San Jose Sharks vsFlorida Panthers Prediction
The Florida Panthers are solid 63.6 percent favorites over the San Jose Sharks. The Panthers are favored by AccuScore simulations partly because they have a +9 edge in shots on goal and are projected for 37 shots on goal vs 28 shots for the Sharks. The Sharks goalie(s) have the edge in save percentage at 88.9% compared to the Panthers goalie(s) who have a forecasted save percentage of 88.5%. KEY PLAYER STATISTICAL DATA --- SAVES: Kaapo Kahkonen 33, Sergei Bobrovsky 25 SHOTS: Timo Meier 4.5, Matthew Tkachuk 3.7 GOALS: Timo Meier 0.7, Carter Verhaeghe 0.61 PTS: Erik Karlsson has a 64% chance of scoring at least 1 point and Matthew Tkachuk has a 70% chance of 1+PTs