Panthers at Penguins 1/8/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

By: Jim |

Last Updated: 08/08/2019 at 9:05 AM ET

The Panthers are a team that has been struggling on the year, but they have finally been able to pull ahead of the Red Wings and Senators on the year so far. However, that is not really a good thing for the Panthers as they have not really been able to pull out that far ahead of the other teams on the year and that is a factor the Panthers are going to need to be concerned about going forward on the year.

The problem for the Panthers does not lie in the offense as they have been able to score 3.20 goals a game so far. The defense is the problem area as it has already given up 3.48 goals a game on the year. The Panthers are converting on the power play at 27.8%, but the penalty kill has been average at 79.2%.
With the Penguins the team has started to look a little bit fired up on the year so far. However, the Penguins are a team that has been able to battle back from the low point in the standings they had early on and have now been able to find themselves trailing the Capitals by only a couple of points in the standings this year.

The Penguins on the year have been able to score at a clip of 3.48 goals a game. The defense of the Penguins is giving up 2.86 goals a game on the year so far. The Penguins have been able to convert on the power play at 26.5% on the year. The Penguins penalty kill has started to pick up with 83.6% killed off.

The Penguins have been able to have a dominate showing on the year so far. However, the Panthers are a team that has been struggling most of the season so far and that is going to continue in this game here. The Panthers defense will really struggle on the defensive side of the puck that has been tested before and failed and will fail again when facing the strong Penguins offense. Final Score Prediction, Pittsburgh Penguins win 4-1.

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