Washington Capitals vs Florida Panthers Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/11/2022

Game Time: 7:30 pm ET, Wednesday, May 11, 2022

Venue:  FLA Live Arena, Sunrise, FL

Where to Watch:  ESPN2

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Capitals +180, Panthers -220; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Capitals +180, Panthers -225; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Capitals +185, Panthers -225; Over/Under:  6.5 goals

 

Washington Capitals:  44-26-12 (4th place, Metropolitan Division)

Florida Panthers:  58-18-6 (1st place, Atlantic Division)

 

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Washington Capitals:  3-4-3 last 10

Florida Panthers:  6-4-0 last 10

 

 

 

The Capitals are coming into this game finishing the regular season with 100 points, a 44-26-12 record overall, and they were 25-10-6 in their road games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. Their last win was against the Panthers in game 3 while their 2 losses in that span came against the Panthers in game 2 and in their last game which was also game 4 of this series. They lost that game at home in OT 3-2. T. J. Oshie and Evgeny Kuznetsov each scored 1 goal for them in that one. John Carlson led the team in shots on net in that game with 3. Ilya Samsonov was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 3 goals on 32 shots with 29 saves and a .906 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 275 goals this season averaging 3.4 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 245 goals against them allowing 3 goals per game. 

 

 

The Panthers are coming into this game finishing the regular season with 122 points, a 58-18-6 record overall, and they were 34-7-0 in their home games this regular season where they will be in this game. They have won 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a win in their last game. Their last loss was against the Capitals in game 3 while their 2 wins in that span came against the Capitals in game 2 and in their last game which was also game 4 of this series. They won that game on the road in OT 3-2. Carter Verhaeghe scored 2 goals in that game while Sam Reinhart scored 1 goal for them in that one. Sam Bennett led the team in shots on net in that game with 6. Sergei Bobrovsky was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 2 goals on 16 shots with 14 saves and a .875 sv percentage. Their offense has scored 340 goals this season averaging 4.1 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 246 goals against them allowing 3 goals per game. 

 

 

The Panthers are coming into this game as a big favorite with the current betting odds. They just tied up the series 2-2 in their last game and are coming back home for this game. They barely won that game as they were trailing 2-1 very late in the 3rd period and had to pull their goalie just to get the tying goal but they came through in OT and showed some very good resilience in that game. They are the better team here and the Capitals have been rattling them in the first few games but being at home here with a chance to take the lead should help the Panthers stay focused here. The Panthers were a great team at home all season and now that they have the home advantage back in this series, they will come to play in the rest of the games. The Capitals have still played them very tough though and Brobovsky has been very inconsistent in this series as well. The Panthers will likely win this game at home and take a series lead but the Capitals will keep it a close game and stick with the Panthers like they have in every game this series. The best bet here is on the Panthers to win or on the Capitals on the puckline to keep this game close.

 

Capitals Panthers Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Wednesday, May 11, 2022 (7:30 pm ET start time) is Panthers 4 Capitals 3.

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Washington Capitals: 43-45 (-14.3 Units) ML after 1 or more consecutive unders. 4-10 (-4.9 Units) ML in the first round of the playoffs. 22-4 OVER revenging a loss versus opponent.

Florida Panthers: 135-86 (+23.1 Units) ML in all games. 59-28 (+15.4 Units) ML in a home game where the total is 6 or more. 25-11 OVER in a home game where the total is 6 or more.

 

 

Washington Capitals:  T. Wilson (RW) Ques Wed - Lower Body injury. C. Hagelin (LW) out for season - Face injury. J. Snively (LW) Out indefinitely - Wrist injury.

Florida Panthers:  M. Nutivaara (D) Out indefinitely - Lower Body injury.

 

 

 

“At the end, it was bad bounces and it goes in. It is going to be a tough, long series, so move on. Forget about it, move on.” - Alex Ovechkin after their loss against the Panthers on Monday.

 

 

“I feel a lot of trust in them that they’ll make something happen. They’ve done it all year and they continued to do it tonight.” - Andrew Brunette after his team’s win against the Capitals on Monday.

 

 

 

LW Ovechkin, Alex

C Evgeny Kuznetsov

RW Oshie, T.J.

LD Fehérváry, Martin

RD Carlson, John

G Samsonov, Ilya

 

LW Marchment, Mason

C Barkov, Aleksander

RW Giroux, Claude

LD Chiarot, Ben

RD Ekblad, Aaron

G Bobrovsky, Sergei

 

 

Points: A. Ovechkin (90)

Goals: A. Ovechkin (50)

Assists: J. Carlson (54)

GAA:  V. Vanecek (2.67)

 

Points: J. Huberdeau (115)

Goals: A. Barkov (39)

Assists: J. Huberdeau (85)

GAA: S. Bobrovsky (2.67)

 

Coaches:

Washington Capitals: Peter Laviolette (2nd season)

Florida Panthers: Andrew Brunette (Interim)