Florida Panthers vs. Vancouver Canucks odds, tips and betting trends
The Florida Panthers (2-2) host the Vancouver Canucks (2-2) at BB&T Center on Saturday, October 21 at 7:00 PM ET, airing on ESPN+ and BSFL. The matchup features two of the league’s most productive offensive options in Sam Reinhart (four goals and two assists) and Elias Pettersson (one goal and seven assists).
Florida won 3-1 at home its last time out on October 19 against the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Vancouver’s most recent game was a road loss, 4-3, against the Tampa Bay Lightning on October 19.
Ahead of watching this matchup, here’s everything you need to know about Saturday’s action on the ice.
- Favorite: Panthers (-131)
- Underdog: Canucks (+111)
- Over/under: 6.5
- The Panthers won 54.4% of their games last season when they were a moneyline favorite (37-31).
- Florida had a 27-24 record (winning 52.9% of its games) when playing as a moneyline favorite of -131 or shorter.
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Panthers have an implied win probability of 56.7%.
- Florida’s games last season went over this matchup’s total of 6.5 goals 58 times.
- The Panthers’ 288 total goals (3.5 per game) made them the sixth-best scoring team in the league last season.
- Defensively, the Panthers conceded 272 total goals (3.3 per game) to rank 21st in NHL play.
- The 63 power-play goals the Panthers scored last season (eighth-most in the NHL) came via 276 power-play chances.
- Last season the Canucks had 21 wins in the 55 games in which they were an underdog.
- Vancouver was 14-27 as an underdog of +111 or longer on the moneyline last season.
- The win probability for the Canucks, implied from the moneyline, is 47.4%.
- Vancouver played 49 games last season that ended with over 6.5 goals.
- With 270 goals (3.3 per game) last season, the Canucks had the NHL’s 13th-ranked offense.
- The Canucks gave up 296 total goals (3.6 per game), 25th in the NHL.
- The Canucks had 62 power-play goals (11th in NHL) on 273 chances.
- Game Day: Saturday, October 21, 2023
- Game Time: 7:00 PM ET
- TV Channel: Bally Sports
- Live Stream: Fubo (Watch for free)
