The Edmonton Oilers and Florida Panthers continue their best-of-7 Stanley Cup Final series with Game 4 Thursday in Sunrise, Florida. Puck drop at Amerant Bank Arena is 8 p.m. ET (TNT). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s NHL odds around the Oilers vs. Panthers odds and make our expert NHL picks and predictions.
Series: Panthers lead 2-1
The clubs split a pair of overtime tussles in Games 1 and 2, and then the Oilers were bludgeoned 6-1 in Sunday’s Game 3. Edmonton is down in a series after multiple games for the first time since the club’s opening bracket round against the LA Kings. The Oilers fell behind the Kings 2-0 and rallied with 4 straight wins.
Florida got goals from 6 players in Sunday’s romp. During the regular season, the Panthers scored 3.00 goals per game (GPG) and that ranked 15th in the NHL. In these playoffs, Florida has averaged 4.00 GPG.
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Oilers at Panthers odds
Provided by BetMGM Sportsbook; access USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub for a full list. Lines last updated Wednesday at 11:23 p.m. ET.
Moneyline (ML): Oilers +125 (bet $100 to win $125) | Panthers -150 (bet $150 to win $100)Puck line (PL)/Against the spread (ATS): Oilers +1.5 (-200) | Panthers -1.5 (+165)Over/Under (O/U): 6.5 (O: +105 | U: -125)Oilers at Panthers projected goalies
Stuart Skinner (7-6, 2.84 GAA, .894 SV% in 2024-25 playoffs) vs. Sergei Bobrovsky (14-6, 2.16 GAA, .916 SV% in 2024-25 playoffs)
Skinner was pulled after allowing 5 goals in 43 minutes Sunday. He owns an .866 SV% in this series. He has filed single-game percentages under .830 in 3 of his last 4 road games.
Bobrovsky, who has played in 114 career playoff games, stopped 32 of 33 pucks Sunday and owns a .928 SV% for the series.
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Oilers at Panthers picks and predictionsPrediction
Panthers 4, Oilers 3
Edmonton is a slight fade for the series more so than Florida being the pick here. Trust in Bobrovsky having the better chance to come through with a sharp effort between the pipes.
Dating back to last year’s Stanley Cup Final, the Panthers are 5-1 over their last 6 games against Edmonton. They are showing confidence and depth in these later rounds of the Cup playoffs.
Consider a partial-unit play on FLORIDA (-150).
No lean here: PASS.
The Over is 3-0 in this series and 9-1 across the last 10 Edmonton-Florida games.
Both sides have been developing a lot of high-danger looks in 5-on-5 play over recent weeks. Edmonton’s last 8 games have produced 9 power-play goals for and 10 against. Florida’s last 8 games have produced 16 extra-man goals (10 for, 6 against).
BACK THE OVER 6.5 (+105) in Game 4.
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