Florida vs Pittsburgh Betting Odds
When: March 08, 2022, at 7:00 p.m. EST
Venue: PPG Paints Arena – Pittsburgh, PA
Florida vs Pittsburgh Betting Preview
Two Eastern Conference powers are set to battle it out Tuesday night when the Florida Panthers (38-13-5, 13-7-5 away) visit the Pittsburgh Penguins (34-14-9, 15-8-5 home). Florida sits atop the Atlantic division, by one-point over the Lightning, and are just two points behind the Hurricanes for the best record in the East. Pittsburgh is third in the Metropolitan and have a nice eight-point cushion over fourth-place Washington. This game will air live on ESPN+.
Jonathan Huberdeau is having a great season for Florida as he leads the team with 77 points and 59 assists. Aleksander Barkov is leading the team in goals with 26, nine of which have come on the power play. Florida is scoring 4.13 goals per game and are allowing just 2.88.
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Jake Guentzel is getting it done for the Penguins as he leads the team with 57 points and 27 goals, six of each on the power play. Kris Letang is the top setup guy with 43 assists this year. Pittsburgh is scoring 3.21 goals per game and are allowing just 2.58.
Florida vs Pittsburgh Betting Trends
Panthers
- The total has gone OVER in 10 of Florida’s last 15 games.
- Florida are 10-4 SU in their last 14 games.
- Florida are 6-12 SU in their last 18 games against Pittsburgh.
- Florida are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games on the road.
- Florida are 1-9 SU in their last 10 games when playing on the road against Pittsburgh.
- The total has gone OVER in 13 of Florida’s last 16 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
- The total has gone OVER in 8 of Florida’s last 9 games against an opponent in the Metropolitan Division division.
Penguins
- The total has gone UNDER in 6 of Pittsburgh’s last 8 games against Florida.
- The total has gone OVER in 5 of Pittsburgh’s last 6 games at home.
- Pittsburgh are 9-1 SU in their last 10 games when playing at home against Florida.
- Pittsburgh are 14-6 SU in their last 20 games against an opponent in the Eastern Conference conference.
- The total has gone UNDER in 9 of Pittsburgh’s last 12 games played in March.
Florida vs Pittsburgh Prediction
Last time out, Florida visited the Buffalo Sabres and dominated with a 6-1 win. The Panthers scored the first six goals of the game, including four alone in the second period, to earn the comfortable road win. Aleksander Barkov was the top star of the game with his one goal and two assists on the night. Mason Marchment earned the third star with his three helpers. Spencer Knight stopped 29 of the 30 shots he faced, and Florida killed off all five Buffalo power plays.
Pittsburgh visited the Carolina Hurricanes and left with a disappointing 3-2 overtime loss. The Penguins jumped out to a 2-0 lead, but Carolina tied the game up midway through the third and then won the game with just under two minutes left in overtime. Jordan Staal was the top star of the game with two goals on the night. Antti Raanta stopped 22 of the 24 shots he faced, and Carolina killed off both Pittsburgh power plays.