florida has won seven of the last ten including the previous five meetings in a row while winning by an average margin of .5 goals per game over the last ten and 2 goals per game over the last three games in the series.

Florida enters this game on a two-game winning streak this season and on a five-game winning streak in the series. The Panthers have kicked things up a notch following their first two games of the season and are averaging 3.5 goals per game in their last two games. Take the hotter team this season and in the series with the Florida Panthers at home against the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday. 

Spooky Express Pick: Florida Panthers Moneyline (-130)