Hurricanes vs Panthers Picks and Prediction – 1/3/2025

The Carolina Hurricanes will be on the road Thursday with a game in Florida against the Florida Panthers. Carolina has 22 wins through 37 games played coming into Thursday following a three goal victory against New Jersey to end a 2 game skid. Offensively Carolina is one of the better teams in hockey averaging 3.46 goals on 32 shots per game. Defensively Carolina has been elite as well holding opponents to 2.81 goals per game this season on 25.1 shots. Stay on the action with our NHL Picks.

Martin Necas leads the Carolina offense this season with 45 points and 31 assists overall. Sebastian Aho is second on the team with 40 points and Shayne Gostisbehere is third on the team this season with 27 points. Seth Jarvis has 25 points and Jack Roslovic has also chipped in 25 points to go along with the team leading 17 goals this season 4 Carolina.

The Florida Panthers will stay home Thursday with 23 wins on the year having won three of the last five following the two victory against the New York Rangers last time out. Offensively Florida is rolling this season averaging 3.39 goals on 30.6 shots and scored five goals against New York. Defensively Florida has been solid allowing 3.13 goals on 27 shots per game after giving up just three goals against New York last time out.

Sam Reinhart leads the Florida offense this season with 45 points, 22 goals, and 23 assists on the year. Matthew Tkachuk has 34 points and Aleksander Barkov is third on the team with 34 points this season. Carter Verhaeghe is 4th for Florida this year with 27 points and 38 games played. Sam Bennett is vital for the Florida offense this season as well with 27 points and 13 goals on the year.

This is a matchup between 2 of the better teams in the NHL but Florida will have the edge. The Panthers will be on their home ice and that will carry them to the win. Take Florida Thursday to do the work on both sides of the puck to get the win against Carolina. Final Score Prediction, Florida Panthers win 4-2.