NHL Betting Preview: Panthers vs Avalanche

The Florida Panthers meet the Colorado Avalanche at Ball Arena, with face-off scheduled for 21:30 on Thursday, December 11.

Side With Avs

We can’t resist going for the Avalanche on the 3-Way Moneyline. Our prediction is a confident one and there is -141 available that the home team beat the Panthers in 60 minutes.

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Teams’ Previous Meet Saw 3-1 Avs Win

Florida Panthers have triumphed in their previous three games. The latest was on the road where Utah Mammoth were beaten 4-3 at Delta Center. Sam Bennett bagged two goals, while Anton Lundell and Carter Verhaeghe scored once.

Colorado Avalanche have won nine home games on the spin. On the road at Bridgestone Arena in their last game, they were beaten 4-3 (SO) by Nashville Predators. Cale Makar, Artturi Lehkonen and Brock Nelson scored one goal each.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Avs have won the last two meetings against the Panthers. They triumphed 7-4 at Amerant Bank Arena and then 3-1 at Ball Arena. Each franchise has landed five wins in the previous 10 games between these teams.

Starting Goalies

Daniil Tarasov (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	3-4-1	2.5	.911	0
23/24	8-11-3	3.18	.908	0

Mackenzie Blackwood (Expected)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	8-1-1	2.2	.920	2
23/24	10-25-1	3.45	.899	2

Florida Panthers – Last 10 Games

5 wins, 4 losses and 1 overtime loss, averaging 3.4 goals from 31.9 shots on goal, with a 9.1% powerplay efficiency. The Panthers have given up 3.4 goals from 29.6 shots, averaging 3.4 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 91.2%.

Carter Verhaeghe is the top points scorer with 13 points, 7 goals and 6 assists, with Sam Bennett racking up 13 points, 5 goals and 8 assists, over the past 10 games. Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky have a 3.35 goal against average with a .882 save percentage, including one shutout.

Colorado Avalanche – Last 10 Games

The Avs have 7 wins, 1 loss and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.4 goals from 35.2 shots on goal, with a 14.8% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 1.8 goals from 29.1 shots, averaging 2.4 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 87.5%.

The top points scorer is Nathan MacKinnon with 15 points, 8 goals and 7 assists, while Martin Necas is next best after registering 13 points, 1 goal and 12 assists. Goalie Mackenzie Blackwood have a 1.70 GAA with a .941 SV%, including two shutouts.

Florida Panthers vs Colorado Avalanche Prediction & Picks

Head into Florida Panthers vs Colorado Avalanche with expert betting insights, including our main match prediction, expected scoreline, key player prop picks and a thoughtfully built bet builder.

Game Prediction

It’s time to side with Colorado Avalanche to record a victory in this NHL encounter. They should have the upper hand and the -141 for our pick on the 60-minute line looks a good price.

Injuries can influence the outcome and our NHL handicappers factor that in alongside the latest form guide. We apply the same approach to the stats to build the clearest picture of how the game might unfold.

Key Panthers vs Avalanche stats:

Avalanche have won 9 consecutive games at home.
Avalanche have won 16 of their last 20 games.
Avalanche have won the last 2 games between these teams.

Avs 3-Way Moneyline Probability

If you go by the best NHL sportsbooks, our pick has a 58.5% chance of landing a return. Our analysts think there’s a stronger chance of success and calculate the probability to be 65-70%. This hockey bet can therefore be backed with confidence.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Carter Verhaeghe Over 2.5 Shots -100

Carter Verhaeghe (Panthers) has had Over 2.5 shots on goal in 6 straight games. We’re going to take him on the Overs for Shots on Goal, with this line making plenty of appeal at odds of -100.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

3-Way Moneyline Avalanche

To Score Nathan MacKinnon

Shots on Goal Carter Verhaeghe Over 2.5

Try out our same game parlay pick which starts with the Avalanche winning in regulation time. We’ve also gone for Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche) to score and Carter Verhaeghe (Panthers) to register Over 2.5 shots.

