Washington Capitals vs. Florida Panthers Prediction, Preview, and Odds

Washington Capitals and Florida Panthers are playing each other on Tuesday evening. The Panthers lost 4-2 at home to Edmonton Oilers on Saturday.

Washington Capitals are 13th in the NHL with 49 goals this season. They have seven different players listed on the injury report. Darcy Kuemper is the starting goaltender for the Washington Capitals. He is 5-7-1 this year with 2.63 goals allowed per game and a .911 save percentage. The team is 25th with 53 goals, but they are better than average on penalty kill.

Washington Capitals and Florida Panthers are playing each other. Florida has struggled to score goals this season. They have only scored nine goals on their power play. Sergei Bobrovsky is 3-4-1 with a .911 save percentage and 2.63 goals allowed per game. Washington has three players on the injury report.

Washington Capitals are 16th in the NHL with a 20.3% power play percentage and 29th with 14.8%. Florida Panthers are 29st in all of hockey with only 14% of their shots on goal. Washington is allowing 3.6 goals in their last 5 games and Florida is giving up 3 goals each in last 4 games.

Washington Capitals and Florida Panthers are playing a game. The Caps are allowing 3.06 goals on 31.3 shot attempts per game and 3:07 goals per 30.7 shot attempt. Neither team is great at killing penalties. Washington is averaging 3,5 goals in their previous four games and they are scoring 3.,6 goals last five games. Florida is scoring over 3 goals against Washington in 11 of their 14 games against each other.

Justin has been involved with sports since high school. He has written sports editorials for both hard copy newspapers and online sites. Justin has joined StatSalt's team. Washington Capitals are favored to beat Florida Panthers 6.5 to 6,5.