Carolina Hurricanes vs Florida Panthers Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/24/2025

Game Time: 8:00 pm ET, Saturday, May 24, 2025

Venue:  Amerant Bank Arena, Sunrise, FL 

Where to Watch:  TNT, MAX, truTV

DraftKings:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +130, Panthers -155; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Bet365:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +125, Panthers -150; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

BetMGM:  Moneyline:  Hurricanes +120, Panthers -145; Over/Under:  5.5 goals

Carolina Hurricanes:  47-30-5 (2nd place, Metropolitan Division)

Florida Panthers:  47-31-4 (3rd place, Atlantic Division)

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Carolina Hurricanes:  6-3-1 last 10

Florida Panthers:  7-3-0 last 10

The Hurricanes are entering the playoffs with 99 points, a 47-30-5 record overall, and they were 16-21-4 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a loss against the Florida Panthers in their last game, losing that one at home 5-0. No one on the team scored a goal for them or recorded an assist in that one. Dmitry Orlov and Jack Roslovic each led the team in shots on net in that game with 3. Frederik Andersen was the starting goalie in that game and he allowed 4 goals on 16 shots with 12 saves and a .750 sv percentage before getting replaced by Pyotr Kochetkov who allowed 1 goal on the 5 shots he faced. Their offense has scored 266 goals this season averaging 3.2 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 233 goals against them allowing 2.8 goals per game.

The Panthers are entering the playoffs with 98 points, a 47-31-4 record overall, and they were 27-12-2 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They are entering this game off a win against the Carolina Hurricanes in their last game, winning that one on the road 5-0. Sam Bennett led the team in goals scored with 2 while Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov, and Gustav Forsling each scored 1 goal for them in that one. Carter Verhaeghe led the team in assists with 3 while Sam Bennett, Carter Verhaeghe, Evan Rodrigues, Matthew Tkachuk, Anton Lundell, Brad Marchand, and Tomáš Nosek each led the team in shots on net in that game with 2. Sergei Bobrovsky was the starting goalie in that game and he recorded the shutout as he allowed 0 goals on 17 shots with 17 saves and a 1.000 save percentage. Their offense has scored 252 goals this season averaging 3.1 goals per game and their defense has allowed their opponents to score 223 goals against them allowing 2.7 goals per game.

The current betting odds have the Panthers listed as a favorite in this game according to Draftkings Sportsbook. This is game 3 of a 7 game series between the 2nd seeded Hurricanes from the Metropolitan Division and the 3rd seeded Panthers from the Atlantic Division for the Eastern Conference Finals of the NHL Stanley Cup playoffs. The Panthers are leading this series 2-0 after winning game 2 on the road. The Panthers took a 2-0 series lead with a 5-0 win over the Hurricanes in the 2nd game of this series and this series looks like it is already over after 2 games. The Hurricanes started this series with the home advantage and even won both of their series in the playoffs in 5 games, but that home advantage is long gone now as the Hurricanes have lost both home games to start this series. They weren't even in either of those games too, going down right away in each game and getting blown out from start to finish. Now the Panthers are coming back home for game 3 and they have a great opportunity to end this series in Florida and not even go back to Carolina for another game. The Panthers have shown why they are the defending Stanley Cup champions and now that they are so close to getting back to the Finals for the 3rd straight season, they aren't going to let up in any games. The Panthers looked great on home ice in their last series as they won 2 of the 3 games and this game is going to be no different since the Hurricanes haven't shown any signs of being in this series yet. The Hurricanes haven't had a good record in the Eastern Conference Finals over the years either. The best way to place a bet here is on the Panthers to win this game. 

Hurricanes Panthers Prediction:  Our NHL Pick for Saturday, May 24, 2025 (8:00 pm ET start time) is Panthers 4 Hurricanes 1.

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Carolina Hurricanes: 0-6 (-7.8 units) on the moneyline in the conference finals. 20-23 (-12.3 units) on the moneyline revenging a loss vs opponent as a home favorite. 78-63 (-11.8 units) on the moneyline when playing against a team with a winning record. 10-2 UNDER off a home blowout loss by 3 goals or more. 25-16 UNDER after scoring 1 goal or less in their previous game.

Florida Panthers: 18-10 (+6.7 units) on the moneyline when leading in a playoff series. 30-15 (+9.9 units) on the moneyline after playing 3 consecutive road games. 101-75 (+9.3 units) on the moneyline against good offensive teams - averaging 29.5+ shots on goal per game. 11-6 UNDER in the conference finals. 23-15 UNDER in a home game where the total is 5.5.

Carolina Hurricanes:  J. Chatfield (D) Day To Day - Undisclosed. S. Walker (D) Day To Day - Undisclosed. S. Jarvis (C) Day To Day - Undisclosed. J. Fast (RW) Out For Season - Neck.

Florida Panthers:  S. Reinhart (C) Day To Day - Lower Body.

“I don’t know what I was watching in the first period. That didn’t go well. The margin here is tight, you’re not going to beat this team when we’re not on the same page. I think the intentions were good, everyone was trying ... but it’s not how we do it and it just backfired.” - Rod Brind’Amour after his team’s loss against the Panthers in game 2 of this series on Thursday.

"We'll get him looked at tomorrow. So, Saturday I'll have something (an update) for you." - Paul Maurice on the injury to Sam Reinhart after his team’s win against the Hurricanes in game 2 of this series on Thursday.

LW Andrei Svechnikov

C Sebastian Aho

RW Seth Jarvis

LD Jaccob Slavin

RD Brent Burns

G Frederik Andersen

LW Evan Rodrigues

C Aleksander Barkov

RW Sam Reinhart

LD Gustav Forsling

RD Aaron Ekblad

G Sergei Bobrovsky

Points: S. Aho (74)

Goals: S. Jarvis (32)

Assists: S. Aho (45)

GAA: F. Andersen (2.50)

Points: S. Reinhart (81)

Goals: S. Reinhart (39)

Assists: A. Barkov (51)

GAA: S. Bobrovsky (2.44)

Coaches:

Carolina Hurricanes: Rod Brind'Amour (7th season)

Florida Panthers: Paul Maurice (3rd season)