{"id":479491,"date":"2026-03-01T19:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/479491\/"},"modified":"2026-03-01T19:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T19:50:17","slug":"nhl-betting-picks-panthers-vs-islanders-flames-vs-ducks-best-bets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/479491\/","title":{"rendered":"NHL Betting Picks: Panthers vs Islanders & Flames vs Ducks Best Bets"},"content":{"rendered":"

NHL Best Bets & Picks: Panthers vs Islanders & Flames vs Ducks \u2013 Expert Game Previews<\/p>\n

The National Hockey League (NHL<\/a>) has six total games on the schedule for Sunday. We have two nationally-televised games, as the Vegas Golden Knights and Pittsburgh Penguins lock horns at 1:00 p.m. ET on TNT\/HBO Max. On the evening slate, the Florida Panthers and New York Islanders meet at 6:30 p.m. ET on ESPN.<\/p>\n

We’ll provide single plays and parlay opportunities you could potentially pair with Sunday’s NBA, NCAA basketball or NASCAR action. Good luck with all of your plays! Let’s get started.<\/p>\n

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For the latest\u00a0NHL Odds<\/a>, including\u00a0NHL Futures<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NHL player props<\/a>, visit RotoWire’s\u00a0NHL Betting<\/a>\u00a0page. For up-to-date\u00a0NHL player news<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0NHL Injury Report<\/a>\u00a0info, head to RotoWire’s\u00a0NHL Lineups<\/a>\u00a0page. You can find more picks at Bookies.com\/picks<\/a>. Here are our NHL Best Bets today, featuring expert NHL picks for an action-packed slate of games.<\/p>\n

Florida Panthers \"FLA\"\/ at New York Islanders \"NYI\"\/<\/p>\n

The Panthers (30-26-3) and Islanders (34-21-5) meet at 6:30 p.m. ET at UBS Arena in Elmont, New York on ESPN.<\/p>\n

The two-time defending champion Panthers have managed just a 14-12-0 record on the road, while the Islanders have managed a solid 16-10-2 mark on home ice.<\/p>\n

These teams have met just once before this season, and the Panthers trampled the Islanders 4-1 as a moderate favorite (-165) as the Under (6) cashed. Uvis Balinskis<\/a>, Carter Verhaeghe<\/a>, Seth Jones<\/a> and Sam Reinhart<\/a> each scored goals for the Panthers, while Mathew Barzal<\/a> was good for the only goal for the Isles.<\/p>\n

David Rittich<\/a> (8-9-2, 2.79 GAA, .902 SV%) was between the pipes that day, coughing up three goals on 29 shots, while Daniil Tarasov<\/a> (12-8-3, 2.57 GAA, .899 SV%, 2 SO) earned the win with 20 saves on 21 shots. We’re expecting a rematch of that goaltender battle on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The Panthers have split the first two games since returning from the Olympic break, falling 3-2 to the visiting Buffalo Sabres last time out as the Under (6) cashed. Still, the Over is 3-1-1 in the past five games, and 7-2-1 across the past 10 matchups.<\/p>\n

The Islanders have had back-to-back 4-3 victories in overtime on the road against the Montreal Canadiens and Columbus Blue Jackets since returning from the Olympic break. Ilya Sorokin<\/a> has backstopped both of those games, but since he was in the cage Saturday, Rittich is expected to get the call in the second end of the back-to-back set.<\/p>\n

New York has managed a 6-1-1 mark in eight games this season on no rest, while the Under is also 6-1-1 in those games.<\/p>\n

In this series, the Panthers have won three of the past four meetings, with the Over going 3-1. The Panthers have won two of the past three games on Long Island, cashing the Over in each of the past two meetings in Elmont.<\/p>\n

Let’s back the Islanders on home ice, and we’ll go with the Under here.<\/p>\n

Islanders ML (+115 at Bet365, BetMGM, Caesars, Fanatics and FanDuel Sportsbooks)Under 6 (-118 at BetMGM)<\/p>\n

Don’t make any bets on your favorite sports betting apps<\/a> without first consulting the latest NHL odds<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Calgary Flames \"CGY\"\/ at Anaheim Ducks \"ANA\"\/<\/p>\n

The Flames (24-28-6) and the Ducks (32-23-3) square off at Honda Center in Anaheim at 8:00 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/p>\n

Calgary has managed a 9-18-2 record on the road, while Anaheim is an impressive 19-8-1 on The Pond.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Let’s go off on a tangent for a second, and look back a few years. Remember when the Flames just couldn’t win in Anaheim? At one point the Flames had lost 29 consecutive games at Honda Center, including an 0-17-5 mark in the regular season, and 0-7 in the playoffs. The Flames had gone from Jan. 19, 2004 to Oct. 10, 2017 without a victory in Anaheim.<\/p>\n

Oh, has the tide turned. Calgary has won seven of the past 10 meetings in this series, including a 4-0-1 mark in the past five trips to Anaheim.<\/p>\n

In Calgary, the Ducks won 4-3 in overtime as a slight favorite (-115) as the Over (6) cashed. Anaheim’s Beckett Sennecke<\/a> delivered the overtime winner past Dustin Wolf<\/a>, who made just 17 saves on 21 shots. Lukas Dostal<\/a> allowed three goals on 35 shots in the overtime win.<\/p>\n

Dostal (23-13-2, 3.02 GAA, .894 SV%) is expected to get the nod Sunday, while Wolf (17-22-3, 2.90, .900 SV%, 2 SO) is projected to start for the road side.<\/p>\n

Let’s back the Ducks on home ice here, despite Calgary’s recent good fortune, or at least its better fortune. We’ll also go with the Over in this game, which is 3-0-1 in the past four games for the Ducks, with Anaheim averaging 4.8 goals per game (GPG) in that span since Feb. 1.<\/p>\n

Ducks ML (-170 at Bet365, BetMGM, Caesars and DraftKings Sportsbooks)Over 6 (-121 at BetRivers Sportsbook)Parlay Strategy and Super Parlay Picks for NHL Betting Slates4-Leg NHL Super Parlay (+1094 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Islanders ML (+115) vs. PanthersUnder 5.5 (+106) – Islanders vs. PanthersOver 6.5 (+102) – Ducks vs. FlamesDucks ML (-182) vs. Flames2-Leg NHL Sides Parlay (+233 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Islanders ML (+115) vs. PanthersDucks ML (-182) vs. Flames2-Leg NHL Totals Parlay (+316 at FanDuel Sportsbook)Under 5.5 (+106) – Islanders vs. PanthersOver 6.5 (+102) – Ducks vs. Flames<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NHL Best Bets & Picks: Panthers vs Islanders & Flames vs Ducks \u2013 Expert Game Previews The National…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":479492,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[895,26,5294,896,5,55615,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-479491","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-calgary-flames","8":"tag-calgary","9":"tag-calgary-flames","10":"tag-calgaryflames","11":"tag-flames","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-minor-league-stats","14":"tag-nhl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116155661465500984","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479491","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479491\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/479492"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}