New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers Prediction: The statistics speak in favor of the Southerners

Prediction for the NHL New Jersey Devils vs Florida Panthers match which will take place on March 6th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

New Jersey is going to have a challenging regular season. Lindy Ruff's team had a great last season, after which such a young and promising team should have only become stronger and continued to develop, but they slowed down. They looked great in the debut of the current championship, but then the problems became more and more. We can't say that they are completely failing, but their bursts of activity are minimal. In the last seven games, the Devils have suffered five losses in regulation time, beating only Montreal and San Jose 4:3 and 7:2, which is only good enough for 11th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Florida has a solid regular season and wants to prove that last year's success was no coincidence. Paul Maurice's wards are Stanley Cup finalists, which would have been considered a sensation a year ago when the Panthers needed a miracle to make the playoffs. However, they've been playing at a high level since the beginning of the season. They had a fantastic stretch at the turn of December and January when they won nine games in a row, but even after that, the Southerners continued to collect points actively. February brought them another six wins in a row, and now they are in great form.

New Jersey and Florida look very different in the current regular season. The Devils are struggling and have only 4 points out of a possible 14 in their last seven games, so they are out of the top eight in the Eastern Conference. The Panthers have practically stopped losing and are among the leaders of the entire league. In addition, the statistics speak in favor of the Southerners, who have won five of the last six meetings on the ice of the Prudential Center.

The New Jersey vs Florida rivalry has been a spectacular and emotional one of late. The performance has not suffered either, as the opponents have combined to score 76 goals in the last ten meetings, averaging 7.60 goals per game, which is high even by NHL standards.