Capitals at Panthers 5/3/22 – NHL Betting Picks & Odds
Washington Capitals vs. Florida Panthers
NHL: 7:30 PM EST
May. 03, 2022
TV: ESPN2
Latest Odds : FLA -225 ; Total 6.5
In the Eastern conference first round of the NHL playoffs, the Washington Capitals will travel on the road to the state of Florida to face off against the Panthers on Tuesday for a scheduled pop drop time of 7:30 PM Eastern. This game will be available on ESPN2. The Washington Capitals come into this series with a regular season record of 44–26–12, and have lost their last four consecutive games coming against both New York teams, the Islanders twice, and against the Toronto Maple Leafs by the score of 4–3. The only victory came against the last place Arizona Coyotes on the road.
Florida comes into this game with a record on the season of 58 – 18–6, and have lost three out of the last five games coming against Tampa Bay, on the road against Boston, and on the road against the Montréal Canadiens by a lopsided score of 10–2. This was the final game for Florida of the season and they decided to play most of their back ups. The two victories for Florida came on the road against Ottawa, and at home against the Toronto Maple Leafs by the score of 3–2.
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Jonathan Huberdeau is the team leader for Florida in points with 115 on the season, to go along with 30 goals, and the team leader in assists with 85, 33 of those coming on the power play and is a +35 on this year. Aleksander Barkov is the team leader for Florida with 39 goals, 12 of which coming on the power play with 214 shots on goal this season.
Alexander Ovechkin is the team leader for the Washington Capitals in points with 90, and is also the team leader in goals with 50, 16 of those came on the power play on 334 shots on goal this season. Evgeni Kuznetsoff is the team leader for the Washington Capitals in assists with 54, 19 of those coming on the power play most to Alexander Ovechkin, and is a PLUS7 on the season.
Recent Betting Trends:
The Capitals are 1-5 in their last 6 games.
The Capitals are 4-8 in their last 12 against Florida.
The Panthers are 14-3 in their last 17 games.
The total has gone over in.8 out of the last 8 Panthers games against Washington.
Free Betting Pick: Over 6.5
With Washington playing so mediocre the last five games of the season it is easy for us to see Florida and the high scoring off and scoring 4.11 goals per game coming away with a game on victory. Final Score Prediction: Florida wins game one by the score of 4-3.