Vegas Golden Knights vs Florida Panthers Prediction: Vegas is in crisis

Prediction for the NHL Vegas Golden Knights vs Florida Panthers match which will take place on January 5th. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Vegas continues to lose ground. The Knights are the reigning Stanley Cup champions this season, and they started very well, winning seven games in a row to open the season, but then the results became less consistent. They lost to Carolina 3:6, Tampa Bay 4:5, Florida 2:4, and Anaheim 2:5. The losing streak was broken with a 3:2 win over Los Angeles, but Vegas lost 3:0 to Seattle in the Winter Classic. Such a poor run has seen the reigning champions slip from first to fourth in the Western Conference standings.

Florida is a finalist for the last Stanley Cup, and this season, the Panthers are trying to live up to that title with excellent results. They started scoring early in the regular season and have continued to do so throughout the championship. In the first half of November, they went on a five-game winning streak before dropping points, but they are now on a record-breaking winning streak for the season. In their last five games, they have beaten Vegas 4:2, Tampa Bay 3:2, the Rangers 4:3, Montreal 4:1, and Arizona 4:1 to gain third place in the Eastern Conference.

Vegas and Florida were the finalists in the last Stanley Cup Final. The Knights easily won the decisive series to lift the coveted trophy for the first time in the team's history. But now the Panthers are beginning to take their revenge. They won their first meeting of the season 4:2 a few weeks ago and have every chance of repeating the trick. Paul Maurice's wards are in fine form, having won their last five games, while Vegas is in crisis, losing five of their previous six games.

Expect the upcoming game to be something other than a high-scoring affair. Recently, Florida has started to play exceptionally pragmatically, so in the ten previous games, there have been only 51 takeaways (5.10 average per game), a modest indicator by NHL standards.