Oilers vs Panthers Picks and Prediction – 6/19/2024

On Tuesday, the Edmonton Oilers visit Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida to play the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals. The opening faceoff will be at 8:00 PM ET and the game will be televised on abc. Edmonton trails in the series 3-1 but was an 8-1 winner in Game 4 on Saturday night after losing each of the first three games. Edmonton jumped out to a 3-1 lead after the first period, extended that to 6-1 after two periods and added another two goals in the final period. Connor McDavid finished with one goal and three assists for the Oilers. Make sure you stay up to date with all the NHL action, with our expert NHL picks.

Edmonton must use its momentum from Saturday's statement victory that avoided being swept in the Stanley Cup Finals, to win again on Tuesday in Florida. However, it will not be easy for the Oilers as they only scored one goal in the first two games of the series which were both played in Florida.

Edmonton has a goals for average of 3.41 per game, which is the third highest in the postseason. Edmonton is scoring 29.9% of the time on the power play. Zach Hyman is the leading goal scorer during the playoffs for Edmonton with 14. Connor McDavid is the leader in assists with 32, which is a new NHL record for the postseason, and is the points leader with 38. 

Edmonton has a goals against average of 2.68 per game. Edmonton goalie Stuart Skinner, in 20 playoff games, is 12-8 with a goals against average of 2.51 and a save percentage of .898.

Florida must regroup when returning home for Game 5 on Tuesday and put the embarrassing seven-goal loss behind them. Vladimir Tarasenko scored Florida's only goal in Game 4. Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky made just 11 saves on 16 shots and was lifted early in the second period for Anthony Stolarz who made 16 saves on 19 shots on goal. 

Florida has a goals for average of 3.30 during the postseason. The Panthers are scoring on 21.7% of their power plays. Carter Verhaeghe has scored 10 goals during the playoffs to lead Florida and Sam Reinhart is second with nine. Matthew Tkachuk is the leader in assists with 15 and Aleksander Barkov is the points leader with 21.

Florida has a goals against average of 2.43 in the playoffs. In 21 games in the playoffs, Florida goalie Sergei Bobrovsky is 15-6 with a 2.27 GAA and .909 save percentage.