NHL Odds: Calgary Flames at Florida Panthers Picks

The Calgary Flames and the Florida Panthers will both be trying to pick up a win in NHL odds on Friday at 7:30pm EST when they battle at the BankAtlantic Center in a game that can be seen on FOX Florida. Curtis Glencross scored a hat trick to lead the Flames to a 4-1 victory over the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. The Flames won the game as -165 favorites in NHL picks while the five goals went UNDER the posted over/under of 5.5.

Online sportsbooks have the Panthers listed as 120-moneyline favorites in NHL picks against the Flames EV while the game's total is sitting at 5.5 UNDER -150. Matt Stajan scored the other marker for the Flames and Miikka Kiprusoff made 27 saves in the win. "It's something I'll never forget," said Glencross after the game. "It's nice to get that feeling again." Calgary is 28-21-8 in NHL odds on the season, 8-2 when playing on Friday, 5-5-2 after playing the Hurricanes but have a horrible road record going 1-5 straight up in their last 6 road games.

Tomas Vokoun stopped 22 shots in the Panthers' 3-0 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Monday night. Anaheim cashed as -105 road underdogs in NHL picks while the game played UNDER the 5.5-goal total listed by online sportsbooks. The goalie that stole the spotlight though was Anaheim's Jonas Hiller who shut-out the Panthers with 33 saves and helped end the Ducks 6-game road trip with a win. "They were hungrier than us," Panthers head coach Pete Deboer said after the game.

"I think we showed up and if they would have handed it to us, we would have taken it, but we weren't prepared to go out and grab a win." Florida has much better at home than Calgary has on the road going 5-1 straight up in NHL picks for their last 6 games at home but only 2-4-2 in their last 8 games when playing against the Flames. The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Florida's last 5 games and UNDER in 5 of the Panthers last 5 games at home. Vegas sports odds at Caesars sportsbook have the Florida Panthers -115 favorites in NHL odds against the Calgary Flames -115 with a total of 5.5 UNDER -145.