Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers: Game preview, predictions and odds | January 11, 2025

The Boston Bruins are on the road to play the Florida Panthers on Saturday, January 11 at 1 p.m. ET.

Boston (20-19-4) is coming off a 4–1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning. Florida (25-15-2) is coming off a 4–1 loss to Utah.

Bruins vs Panthers: Head-to-head & key stats

• Boston is 64-39-6-7 all-time against Florida
• The Bruins are averaging 2.54 goals per game
• The Panthers are 12-8-1 at home
• Boston is allowing 3.16 goals per game
• Florida is averaging 3.26 goals per game
• The Bruins are 8-12-2 on the road
• The Panthers are allowing 3.04 goals per game

Boston Bruins vs Florida Panthers: Preview

Boston has struggled of late as the Bruins are on a five-game losing streak and are 1-5 in its last six. The Bruins are led by David Pastrnak who has 42 points, Brad Marchand who has 33 points, Pavel Zacha who has 21 points and Elias Lindholm who has 20 points.

The Bruins will start Jeremy Swayman who's 13-15-3 with a 2.92 goals-against average and a .893 save percentage. In his career against Florida, he's 1-2-1 with a 3.79 GAA and a .868 SV%.

Florida, meanwhile, returns home after a two-game West Coast road trip. The Panthers will start Sergei Bobrovsky who's 18-9-1 with a 2.69 GAA and a .903 SV%. He's 6-11-4 with a 3.61 GAA and a .890 SV% in his career against Boston.

Florida is led by Sam Reinhart who has 47 points, Matthew Tkachuk who has 38 points, Aleksander Barkov who has 36 points and Carter Verhaeghe who has 30 points.

Bruins vs Panthers: Odds & prediction

Boston is a +150 underdog, while Florida is a -184 favorite. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Bruins have struggled as of late and now go on the road to play Florida who return home and should have a spark.

Bobrovsky and Swayman are two of the better goalies in the NHL and with an afternoon game, it usually tends to be low-scoring.

But, at home, Florida has played well while Boston's struggles will continue here.

Prediction: Panthers 3, Bruins 1.

Bruins vs Panthers: Betting tips

Tip 1: Florida ML (-184)

Tip 2: Under 5.5 goals (+108)