Venue & Game Info
Location: Amerant Bank Arena, 1 Panther Parkway, Sunrise, FL 33323
Puckdrop: 7:00 PM ET
Broadcast: SportsNet Pittsburgh, Scripps Net Florida, ESPN+
Team Recent Form
Pittsburgh Penguins:
Last game: 5-1 win vs. Vancouver
Goals For: 23 (3.3 per game, 8th in NHL)
Goals Against: 16 (2.3 per game, 6th in NHL)
Power Play: 26.3% (5-for-19)
Penalty Kill: 81.8%
Riding a 3-game win streak
Florida Panthers:
Last game: 4-3 win at Boston
Goals For: 19 (2.4 per game, 30th in NHL)
Goals Against: 19 (2.4 per game)
Power Play: 21.2% (7-for-33)
Penalty Kill: 82.1%
3-0-0 at home, but 1-4-0 on the road
Injury Report
Penguins: No major injuries reported.
Panthers: Aleksander Barkov (knee, long-term), Matthew Tkachuk (rehab, out), Dmitry Kulikov (IR), Tomas Nosek (IR). Florida missing $19.5M in cap hits with Barkov and Tkachuk sidelined.
Key Matchups
Sidney Crosby vs. Brad Marchand: Two veterans still producing at high levels; Crosby has 3 goals in his last 3 games.
Evgeni Malkin line vs. Florida’s middle six: Malkin (10 pts) leads Pittsburgh’s “Big Boy Line” with Justin Brazeau (5 goals) and Anthony Mantha (6 pts).
Tristan Jarry vs. Sergei Bobrovsky: Jarry (.920 SV%) anchors Pittsburgh’s defense, while Bobrovsky (4-2, 2.19 GAA, .914 SV%) remains Florida’s backbone.
Series History
Penguins have points in 23 of last 30 meetings vs. Florida (16-7-7).
Last season: Florida went 2-0-1 vs. Pittsburgh, with two shootout wins.
At Amerant Bank Arena: Penguins have points in 12 of last 16 games (6-4-6).
Betting Trends
Penguins: 3-1 on the road; 3 of 7 games OVER 6.5 goals.
Panthers: 3-0 at home; 3 of 8 games OVER 6.5 goals.
Projection: Penguins 3 – Panthers 2
Game Odds
Pittsburgh Penguins 5.5
Florida Panthers – 205
Odds Courtesy of Sports Odds Direct as of Wednesday, October 22, 2025
