New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers Prediction, 11/14/2024 NHL Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers

Date: Thursday, November 14, 2024

Location: Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, FL

TV: WSFL-TV

Odds/Point Spread: Devils (+120) Panthers (-144)

The Florida Panthers (11-4-1) will compete against the New Jersey Devils (11-6-2) at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday. The moneyline on this game has New Jersey at +120 and Florida is sitting at -144. The over/under is set at 6.

The New Jersey Devils came out of this game feeling pretty good about themselves with a 4-1 victory over the Panthers in their previous contest . The Devils had a good offensive performance and it was apparent in this win. In the game, they earned a goal on 4 out of the 24 shots they launched. In addition, they had 1 power play try but didn't convert it into a score. New Jersey recorded 15 minutes in the box for this matchup.

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When at even strength, the Devils have given up 42 goals while getting 51 themselves. New Jersey Devils opponents have earned 50 power play tries (12th in pro hockey) and have a total of 8 goals in those attempts. Concerning their goal scoring prowess, the New Jersey Devils have notched 66 goals (2nd in hockey) on the campaign and have allowed 50. New Jersey has attempted 573 shots and has a shooting percentage of 11.5%. For the season, they sit with 24 points and their points percentage sits at .632. The Devils so far have had 526 shots tried against them and hold a save percentage of .905. New Jersey skates onto the rink with 54 power play opportunities and they have added 15 goals out of those chances, garnering them a percentage of 27.78%.

The man protecting the goal in this game is Jacob Markstrom. In his career, Markstrom has 254 quality starts and his quality starts rate is .528. His save percentage currently sits at .909 in his 27,886 mins in the crease. Markstrom has had 14,252 shot attempts against him and has recorded 12,954 saves. Opponents have tallied 1,298 goals versus Markstrom in his professional hockey career and his average for goals against per game is 2.79. He has accumulated an overall mark of 223-200-58 and he has gotten the start in 481 games. Markstrom has been involved in 498 games over the course of his hockey career.

When they were on the ice last, Florida opposed the Devils in a matchup where the Panthers were on the wrong end of the score by a final of 4-1. The Panthers netted 1 goal of the 35 shots on goal they took. They had 3 power play chances in this contest and recorded 1 out of those opportunities.

Florida has tried 484 shots (12th in the league) and has a shot percentage of 11.98%, while allowing their opponents 453 shots. They have recorded a penalty kill percentage of 86.96% on the other teams 46 power play opportunities, and their save percentage is currently 89.0%. They have a tally of 47 power play chances and they have earned a power play percentage of 25.53%. The Panthers have earned 46 goals at even strength and 12 goals (7th in the league) while having more men on the ice. They have allowed 50 goals to be scored by way of 44 goals at even strength and 6 goals while they had less men on the ice. On the year, the Florida Panthers have accounted for 58 goals, 23 points, as well as a points percentage of .719.

Across the ice you are going to see Sergei Bobrovsky protecting the goal. Bobrovsky is the owner of a career record of 404-226-56 and has participated in 711 contests. Bobrovsky's quality start rate is 57.8% and he has qualified for 402 quality starts in his career. He has accounted for 18,953 saves out of the 20,723 shots attempted against him, which gives him a percentage of .915. His opposition is averaging 2.63 goals/game and he has yielded 1,770 goals in total. He has started in 695 games and has played for a total of 40,352 minutes.

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

Parlays Pundit's Pick: Take Florida (-144) and under 6 goals

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