Carolina Hurricanes at Florida Panthers Betting Preview/Prop Picks
09 November 2022
Time: 7:00 pm ET
Dunkel Ratings: Carolina 10.446; Florida 11.326
Dunkel Line & Total: Florida by 1; 7
Vegas Line & Total: Florida (-111); 6
Dunkel Pick: Florida (-111); Over
A pair of Stanley Cup title contenders meet up in Florida on Wednesday night as the Panthers are set to host the Carolina Hurricanes. It is still very early in the 2022-23 NHL season, but it’s pretty clear to see that these teams are two of the best in the league.
Carolina comes into this game with an overall record of 8-3-1 to pick up 17 points through their first 12 games. The Hurricanes did suffer a loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs in their most recent game, but they had been on a roll.
Florida is bringing a 7-5-1 record into this game, and the 15 points is actually not where they expected to be at this time. The Panthers are 3-2 over their last five games, but finding some consistency continues to be a problem for this team.
The Florida Panthers are the moneyline betting favorites at -111 over the Carolina Hurricanes in this NHL showdown.
Carolina Wants to Defend
The Hurricanes are a team with a ton of skilled players, but they like to win games by playing terrific defense. Carolina is holding opponents to just 2.83 goals per game this season, and that is despite struggling a bit on the penalty kill.
Goaltender Frederik Andersen has gone 5-3-0 in net for the Hurricanes, and Antti Raanta is 3-0-1. That goaltender duo always keeps this team in the game, and one of those players will be in the net for this one.
The Hurricanes are led on offense by Martin Necas, as he has a team-high ten assists to go along with seven goals.
Panthers Struggling on Special Teams
The Florida Panthers need to find a way to get better on special teams if they are going to start racking up the wins. Florida has killed off just 73 percent of penalties this season, and they have converted on the power play just 13 percent of the time.
Matthew Tkachuk leads the Panthers with 17 total points on the year, but he has been suspended for this game. Florida is scoring just 3.23 goals per game, but there are plenty of weapons on this team.
Goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky has gone just 3-4-1 to begin the year, and the Panthers are going to need him to start playing better if they want to get to the top of the conference standings.
Panthers Pick up the Win
The NHL Eastern Conference is loaded with teams, and it’s always going to be a tight battle when the Hurricanes and Panthers take the ice. Both of these teams have the ability to score with anyone in the league, and they can also shut down opponents as well.
Florida has really started to turn it on when it comes to offense of late, and that is going to end up being the biggest difference in this game. Carolina will keep this game close, but they just won’t be able to find enough scoring to pull off the slight upset on the road.
Bet the Florida Panthers -111 over the Carolina Hurricanes in what should be one of the best NHL games of the night.
Prop Picks
Florida (-105) OVER 3.5 Goals
Florida is averaging 3.2 goals per game, which ranks No. 15 in the NHL, on 40.4 shots per game, which ranks No. 1. Scores have gone OVER in five of the Panthers’ last six games overall.
With Dunkel predicting a Florida win by the score of 4-3, take the Panthers (-105) to finish OVER 3.5 goals scored against the Hurricanes.
Aleksander Barkov (-130) OVER 0.5 Assists
Carolina is allowing 2.8 goals per game on defense, which ranks No. 10 in the NHL. Barkov has eight assists in 13 games played, which ranks No. 2 on the Panthers.
With Dunkel predicting the final score going OVER the Vegas total, take Barkov (-130) to finish OVER 0.5 assists against the Hurricanes.
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