The 2024-2025 Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers head to T-Mobile Arena in Vegas to take on the 2023 champion Vegas Golden Knights in search of crucial points in the Atlantic Division.
The Golden Knights, on the other hand, had a convincing run early in the season, but they enter this one on a 2-game losing streak.
The two teams confronted each other recently in October, where the Panthers swept the ice with a 3-0 win.
Despite the Panthers being back-to-back seasonal Stanley Cup victors, their 2025-2026 season finds them currently in 2nd-to-last place in the Atlantic Division with 15 points and a 7-8 record, and they enter the night with a loss in their last game to San Jose Sharks.
The Panthers had back-to-back shootouts starting at the end of October with a 3-2 loss to Anaheim Ducks before turning out a 4-3 result over Dallas Stars on November 1. A rematch against the Ducks on November 4 didn’t go as planned, as Florida let 7 past them with only 3 to answer.
They’d go 2-1 at the start of November after a solid 5-2 victory over Los Angeles Kings on the 6th, but a recent 3-1 loss away to the Sharks puts the Panthers at a 2-3 record in their last 5.
Las Vegas is only 2nd to the Ducks in the Pacific Division with 18 points and a 7-7 record, 4 of those losses coming in OT, and they’ve given up 2 home game defeats in a row to kick off a 2-game losing streak before tonight.
October was a goal-filled month for VGK, as they found 39 goals throughout the month, only failing to score in their single game against the Panthers.
In their last 5 showings, the Golden Knights also posted a 2-3 record, initiated by a 6-3 win over Carolina Hurricanes on October 28, followed by a 4-2 loss to Colorado Avalanche to end October.
Their 1-0 victory over Detroit Red Wings to kick off November was close, but Vegas failed to spark a winning streak after suffering a 6-3 loss to Tampa Bay Lightning on the 6th and a 4-3 OT loss to the Ducks most recently on the 8th.
As both sides hover around a 500 record with close to 40 goals for and goals allowed each, it’s hard to make a decision based on their inconsistencies.
However, the Golden Knights lost 3 of their last 4 consecutive home games, and their only home win over the Red Wings on November 4 was a 1-0 victory.
The Panthers have also scored 9 goals in their last 3 away games, so, with all things considered, a +1.5 puck line for Florida at -205 seems plenty likely.
The Golden Knights have 46 goals for and 42 allowed, while the Panthers have 40 goals for and 46 allowed, which means both sides have formidable offense but questionable defense.
Two of Vegas’ last 3 games and 2 of the Panthers’ last 3 games ended at 7 goals or more, which makes an Over 6.0 at -105 appear reasonable for this matchup.
Panthers’ legendary left-winger Brad Marchand has 10 goals and 6 assists in just 14 games, entering a scoring streak with 4 goals in his last 3 games.
Considering the Canadian’s form in recent showings, another goal anytime at +210 seems likely.
For the Golden Knights, right-winger Pavel Dorofeyev matches Marchand in goals with 10, while teammates Mitch Marner (4 goals and 14 assists) and center Jack Eichel (8 goals and 14 assists) continue to be a ravenous pair.
Marner’s on 1 goal and 2 assists in his last 2 games, while Eichel has been one heck of a playmaker so far this season.
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Florida Panthers
+125
Vegas Golden Knights
-150
Puck Line
FLA Panthers +1.5
Total
O/U 6.0
Jack Eichel (Vegas Golden Knights)
+155
Pavel Dorofeyev (Vegas Golden Knights)
+175
Sam Reinhart (Florida Panthers)
+175
Mitch Marner (Vegas Golden Knights)
+175
Brad Marchand (Florida Panthers)
+210
Tomas Hertl (Vegas Golden Knights)
+210
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