Florida Panthers vs Vancouver Canucks Prediction, Preview and Odds - 12/14/2023

Game Time: 10:00 pm ET, Thursday, December 14, 2023

Venue:  Rogers Arena, Vancouver, BC

Where to Watch:  ESPN+

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Panthers -115, Canucks -105; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Panthers -115, Canucks -105; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Panthers -115, Canucks -105; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

Florida Panthers:  17-9-2 (2nd place, Atlantic Division)

Vancouver Canucks:  19-9-1 (2nd place, Pacific Division)

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Florida Panthers:  5-4-1 last 10

Vancouver Canucks:  6-4-0 last 10

The Panthers are entering this game with 36 points, a 17-9-2 record overall, and they are 8-5-2 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a loss against the Seattle Kraken in their last game, losing that one on the road 4-0. No one on the team scored a goal for them in that game as they were shutout and no one recorded an assist either. Gustav Forsling led the team in shots on net in that game with 7. Sergei Bobrovsky was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 22 shots with 19 saves and a .864 save percentage. Their offense has scored 85 goals this season averaging 3 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 73 goals against them allowing 2.6 goals per game.

The Canucks are entering this game with 39 points, a 19-9-1 record overall, and they are 11-3-1 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the Tampa Bay Lightning in their last game, winning that one at home 4-1. Brock Boeser led the team in goals with 3 as he recorded a hattrick while Andrei Kuzmenko scored 1 goal for them in that game. Quinn Hughes led the team in assists with 3 while Brock Boeser led the team in shots on net in that game with 4. Thatcher Demko was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 1 goal on 29 shots with 28 saves and a .966 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 111 goals this season averaging 3.8 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 74 goals against them allowing 2.6 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Panthers listed as a slight favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. The Panthers have looked really good in their games this season with their 17-9-2 record overall which has them right in 2nd place of their Atlantic Division in the East. They have also looked really good in their road games this year with their 8-5-2 road record. They haven't looked as good lately in their games as they did just lose on the road in Seattle, but they will be looking to bounce back here after losing that game to a terrible Kraken team that is one of the worst in the NHL right now, and also getting shut out in that game too. Meanwhile, the Canucks have looked great in their games this year with their 19-9-1 record overall which also has them right near the top of their division in the West. The Canucks have looked even better in their home games too with their 11-3-1 home record, but after getting off to such a hot start at home this season, they haven't looked as good in their games on home ice lately with more losses starting to roll in now. They did win their last game on home ice as they beat the Lightning 4-1 but the Lightning are no longer the team they were years ago while the Panthers are slowly becoming one of the best teams in the NHL after going to the Stanley Cup Finals last season. The Panthers will be looking to bounce back after getting shut out and they can take advantage of the Canucks slipping in their home games lately. The best way to place a bet here is on the Panthers to win this game. 

Panthers Canucks Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Thursday, December 14, 2023 (10:00 pm ET start time) is Panthers 3 Canucks 2.

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Florida Panthers: 42-41 (-21.6 units) on the moneyline in non-conference games. 37-38 (-11.6 units) on the moneyline revenging a loss versus opponent. 28-20 OVER off a road loss. 36-23 OVER after playing 2 consecutive road games.

Vancouver Canucks: 42-41 (+5.1 units) on the moneyline after 1 or more consecutive unders. 55-41 (+19.1 units) on the moneyline after playing a home game. 7-2 OVER after 1 or more consecutive unders. 23-10 OVER off an home win scoring 4 or more goals.

Florida Panthers:  None.

Vancouver Canucks:  P. Suter (C) Out indefinitely - Lower Body. C. Soucy (D) Mid Jan - Lower Body. G. Brisebois (D) Out indefinitely - Upper Body. T. Poolman (D) out for season - Migraine.

“They were really good tonight. We were off it a little bit. We didn't generate as much as we normally (do) and then chased the game a little bit, possibly, in the third.” - Paul Maurice after his team’s loss against the Kraken in their game on Tuesday.

“He’s just a smart guy, he knows the spots to go, and he’s sharpened up his defensive game. He knows he still wants to get better at his defensive game but it’s night and day from last year, his positional hockey. He’s a smart kid.” - Rick Tocchet after his team’s win against the Lightning in their game on Tuesday.

LW Verhaeghe, Carter

C Barkov, Aleksander

RW Reinhart, Sam

LD Forsling, Gustav

RD Ekblad, Aaron

G Bobrovsky, Sergei

LW Mikheyev, Ilya

C Pettersson, Elias

RW Lafferty, Sam

LD Hughes, Quinn

RD Hronek, Filip

G Demko, Thatcher

Points: S. Reinhart (37)

Goals: S. Reinhart (17)

Assists: S. Reinhart (20)

GAA: A.Stolarz (2.29)

Points: J. Miller (42)

Goals: B. Boeser (21)

Assists: Q. Hughes (30)

GAA: T. Demko (2.42)

Coaches:

Florida Panthers: Paul Maurice (2nd season)

Vancouver Canucks: Rick Tocchet (2nd season)