Panthers at Red Wings 12/31/18 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Florida Panthers are going to be facing the Detroit Red Wings in this game here. However, the Florida Panthers are coming in off of a victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in a 2-1 game. The win could give the Panthers some extra confidence have been one of those teams that have suffered a lot of losses on the season.

The Florida Panthers on the season have been able to score 3.22 goals per game games. On the season the defense is giving up 3.46 goals a game. When it comes to the special teams the Panthers are converting on 28.5%. On the other hand, the Panthers is only killing off 77.9% of the opponents. The Detroit Red Wings are coming into this game the winners of only one game and their last five. However, last time the Red Wings faced the Panthers was a 2-1 first loss of this last 4 game losing streak Red Wings have been on. The Red Wings are going to be facing the Panthers again in Florida yet again and the Red Wings are hoping to have a better result, however, the chances of that happening are very slim with how the Red Wings have been playing on the season.

Coming into this game the Red Wings have only been able to score for 2.75 goals a game. A tell-tale sign of how bad the Red Wings are is there giving up 3.30 goals a game. In the special teams the Red Wings are only converting on 18.3% of the chances they have been able to get. When they are on the penalty kill though they are killing off 77.3% of the opponents.