Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins: Game preview, predictions and odds

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

Modified Mar 11, 2025 14:22 GMT

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The Florida Panthers are on the road to face the Boston Bruins on Tuesday at 7 p.m. ET.

Both teams are coming off wins on Saturday as Florida (40-21-3) defeated Buffalo 4-0 while Boston (29-28-8) won 4-0 over Tampa Bay.

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

Florida is 46-52-6-13 all-time against Boston
The Panthers are averaging 3.26 goals per game
The Bruins are 18-11-5 at home
Florida is allowing 2.69 goals per game
Boston is averaging 2.7 goals per game
The Panthers are 18-11-1 on the road
The Bruins are allowing 3.12 goals per game

Florida Panthers vs Boston Bruins: Preview

Florida is riding a six-game winning streak and is atop the Atlantic Division as Brad Marchand will make his return to Boston after the stunning trade. The Panthers are led by Sam Reinhart's 68 points, Aleksandar Barkov's 60 points, Carter Verhaeghe's 45 points and Sam Bennett's 41 points.

They will start Sergei Bobrovsky who is 27-13-2 with a 2.49 GAA and a .907 SV%. He is 6-11-5 with a 3.62 GAA and a .887 SV% in his career against Boston.

Meanwhile, the Bruins blew up their team at the trade deadline and are now led by David Pastrnak who has 79 points, Pavel Zacha with 39 points and Morgan Geekie and Elias Lindholm with 35 points each.

Boston will start Jeremy Swayman who is 19-21-6 with a 2.93 GAA and a .898 SV%. He is 2-2-1 with a 3.57 GAA and a .885 SV% in his career against Florida.

Panthers vs Bruins: Odds & Prediction

Florida is a -225 favorite while Boston is a +148 underdog. The over/under is set at 5.5 goals.

The Panthers are one of the best teams in the NHL but are without Matthew Tkachuk who is injured and star defenseman Aaron Ekblad who is suspended. Boston made significant trades but played well in its first game after the deadline.

However, Florida is too good up front and in net and should be able to go on the road and get a win.

Prediction: Panthers 4, Bruins 2.

Panthers vs Bruins: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Florida -1.5 (+124)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-108)

Tip 3: Sam Bennett 3+ shots on goal (-145)

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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