{"id":535131,"date":"2026-04-01T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535131\/"},"modified":"2026-04-01T18:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:00:14","slug":"bruins-vs-panthers-prediction-picks-april-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/535131\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruins vs. Panthers Prediction &#038; Picks &#8211; April 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Boston Bruins (43-24-8, on a four-game winning streak) go on the road against the Florida Panthers (36-35-3) at Amerant Bank Arena. The game on Thursday, April 2 starts at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1668&amp;pb=968385&amp;cid=3lD67kNKWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sign up for ESPN+ today<\/a> to watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more.<\/p>\n<p>As hockey play continues, get ready for the matchup by checking out which team we project to pick up the victory in Thursday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>In the past 10 games, the Panthers are 4-6-0. They have put up 26 goals, while allowing their opponents to score 33. They have gone on the power play 21 times during that span, and have capitalized with five goals (23.8% of opportunities).<\/p>\n<p>Bruins vs. Panthers Predictions for Thursday<\/p>\n<p>Our computer projections model for this matchup predicts a final score of Panthers 4, Bruins 3.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline Pick: Panthers (+119)<br \/>\nTotal Pick: No Pick &#8211; Predicted Margin Negligible<br \/>\nSpread Pick: Panthers (+1.5)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1648&amp;pb=968383&amp;cid=3lD67kNKWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch 1,000+ out-of-market NHL games, ESPN+ Hockey Night &amp; more streaming all season on ESPN+.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bruins Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Bruins are 12-8-20 in overtime contests as part of a 43-24-8 overall record.<br \/>\nBoston is 15-6-5 (35 points) in its 26 games decided by one goal.<br \/>\nLooking at the eight times this season the Bruins ended a game with only one goal, they have a 1-6-1 record, good for three points.<br \/>\nBoston has finished 6-9-1 in the 16 games this season when it scored exactly two goals (registering 13 points).<br \/>\nThe Bruins have scored three or more goals 51 times, and are 36-9-6 in those games (to record 78 points).<br \/>\nIn the 34 games when Boston has capitalized on a lone power-play goal, it went 17-12-5 to record 39 points.<br \/>\nIn the 29 games when it outshot its opponent, Boston is 16-10-3 (35 points).<br \/>\nThe Bruins have been outshot by opponents 44 times, and went 27-12-5 (59 points).<br \/>\nPanthers Splits and Trends<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers (36-35-3 overall) have posted a record of 8-3-11 in games that have gone to OT this season.<br \/>\nFlorida has earned 30 points (14-6-2) in its 22 games decided by one goal.<br \/>\nIn 17 games this season when the Panthers ended a game with just one goal, they earned a total of five points (2-14-1).<br \/>\nWhen Florida has scored a pair of goals this season, they&#8217;ve earned eight points (3-12-2 record).<br \/>\nThe Panthers have scored more than two goals 39 times, earning 62 points from those matchups (31-8-0).<br \/>\nThis season, Florida has recorded a lone power-play goal in 27 games has a record of 14-12-1 in those matchups.<br \/>\nWhen it outshoots its opponent this season, Florida has posted a record of 21-20-3 (45 points).<br \/>\nThe Panthers have been outshot by opponents in 27 games, going 14-13-0 to register 28 points.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for NHL tickets? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/67619?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=2994&amp;pb=968393&amp;cid=3lD67kNKWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to StubHub today<\/a> and see your team live.<\/p>\n<p>Team Stats Comparison<\/p>\n<p>Bruins vs. Panthers Game Time and TV Channel<\/p>\n<p>When: Thursday, April 2, 2026 at 7 p.m. ET<br \/>\nTV Channel: ESPN+<br \/>\nLive Stream: <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1691&amp;pb=968373&amp;cid=3lD67kNKWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Watch this game on ESPN+<\/a><br \/>\nWhere: Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Florida<\/p>\n<p>Sign up for <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/66358?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1684&amp;pb=968384&amp;cid=3lD67kNKWg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">ESPN+<\/a> to watch the Bruins take on Panthers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Bruins (43-24-8, on a four-game winning streak) go on the road against the Florida Panthers (36-35-3)&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":535132,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5102],"tags":[95,833,62,57,5141,5,835,4,61,63,834],"class_list":{"0":"post-535131","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida-panthers","8":"tag-boston-bruins","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-florida-panthers","12":"tag-floridapanthers","13":"tag-hockey","14":"tag-men","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-nhl-predictions","17":"tag-panthers","18":"tag-professional"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116330759945762050","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535131","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=535131"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535131\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/535132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}