Dallas Stars at Florida Panthers 12/20/19 - NHL Betting Odds & Picks
Dallas Stars vs. Florida Panthers
NHL: 7:00 PM EST
Dec. 20, 2019
TV: FSFL, FSSW
Latest Odds : FLA-125 Total 5.5
Dallas gets to continue their trip around the state of Florida. In this game, though, the Stars get to play what is surprisingly the better of the Florida teams in the Panthers. The Stars play the Lightning on Thursday night and that is definitely a game that should be epic. However, a question that is going to come up is the defense of the Stars and if it can play great in back to back nights.
This year the Stars have been able to score only 2.57 goals a game. The defense for Dallas is giving up only 2.29 goals a game on the year. The Stars have converted on the power play at a clip of 16% on the year and have managed to kill off 85.6% of the opponents power plays.
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Florida gets to have a day off after completely crushing the Ottawa Senators in their last game on the ice. The Panthers won the game by a 5 goal margin with the final score being 6-1. The win did not help improve the Panthers in the standings overall as they are still sitting in a tie for 5th in the Atlantic with a 16-12-5 record.
When it comes to scoring on the year the Panthers have ended up getting a total of 3.39 goals a game. The Panthers defense is improving by giving up only 3.21 goals a game. The power play for the Panthers is converting at a clip of 21.9% and the penalty kill for Florida has done decent killing off 82.9% of the opponents power plays.
Recent Betting Trends:
Stars are 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog.
Panthers are 2-5 in their last 7 Friday games.
Under is 13-4-1 in Stars last 18 games playing on 0 days rest.
Under is 3-1-1 in Panthers last 5 vs. a team with a winning record.
Free Betting Pick: Florida Panthers -125
The Panthers are not that great of a defensive team, but facing the Dallas Stars the Panthers do not have to be overly concerned with their defense. Instead, the Panthers have to worry more about playing great offensively in the game here and that will definitely help Panthers out and not be a problem as the Stars defense will be tired after facing the Lightning the night before. What else does not help the Stars is the back to back games come against a couple of teams that are offensively minded so far. Final Score, Florida Panthers win 3-1.