Washington Capitals at Florida Panthers 11/30/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Washington Capitals look for their fourth consecutive win on Tuesday when visiting the Florida Panthers. Washington is 14-3-5 with 33 points and first in the Metropolitan Division two points ahead of Carolina. Washington defeated the Hurricanes 4-2 on Sunday with a power-play goal by Dmitry Orlov that put the Capitals ahead for good. Washington has won nine of its last 11.

Alex Ovechkin is the leading goal scorer for Washington with 19 and the leader in points with 37, while Evgeny Kuznetsov is the leader in assists with 20. In goal, Vitek Vanecek is 4-3-4 with a goals-against average of 2.54 and save percentage of .906. Washington is scoring an average of 3.55 goals per game and allowing an average of only 2.36 goals per game. Washington power play is scoring 18.8% of time and the penalty-kill unit is successful 86.0% of the time.

Florida looks to snap a two-game losing streak win hosting Washington on Tuesday. Florida is 14-4-3 with 31 points and second in the Atlantic division two points behind the first place Toronto Maple Leafs. Florida was defeated by the Seattle Kraken 4-1 on Saturday and prior to that loss was defeated by the Capitals 4-3 in Washington on Friday.

Anthony Duclair is the leading goal scorer for Florida with nine, while Jonathan Huberdeau is the leader in assists with 13 and points with 20. In goal, Sergei Bobrovsky is 9-1-2 with a goals-against average of 2.03 and save percentage of .936. Florida is scoring an average of 3.67 goals per game and allowing an average of 2.57 goals per game. Florida's power play is scoring 18.0% of the time and the penalty-kill unit is successful 80.3% of time.