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Correct Score Prediction

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2 - 5 Avalanche logo

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There’s the option to wager on the Avalanche to win by a 5-2 scoreline. Odds of +1150 are on offer and this is a correct score bet that should provide plenty of entertainment.

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Florida Panthers vs Colorado Avalanche Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Books Make Avs Big Favorites

The latest Moneyline betting odds give Colorado Avalanche a 72% chance of winning this game which means they’re overwhelming -256 favorites with the sportsbooks. At +205, Florida Panthers are regarded as having a lower probability of winning.

The puck line is 1.5 and the total goals line is 6.5. The beauty of Totals is that you only have to choose from one of two options. If you’re wanting to back Over 6.5, the odds are +104.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Nathan MacKinnon Favorite to Find the Net First

Favorite Nathan MacKinnon is available at +600 to be the First Goalscorer. Similar odds apply if you’re interested in this player to score the last goal.

Player Goals

Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)

Martin Necas (Avalanche)

Artturi Lehkonen (Avalanche)

Sam Reinhart (Panthers)

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Player Assists

Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)

Cale Makar (Avalanche)

Martin Necas (Avalanche)

Artturi Lehkonen (Avalanche)

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Player Shots

Nathan MacKinnon (Avalanche)

Martin Necas (Avalanche)

Sam Reinhart (Panthers)

Brad Marchand (Panthers)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Panthers

NHL: 11/12 Panthers4 Mammoth 3
NHL: 07/12 Islanders1 Panthers 4
NHL: 06/12 Blue Jackets6 Panthers 7
NHL: 05/12 Predators2 Panthers 1
NHL: 03/12 Maple Leafs4 Panthers 1

Avalanche

NHL: 10/12 Avalanche3 Predators 4
NHL: 07/12 Avalanche3 Flyers 2
NHL: 06/12 Avalanche3 Rangers 2
NHL: 05/12 Avalanche3 Islanders 6
NHL: 03/12 Canucks1 Avalanche 3

Head to Head

Florida vs Colorado

NHL: 07/01 2025 Panthers 1 Avalanche 3
NHL: 24/11 2024 Avalanche 7 Panthers 4
NHL: 11/02 2024 Avalanche 0 Panthers 4
NHL: 06/01 2024 Panthers 8 Avalanche 4
NHL: 12/02 2023 Avalanche 5 Panthers 3
NHL: 11/01 2023 Panthers 5 Avalanche 4
NHL: 13/12 2021 Panthers 2 Avalanche 3
NHL: 22/10 2021 Avalanche 1 Panthers 4
NHL: 31/10 2019 Panthers 4 Avalanche 3
NHL: 19/10 2019 Avalanche 5 Panthers 4

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Florida Panthers Stats

Colorado Avalanche Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

7 wins and 3 defeats in the last 10 games
9 wins and 1 defeat in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 5 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 8 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.80 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.30 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 3.40 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.00 pts and allowed 3.30 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 5.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 7.30 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 3 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.40 goals and allowed 2.00 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 5.10 goals and allowed 2.20 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 31.9
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 3.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 7.6
Blocks: 15.7
Faceoff Wins : 26.5
Hits: 24.9
Giveaways: 13.7
Takeaways: 5.1

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.3
Shots: 26.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 5
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 10.9
Blocks: 14.2
Faceoff Wins : 28.8
Hits: 25.7
Giveaways: 15
Takeaways: 4.1

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 35.2
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 4.8
Blocks: 15.9
Faceoff Wins : 28.2
Hits: 18.4
Giveaways: 14.7
Takeaways: 4.2

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 1
Shots: 36.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.5
Empty Net Goals: 0.5
Penalty Minutes: 7.6
Blocks: 15.2
Faceoff Wins : 31.2
Hits: 17.7
Giveaways: 14.7
Takeaways: 4.8

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Florida Panthers Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
63	Brad Marchand	28	18.55	16	15	31	-8
13	Sam Reinhart	29	21.13	15	13	28	-7
23	Carter Verhaeghe	28	17.93	9	14	23	-1

