Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals 11/26/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The first place Florida Panthers will go on the road to face off against the Washington Capitals in DC. Florida has a record of 14-2-3 on the year. Best in the National Hockey League. Florida is also looking for their sixth consecutive win. Washington is sitting with a 12-3-5 record, not far behind the Panthers at all.
The Florida Panthers are led in goal by Sergei Bobrovsky, who has a regular season undefeated record of 9-0-2 with a goals against average of .940. On the scoring front, Florida is led by Jonathan Huberdeau who has 19 points with six goals and 13 assists. Anthony Duclair leads in goals with nine with one of those coming on the power play.
Alexander Ovechkin leads the Washington Capitals in almost every offensive category. Alexander has 33 points on the year with 15 goals and 18 assists. Ovechkin has three power play goals, 86 shots on goal this year, and is a plus 15.
In the net for Washington, Ilya Samsonov is 7-0-1 on the season with a .920 save percentage and a goals against average of 2.22. Vitek Vanacek, has been in the game for the Capitals quite a bit with a record of 4-3-4, goals against average of 2.54 and save percentage of .906, clear backup numbers but in a split system.
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This game has way too many talented stars and some great goaltending to go along with it for me to pick a clear winner. Both teams are scoring almost four goals on average a game, and both teams are averaging over 30 shots per game, too much offense for both goalies to stand on their heads. Final Score Prediction, Washington Capitals win on the OVER will be the safe bet on these two powerhouse offenses 5-4.