Penguins to Cover as Home Underdogs Again
The Florida Panthers are back trending in the right direction after some recent struggles as they head to face a Pittsburgh Penguins team that has fallen into seventh place in the Metropolitan Division standings. The NHL betting line has visiting Florida listed as the favorite.
The last time that Florida played at Pittsburgh, the result was a wild 7-6 win by the host Penguins with defenseman Kris Letang scoring his second goal of the game in overtime,
Florida is in second place in the Atlantic Division standings while Pittsburgh is seven points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.
Looking at NHL odds, Florida is seventh at +1200 in the odds of winning the Stanley Cup title. Seven Eastern Conference teams are ahead of Pittsburgh at +3500 in the championship odds.
Keep on reading for more on the matchup between the Panthers and the Penguins.
Panthers vs Penguins Game Information
- Game: Panthers 29-14-4 vs Penguins 21-17-6
- Date/Time: Friday, Jan. 26, 7:07 p.m. ET
- Location: PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh, PA
- Panthers vs Penguins Live Stream: NHL.com
Florida has won its last six games on the road and has outscored its opponents 28-10 in those games. Pittsburgh has won one of its last five games. Seven of the last eight games with Florida as the road favorite have gone under the total.
Each of the last five games when the Penguins were the home underdogs landed under the total, with Pittsburgh winning four of those matchups. Keep that in mind when looking at the NHL’s best bets.
Florida is priced at -135 to win outright while Pittsburgh is currently at +115 on the Moneyline.
Panthers vs Penguins Odds and Spreads
Panthers vs Penguins Betting Trends
- Florida is 24-12-2 this season when listed by the Las Vegas odds as the favorite.
- Six of the last nine games between the Panthers and Penguins finished over the total.
- Florida has covered in 15 of its 24 road games.
- Only seven of Pittsburgh’s first 21 home games landed over the total.
- The total went under in 14 of Florida’s last 20 games.
- Pittsburgh has won 17 of its last 20 games against the Panthers.
- The total has gone under in five of Pittsburgh’s last seven games.
- Eight of Florida’s last 10 matchups with Metropolitan Division teams landed over the total.
Panthers vs Penguins Over/Under Pick: Under 6 (-105)
The game has landed over the total in just one of the last nine times that Florida has been the road favorite. The Panthers haven’t seen back-to-back games finish with at least seven goals since the first two games in December. Coming off a 6-4 win against Arizona, the Panthers could be due for another low-scoring affair.
Pittsburgh has scored 10 goals in its last four home games and that is enough to call for this game to finish under the six-goal total when looking at predictions for today’s NHL games.
Panthers vs Penguins NHL ATS Pick: Pittsburgh Penguins +1½ (-220)
Florida has won its last six road games. However, Pittsburgh has won its last four games as a home underdog. Those games have come against Colorado, Vegas, Toronto and Carolina so it is not as if the Penguins have been feasting on teams at the bottom of the standings.
The Penguins haven’t played since Monday. With nine of the top 13 scores on the Penguins at least 30 years old, those extra days could be invaluable.
Pittsburgh is still without forwards Matt Nieto and Reilly Smith.
Panthers vs Penguins Player Prop Pick: Jake Guentzel to score a goal (+120)
With at least three days rest, Pittsburgh’s leading scorer Jake Guentzel has seven goals and four assists in six games.
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Guentzel has just two goals in his last seven games so he could be due to light the lamp after failing to score in the first matchup of the season against the Panthers as he is a pretty good option when it comes to the NHL hockey bets today.
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Panthers vs Penguins Prediction
Questions Of The Day
Which team is most likely to score the first goal?
Since the start of January, Florida is +4 and Pittsburgh is -6 in first-period goal differential so go with the visiting Panthers to score first in this matchup.
Are there any injury concerns going into the Florida-Pittsburgh matchup?
Nick Cousins is out and fellow forward William Lockwood is serving the final game of his suspension for Florida. Forwards Reilly Smith and Matt Nieto are out for Pittsburgh. Smith did skate at Pittsburgh’s practice on Thursday so he could be nearing a return.
