The Pittsburgh Penguins (11-11-3) and Florida Panthers (15-8-2) tussle Friday. Opening puck drop at Amerant Bank Arena is slated for 7 p.m. ET (NHL Network). Below, we analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Penguins vs. Panthers odds, and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Pittsburgh is on a 3rd leg of a road trip that has witnessed just 2 Penguins goals so far. The Pens lost 2-1 at the Philadelphia Flyers Monday and 3-1 at the Tampa Bay Lightning Wednesday. Pittsburgh has lost 3 in a row (0-1-2) overall and is just 3-5-3 since Nov. 16.
The Panthers of late have had no such scoring issues – 13 goals over their last 3 games – but Florida is just 3-3-1 in its last 7 after going 7-1-0 from Nov. 6-20. The club is 8-4-0 on home ice, but the trend has been the other way over recent weeks. Over their last 4 games in Miami, the Panthers are 1-3-0.
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