NHL Playoffs Game of the Year
(NHL) Panthers (FLA) vs. Oilers (EDM),
Money Line: -137.00 Oilers (EDM) (Home)
Result: Loss
#16 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Edmonton Oilers (-135) over Florida Panthers, Thursday at 8 PM ET - At this point in the season, 100 games in when you include the regular season and now all the post-season action of both Edmonton and Florida, plenty is known about both the Oilers and Panthers.  So what we want to speak the most about here is the fantastic situational aspect.  The Oilers are down 2-0 in this series but really played well in Game 1 despite losing and then lost Game 2 despite taking an early lead.  We feel Edmonton coming back to home ice after two straight losses is going to bring forth their best game of the post-season.  The Oilers have been so strong off B2B losses.  The last 7 times Edmonton entered a game off of consecutive losses they have won the next game all 7 times with scores of 4-2, 4-0, 4-3, 6-2, 9-2, 7-4 and 5-2.  That works out to an average score of 5.6 to 2.1 so the Oilers have not just been winning in this situation, they have been dominating.  Edmonton has won 4 of last 5 games on home ice and has scored an average of 4 goals per game when at home in this post-season.  Florida, of course, is having a great post-season but they have averaged scoring only 2.4 goals in their last 5 road games.  The Oilers goalie, Skinner, has allowed a total of only 3 goals in the last two games in Edmonton.  Florida goalie Bobrovsky has been great in this post-season but Edmonton will do a better job of getting more traffic in front of the net in this one and Bobrovsky is sure to face a barrage of shots from a desperate Oilers team that will be dialed in on home ice for their strongest effort yet in this series! That makes this -135 range actually a bargain price on the Oilers the way we see it!  Looks like a solid home win is on the way in this one!  Home team money line is our play here as the Oilers win to climb right back into these Stanley Cup Finals!