Florida Panthers vs New Jersey Devils Prediction, Odds and Picks for Today, 10/16/25

The two-time defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers make the 3rd stop on a 5-game road trip against the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. on Thursday night. Florida has been a little bit of a Jekyll and Hyde team so far, outscoring the opposition 11-5 in 3 home victories, while losing a pair of road games, getting outscored 9-3. It was especially shocking to see Sergei Bobrovsky and the Panthers fall 4-1 in Detroit last time out Wednesday night. Now, the Panthers turn to Daniil Tarasov in the second end of the back-to-back against the Devils.

This is the Devils’ home opener after playing their first 3 games on the road. The Devils have won 2 of 3 games to date, scoring 11 goals, and allowing 11 goals. Jacob Markstrom is expected to make his 4th consecutive start, and he always seems to get up for playing the champs. Last season, Markstrom went 1-0-1 with a 0.96 goals-against average (GAA) and sparkling .968 save percentage in 2 starts. Look for New Jersey to fare well against Florida, a team which has struggled badly on the road so far this season. The Panthers are also dropping like flies, as D Dmitry Kulikov is out indefinitely due to an upper-body injury, joining C Sasha Barkov, LW Tomas Nosek and LW Matthew Tkachuk on the shelf.

Panthers vs Devils prediction: Devils ML (-160) at time of publishing. Playable to -170.

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