The Nashville Predators and Florida Panthers meet Thursday in NHL action at the Amerant Bank Arena. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Predators vs Panthers prediction.

Nashville Predators Betting Preview

The Nashville Predators are coming off wins over the Jets, Kraken, and Sharks. The Nashville Predators are averaging 3.26 goals per game and are scoring on 19.9 percent of their power play opportunities. Filip Forsberg leads Nashville with 36 goals, Roman Josi has 52 assists and Ryan O’Reilly has 155 shots on goal. Defensively, the Nashville Predators are allowing 2.99 goals per game and are killing 76.4 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Juuse Saros has allowed 144 goals on 1,563 shots faced, while Kevin Lankinen has given up 48 goals on 468 shots.

Florida Panthers Betting Preview

The Florida Panthers recently beat the Stars while losing to the Hurricanes and Lightning. The Florida Panthers are averaging 3.26 goals per game and are scoring on 26.4 percent of their power play opportunities. Sam Reinhart leads Florida with 48 goals, Matthew Tkachuk has 54 assists and Carter Verhaeghe has 221 shots on goal. Defensively, the Florida Panthers are allowing 2.41 goals per game and are killing 82.3 percent of their opponent’s power plays. Sergei Bobrovsky has allowed 113 goals on 1,338 shots faced, while Anthony Stolarz has given up 40 goals on 531 shots.

Predators vs Panthers prediction

I believe the Florida Panthers are the best team in the NHL and the team to beat for the cup. I also don’t bet against the Panthers much at home, where they’ve been great dating back to last season. With that said, we’re getting the Predators and plus money, and it’s hard to pass up. The Predators are 8-0-2 in their last 10 games and have been money making machines during that stretch. In fact, only the Canucks and Blues have earned more money this season than the Predators. The value is with the rod dog in this spot. Give me the Predators and the better price.