PITTSBURGH

PENGUINSPIT

17-17-5  |  Road

2
FINAL
Fri, Jan 3 • 7:00 PM ET
Amerant Bank Arena
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FLORIDA

PANTHERSFLA

23-14-2  |  Home

3
Goaltending
Owen Pickering
GOALTENDER

Owen Pickering

#38 | D
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Dmitry Kulikov
GOALTENDER

Dmitry Kulikov

#7 | Defense
Player W-L-OTL GAA SV% SO
Owen Pickering None-None -- -- --
Dmitry Kulikov None-None -- -- --
None-None W-L-OTL None-None
-- GAA --
-- Save % --
-- SO --
AI Model Win Probability
PENGUINS
100%
📊
PANTHERS
0%
PENGUINS --
PANTHERS --
AI Model Projected Total
AI Projection
5.9
Projected
Book Total
--
Over / Under Line
Over 0 0%
Under 0 100%
AI Model Spread Expectation
AI Spread Proj
-0.8
FLORIDA
Book Spread
--
Book Line
▲ Edge: +0.8 points (Florida)
PenguinsPIT (-3.5) 0 PanthersFLA (+3.5)
Model Expected Spread
Spread Distribution
AI Model

Penguins Cover

34.5%

Panthers Cover

65.5%

+6+4+20-2-4-6
Distribution centered around FLA -0.8 expected margin.
Margin of Victory (FLA)

PIT By 1 goal

13.3%

PIT By 2-3 goals

10.9%

FLA By 1 goal

19.6%

FLA By 2-3 goals

27.5%

AI Model Projected Score
2.53
PITTSBURGH
3.33
FLORIDA
Simulated Score
3
PITTSBURGH
2
FLORIDA
Projections Grades
Moneyline (ML)
Divergence
AI Panthers Win
0% Win Prob
D
Sim Penguins Loss
50% Win Prob
B
Puck Line (ATS)
Divergence
AI Panthers (+0) Win
Proj Goals: -0.8
D
Sim Penguins (-0) Loss
Proj Goals: -1.0
B
Over/Under (Total)
No Consensus
AI o0 Win
Proj Total: 5.9
D
Sim u0.0 Win
Proj Total: 5.0
B
Head-to-Head History
Date Game Score
Apr 5, 2026 FLA @ PIT 2 - 5
Apr 4, 2026 FLA @ PIT 4 - 9
Oct 23, 2025 PIT @ FLA 5 - 3
Mar 23, 2025 PIT @ FLA 3 - 4
Jan 3, 2025 PIT @ FLA 2 - 3
Key Model Drivers
Hits (L5) +77.2% more
Florida: 26.1 vs Pittsburgh: 14.7
Faceoff % (L5) +4.3%
Florida: 52.5% vs Pittsburgh: 48.1%
Power Play % (L5) +41.6%
Pittsburgh: 49.6% vs Florida: 8.0%
Takeaways (L5) +22.2% more
Pittsburgh: 4.8 vs Florida: 3.8
Post-Mortem Analysis
Metric Projected Actual
Score Game
PIT Score 2.5 2
FLA Score 3.3 3
Team Stats Splits (Home / Away)
Blocked Shots 13.9 / 15.1 12.0 / 10.0
Faceoff % 52.5 / 48.1 51.7 / 48.3
Hits 26.1 / 14.7 28.0 / 15.0
Power Play % 8.0 / 49.6 33.3 / 28.6
Shots on Goal 28.7 / 27.6 33.0 / 31.0
Takeaways 3.8 / 4.8 2.0 / 1.0
Public Market Splits
Moneyline
Open: -- → --
11%TICKETS89%
13%MONEY87%
Spread (ATS)
Open: -- → --
84%TICKETS16%
43%MONEY57%
Total (O/U)
Open: -- → --
90%TICKETS10%
91%MONEY9%