Ottawa Senators vs Florida Panthers Prediction, 4/6/2023 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Ottawa Senators vs Florida Panthers

Date: Thursday, April 6, 2023

Location: FLA Live Arena in Sunrise, FL

TV: Bally Sports Florida

FLA Live Arena is the site where the Florida Panthers (40-31-7) will attempt to defeat the Ottawa Senators (37-34-7) on Thursday.

The Ottawa Senators will look for better times on the ice after their 3-2 defeat against the Hurricanes their last time out. The Senators didn't have a great showing offensively in this defeat. In the outing, they scored on 2 out of the 28 shots they put on goal. Furthermore, they had 4 power play opportunities and netted 1 goal. Ottawa amassed 10 minutes in the box in this contest.

Ottawa Senators opponents have 276 power play tries (3rd in professional hockey) and have notched 51 goals in those attempts. The Senators have had 2,453 shots taken against them and hold a save percentage of .897. Ottawa has tried 2,583 shots and is the owner of a shooting percentage of 9.5%. At even strength, the Senators have allowed 202 goals while getting 174 on the offensive side of the ice. Ottawa skates onto the rink with 287 power play chances and they have scored 70 goals out of those attempts, giving them a rate of 24.39%. For the season, they have 81 points and their points percentage comes in at .519. When discussing scoring goals, the Ottawa Senators have racked up 244 goals (19th in the National Hockey League) this year and have given up 253.

Protecting the goal for this matchup will be Cam Talbot. The opposition has been able to score 1,086 goals against Talbot in his NHL career and his goals against average per contest is 2.65. Talbot has played in 431 games over the course of his NHL career. His save percentage is at .914 for his 24,606 minutes on the ice. He has an overall mark of 217-156-36 and he has gotten the start in 412 games. Over the course of his time in hockey, Talbot is sitting with 224 quality starts and his percentage for quality starts is .544. Talbot has had 12,583 shot attempts taken against him and has garnered 11,497 saves.

When they were on the ice last, Florida opposed the Sabres in a game where the Panthers got the victory by a final of 2-1. They had 4 attempts on the power play in this one and netted 1 out of those tries. The Panthers notched 2 goals out of the 36 shots on goal they pursued.

The Panthers have accumulated 213 goals at even strength and 59 goals (8th in the NHL) while on the power play. Florida has tried 2,872 shots (1st in the league) and has a shot percentage of 9.47%, while allowing the other team 2,460 shots. For the year, the Florida Panthers have notched a total of 272 goals, 87 points, as well as a points percentage of .558. They have permitted 260 goals to be scored by way of 190 goals at even strength and 70 goals while they had less men on the ice. They have earned 262 opportunities on the power play and they have accumulated a power play rate of 22.52%. They have a penalty kill percentage of 74.73% on the other teams 277 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is currently 89.4%.

For the opposition you are likely to see Sergei Bobrovsky patrolling the crease. His opposition is averaging 2.61 goals per game and he has allowed 1,603 goals altogether. Bobrovsky's quality start rate is 57.3% and he has 359 quality starting assignments in his hockey career. He has been a starter 626 games and his ice time sits at 36,909 minutes. Bobrovsky holds a career record of 360-207-51 and has been in goal for 642 games. He has racked up 17,232 stops out of the 18,835 shots taken, which gives him a save % of .915.

Who will win tonight's NHL game against the spread or moneyline?

Josh's Pick: Take Ottawa

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