15	Anton Lundell	29	19.27	8	15	23	-4
9	Sam Bennett	29	17.43	9	11	20	-1
3	Seth Jones	29	23.81	5	11	16	-1
17	Evan Rodrigues	29	17.09	8	7	15	-1
42	Gustav Forsling	29	22.25	1	13	14	3
11	Mackie Samoskevich	29	15.09	3	11	14	-5
10	A.J. Greer	29	10.87	6	6	12	6
27	Eetu Luostarinen	21	16.85	3	9	12	4
5	Aaron Ekblad	28	22.51	1	7	8	-6
70	Jesper Boqvist	29	12.15	3	3	6	3
2	Jeff Petry	27	14.39	0	6	6	-4
77	Niko Mikkola	29	19.85	0	5	5	8
26	Uvis Janis Balinskis	20	13.83	1	4	5	1
12	Jonah Gadjovich	10	7.94	0	3	3	2
79	Cole Schwindt	10	8.64	2	0	2	0
	Donovan Sebrango	12	13.47	0	2	2	0
71	Luke Kunin	22	9.33	1	1	2	-6
18	Noah Gregor	15	8.35	0	1	1	-4
38	Jack Devine	6	8.43	0	0	0	-3
53	Jack Studnicka	5	7.66	0	0	0	-1
7	Dmitry Kulikov	2	10.8	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
72	Sergei Bobrovsky	21	2.98	0.882
40	Daniil Tarasov	9	2.47	0.911

Colorado Avalanche Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
29	Nathan MacKinnon	30	21.87	24	27	51	35
88	Martin Necas	30	21.12	14	27	41	28
8	Cale Makar	30	25.45	10	26	36	27

62	Artturi Lehkonen	30	20.14	11	15	26	25
11	Brock Nelson	30	18.48	11	9	20	11
95	Victor Olofsson	30	13.63	6	12	18	0
84	Brent Burns	30	19.74	4	11	15	13
70	Sam Malinski	30	15.66	2	13	15	14
13	Valeri Nichushkin	22	17.6	7	7	14	2
92	Gabriel Landeskog	30	15.19	5	9	14	9
20	Ross Colton	30	13.43	5	9	14	6
17	Parker Kelly	30	12	6	6	12	8
18	Jack Drury	30	15.06	4	6	10	7
7	Devon Toews	30	22.71	1	9	10	20
42	Josh Manson	30	17.81	2	5	7	18
54	Gavin Brindley	18	9.29	4	3	7	3
93	Zakhar Bardakov	25	6.89	1	4	5	3
49	Samuel Girard	15	16.88	0	2	2	3
94	Joel Kiviranta	13	10.31	1	1	2	0
18	Jack Ahcan	6	11.35	0	1	1	4
82	Ivan Ivan	3	8.33	0	1	1	1
57	Tristen Nielsen	4	6.3	0	1	1	1
28	Ilya Solovyov	9	11.56	0	0	0	-4
	Taylor Makar	3	5.57	0	0	0	0
	Jason Polin	2	6	0	0	0	1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
41	Scott Wedgewood	20	2.11	0.919
50	Trent Miner	2	2.12	0.909
39	Mackenzie Blackwood	10	2.21	0.92

Injuries & Suspensions

Florida Panthers Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Jonah Gadjovich

Injured

Cole Schwindt

Injured

Matthew Tkachuk

Injured

Aleksander Barkov

Injured

Dmitry Kulikov

Injured

Tomas Nosek

Injured

Colorado Avalanche Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Logan O'Connor

