Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins Prediction, Preview and Odds - 04/30/2023

Game Time: 6:30 pm ET, Sunday, April 30, 2023

Venue:  TD Garden, Boston, MA

Where to Watch:  TNT

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Panthers +195, Bruins -230; Over/Under:  6 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Panthers +200, Bruins -240; Over/Under:  6 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Panthers +195, Bruins -230; Over/Under:  6 goals

Florida Panthers:  42-32-8 (4th place, Atlantic Division)

Boston Bruins:  65-12-5 (1st place, Atlantic Division)

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Florida Panthers:  5-4-1 last 10

Boston Bruins:  7-2-1 last 10

The Panthers are entering this game finishing the regular season with 92 points, a 42-32-8 record overall, and they were 19-19-3 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game on a 2 game winning streak with both wins coming against the Boston Bruins in their last 2 games, winning that last one at home 7-5. Matthew Tkachuk scored 2 goals while Aleksander Barkov, Eetu Luostarinen, Brandon Montour, Zac Dalpe, and Sam Reinhart each scored 1 goal in that game. Anton Lundell led the team in assists with 2 while Matthew Tkachuk and Sam Reinhart each led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Sergei Bobrovsky was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 5 goals on 34 shots with 29 saves and a .853 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 266 goals this season averaging 3.2 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 213 goals against them allowing 2.6 goals per game.

The Bruins are entering this game finishing the regular season with 135 points, a 65-12-5 record overall, and they were 34-4-3 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game on a 2 game losing streak with both losses coming against the Florida Panthers in their last 2 games, losing that last one on the road 7-5. Tyler Bertuzzi and David Pastrňák each scored 2 goals while Jake DeBrusk scored 1 goal in that game. Brad Marchand led the team in assists with 4 while David Pastrňák led the team in shots on net in that game with 7. Linus Ullmark was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 6 goals on 32 shots with 26 saves and a .812 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 305 goals this season averaging 3.7 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 177 goals against them allowing 2.2 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Panthers listed as a huge underdog in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 7 of a 7-game series between the Panthers and the Bruins for the 1st round of the NHL Eastern Conference playoffs. This series is all tied up 3-3 so this will be the final game of the series with the winner moving on to the 2nd round of the playoffs. The Panthers were down 3-1 in this series and they pretty much looked out of it after losing both of their home games and heading back to Boston facing elimination. They really dug in deep though, winning the next 2 games and now they have all the momentum going into this game 7 of the series. They have won 2 games in a row now and have already won 2 of the 3 games in Boston in this series. The Bruins were a great team during the regular season as they made history in the NHL with the season they had but that kind of winning is not sustainable for long periods of time and it looks like their run of incredible hockey is coming to an end. The President's Trophy winners never make a deep run in the playoffs and the Bruins also have a lot of older players on their team and the longer this series goes, the worse it is for them. The Panthers are 5-5 against the Bruins this year including regular season games and there is no reason why they can't win this game and the series. The best way to place a bet here is on the Panthers to win this game and on the puckline.

Panthers Bruins Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Sunday, April 30, 2023 (6:30 pm ET start time) is Panthers 5 Bruins 3.

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Florida Panthers: 45-43 (-12.8 units) on the moneyline in all games. 18-26 (-19.3 units) on the moneyline off a win or tie in their previous game. 17-8 OVER after allowing 5 goals or more. 30-19 OVER after playing a game where 7 or more total goals were scored.

Boston Bruins: 68-20 (+27.8 units) on the moneyline in all games. 14-2 (+11.4 units) on the moneyline revenging a road loss versus opponent. 10-5 OVER in the first round of the playoffs. 25-14 OVER revenging a loss vs opponent of 2 goals or more. 

Florida Panthers:  R. Lomberg (LW) Early May - Upper Body. S. Knight (G) Out indefinitely - Personal. P. Hornqvist (RW) out for season - Concussion.

Boston Bruins:  None.

“Everyone’s rolling. Everyone’s playing. Everyone’s doing the right things. It’s fun to be a part of this, for sure.” Aleksander Barkov after their win against the Bruins in their game on Friday, game 6 of this series.

“We know that there’s going to be a war out there. That's how it is in the first round. It's the toughest one to get by." - Linus Ullmark after their loss against the Panthers in their game on Friday, game 6 of this series. 

LW Verhaeghe, Carter

C Barkov, Aleksander

RW Duclair, Anthony

LD Forsling, Gustav

RD Ekblad, Aaron

G Bobrovsky, Sergei

LW Marchand, Brad

C Bergeron, Patrice

RW DeBrusk, Jake

LD Orlov, Dmitry

RD McAvoy, Charlie

G Ullmark, Linus

Points: M. Tkachuk (109)

Goals: C. Verhaeghe (42)

Assists: M. Tkachuk (69)

GAA: A. Lyon (2.89)

Points: D. Pastrnak (113)

Goals: D. Pastrnak (61)

Assists: D. Pastrnak (52)

GAA: L. Ullmark (1.89)

Coaches:

Florida Panthers: Paul Maurice (1st season)

Boston Bruins: Jim Montgomery (1st season)