Panthers vs Red Wings Pick: Saturday, January 30th

By Jimmy The Bag Jan 29, 2021

Panthers vs Red Wings Pick: Saturday, January 30th: The Panthers are coming off their first loss of the season, 3-2 in a shootout at Columbus. 2013 Maple Leafs 3rd round draft pick Carter Verhaeghe is getting a massive opportunity, playing on the 1st line with Aleksander Barkov and Anthony Duclair. He scored 9 goals and 4 assists last year in 52 games for the Lightning, in a limited role last year in his rookie season. Verhaeghe has made the most of this early opportunity with 4 goals, and 2 assists in 4 games. If that line can be formidable and Alexander Wennberg can step up as a 2nd line center, this team might be better than I anticipated. I still don’t expect them to make the playoffs and will try my luck at fading them throughout the year.

The Detroit Red Wings are coming off their 4th straight loss 7-3 at Dallas. After losing 2 games in ugly fashion against the Blackhawks, the Wings came back and looked good in their 1st game against the Stars losing 2-1 in overtime. Their last game Saturday night was a disappointing 7-3 loss at Dallas on Thursday night. It was a step backward, but they did come back from 4-1 down to make it 4-3 before the Stars pulled away. Tyler Bertuzzi has 8 points and 3 powerplay goals to start the season, and he has looked good with Dylan Larkin. Jeff Blashill runs a tight ship, and I expect the Wings to come out fast and hard and will offer us a juicy score on the 1stP

Panthers vs Red Wings Odds

The Panthers have just one regulation win in four games this season, with a +4 goal differential. The Panthers have put up an average of 33 shots per game, and 3.8 goals per game. Meanwhile, Detroit has just 1 regulation win in 8 games so far this season and see themselves sitting in last place in the NHL’s central division. The Wings have been outscored by an average of 1.62 goals per game. Detroit has averaged just 2 goals per game, but have allowed over 3.5 goals per game so far this season.