Injured

Scott Wedgewood

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Florida Panthers Lineups

10 Dec NHL

Panthers 4-3 Mammoth

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Washington	30	18	9	3	39	0.65	17	18	103	75	28	10-5-1	8-4-2	0-3	8-2	1W
2 Carolina	29	18	9	2	38	0.655	13	17	98	83	15	10-5-1	8-4-1	1-1	5-5	1W
3 NY Islanders	31	17	11	3	37	0.597	12	15	92	89	3	8-6-2	9-5-1	2-3	5-5	1W
4 Pittsburgh	28	14	7	7	35	0.625	13	14	88	81	7	6-4-3	8-3-4	0-5	5-5	2L
5 Philadelphia	28	16	9	3	35	0.625	9	11	85	78	7	10-5-2	6-4-1	5-0	7-3	1W
6 New Jersey	30	17	12	1	35	0.583	11	15	88	92	-4	9-4-1	8-8-0	2-0	4-6	1W
7 NY Rangers	32	15	13	4	34	0.531	11	14	83	84	-1	3-8-3	12-5-1	1-0	5-5	3L
8 Columbus	30	13	11	6	32	0.533	7	9	91	103	-12	6-3-3	7-8-3	4-1	3-7	3L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	31	17	11	3	37	0.597	13	15	99	105	-6	9-6-1	8-5-2	2-2	5-5	3W
2 Tampa Bay	30	17	11	2	36	0.6	14	17	94	76	18	8-7-0	9-4-2	0-0	6-4	1W
3 Boston	31	18	13	0	36	0.581	12	16	101	96	5	11-5-0	7-8-0	2-0	6-4	3W
4 Montreal	29	15	11	3	33	0.569	8	13	93	105	-12	7-8-1	8-3-2	2-2	5-5	2L
5 Florida	29	15	12	2	32	0.552	13	14	92	93	-1	10-6-2	5-6-0	1-1	5-5	3W
6 Toronto	29	14	11	4	32	0.552	10	14	97	93	4	9-4-4	5-7-0	0-1	6-4	1W
7 Ottawa	29	13	12	4	30	0.517	9	10	90	96	-6	6-6-2	7-6-2	3-0	4-6	3L
8 Buffalo	30	12	14	4	28	0.467	8	10	92	106	-14	9-5-2	3-9-2	2-0	5-5	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	30	21	2	7	49	0.817	19	21	118	70	48	11-0-2	10-2-5	0-4	7-3	1L
2 Dallas	31	21	5	5	47	0.758	17	18	109	80	29	10-4-1	11-1-4	3-2	8-2	4W
3 Minnesota	30	16	9	5	37	0.617	10	13	85	81	4	8-3-4	8-6-1	3-1	7-3	1W
4 Chicago	30	13	11	6	32	0.533	12	13	89	91	-2	7-5-3	6-6-3	0-2	3-7	1W
5 Utah	32	14	15	3	31	0.484	11	14	96	94	2	7-5-1	7-10-2	0-0	3-7	3L
6 Winnipeg	29	14	14	1	29	0.5	12	13	88	89	-1	7-6-0	7-8-1	1-1	2-8	2L
7 St Louis	31	11	13	7	29	0.468	11	11	79	109	-30	5-7-4	6-6-3	0-2	5-5	1L
8 Nashville	29	11	14	4	26	0.448	7	9	78	103	-25	7-8-2	4-6-2	2-0	5-5	1W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	30	19	10	1	39	0.65	11	15	111	98	13	11-4-0	8-6-1	4-0	6-4	3W
2 Vegas	29	14	6	9	37	0.638	11	13	90	86	4	7-4-4	7-2-5	1-3	5-5	1L
3 LA Kings	30	14	8	8	36	0.6	9	13	82	80	2	4-6-3	10-2-5	1-5	4-6	1L
4 Edmonton	30	13	11	6	32	0.533	8	13	99	106	-7	7-3-3	6-8-3	0-2	4-6	1L
5 San Jose	31	14	14	3	31	0.5	8	13	87	103	-16	9-5-3	5-9-0	1-1	4-6	1L
6 Seattle	28	12	10	6	30	0.536	7	12	70	85	-15	7-5-3	5-5-3	0-3	3-7	1W
7 Calgary	32	12	16	4	28	0.438	10	10	82	96	-14	7-5-2	5-11-2	2-2	6-4	1L
8 Vancouver	30	11	16	3	25	0.417	7	9	85	108	-23	4-9-1	7-7-2	2-0	2-8	1L

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Injuries & Suspensions

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