In Game 7’s of the Stanley Cup Final, the home team has a record of 12-5 with the Panthers having a home record of 8-4 this postseason.
The Stanley Cup will be handed out Monday night with a Game 7 matchup between the Oilers and the Panthers
Historic stats to keep track of is the home team has a 12-5 record and the Oilers have a 1-1 all-time record in Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals. It will be the Panthers last chance to avoid one of the most tragic collapses in league history while the Oilers will look to make the greatest comeback of all-time.
Our Stanley Cup Final Bets haven’t been the greatest at an almost even 8-9 record with three straight losses on the Under and two straight losses on the moneyline. We look to turn our fortunes around in the final game of the season.
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Bet: Panthers ML (-110), Over 5.5 goals (+125), Carter Verhaeghe Over 0.5 points (-135)
If we lose a third straight time on the Panthers, I will be shocked. I’m expecting a close gritty game to close out the series with the Panthers avoiding a historic collapse and continuing the history of home teams dominating Game 7’s of the Stanley Cup Final.
The Oilers had Connor McDavid go without a point in Game 6 and still put up five goals. This could be hard for the Panthers to overcome as McDavid normally follows up down games with an explosive one. In games following a no point effort from McDavid, he has a pair of goals and seven assists in five games with the Oilers having a 3-2 record.
The Panthers should win but it will be their offense finally igniting when they need to. The Panthers top point producers of Aleksander Barkov, Matthew Tkachuk and Carter Verhaeghe combine for two goals, two assists and a -19 rating.
Verhaeghe has done minimal damage over his last eight games with a goal and an assist with a -10 rating. It’s his worst stretch of playoff games since his rookie season as he is usually a clutch performer and it should come to an end in Game 7 in a big way.
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The Over may be the most likely to hit as Sergei Bobrovsky hasn’t been at his best when he needs to be as in the past three games, he has a 0-3 record with a 5.06 goals against average and a .793 save percentage. It raises his numbers of the past two postseasons to a 5-7 record with a goals against per game average of 3.25 in series-clinching games.
He has seemingly been shaken by his recent performance as he was found missing last practice before Game 7 despite not having any news of injury and coach Paul Maurice saying it was a day off.
One thing for certain is both teams will be desperate to get any goals they can and should make it a very close entertaining game to end off the 2023-24 NHL season.