Edmonton Oilers vs Florida Panthers: Game preview, predictions and odds

Edmonton Oilers vs Florida Panthers: Game preview, predictions and odds | February 27, 2025

Modified Feb 27, 2025 12:00 GMT

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The Edmonton Oilers are on the road to play the Florida Panthers on Thursday at 7 p.m. ET.

Edmonton (34-20-4) is coming off a 4-1 loss to Tampa Bay on Tuesday. Florida (35-21-3) is coming off a 4-1 win over Nashville.

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

Edmonton is 23-17-3 all-time against Florida
The Oilers are averaging 3.25 goals per game
The Panthers are 17-10-2 at home
Edmonton is allowing 2.89 goals per game
Florida is averaging 3.27 goals per game
The Oilers are 16-10-2 on the road
The Panthers are allowing 2.84 goals per game

Edmonton Oilers vs Florida Panthers: Preview

The Oilers have struggled since the 4 Nations break and are on a four-game losing streak. The Oilers are led by Leon Draisaitl, who has 87 points. Connor McDavid has 73 points, Evan Bouchard has 45 points and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins has 37 points.

The Oilers will likely start Stuart Skinner, who's 20-14-4 with a 2.84 GAA and a .898 SV%. In his career against Florida, he's 2-1 with a 3.73 GAA and a .888 SV%.

Florida, meanwhile, is 3-1 in its last four. The Panthers will start Sergei Bobrovsky, who's 23-13-2 with a 2.65 GAA and a .903 SV%. In his career against Edmonton, he's 12-6 with a 2.84 GAA and a .901 SV%.

The Panthers are led by Sam Reinhart, who has 62 points. Matthew Tkachuk has 57 points, Aleksander Barkov has 52 points and Carter Verhaeghe has 43. Tkachuk will be out of the lineup with an injury.

Oilers vs Panthers: Odds & Prediction

Edmonton is a -108 underdog while Florida is a -112 favorite, the over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

This is a rematch of last year's Stanley Cup final as Edmonton comes in struggling while Florida will be without Tkachuk. The Oilers have struggled in net and defensively lately, and the Panthers should be able to capitalize on that.

Look for Florida to be able to score on Edmonton as the Panthers will get a home win here.

Prediction: Panthers 4, Oilers 2

Oilers vs Panthers: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Florida ML (-112)

Tip 2: Under 6.5 goals (-130)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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