NHL Stanley Cup Finals Player Prop Bet Picks: Game 2 (Panthers vs. Golden Knights)
Game 1 of the 2023 Stanley Cup Finals showed off some of Vegas’s dominance while also hinting at how Florida may be able to neutralize it. Lots of adjustments are in store for Game 2, including a small change to the Panthers’ deeper lines.
We have plenty of data to work with from these two teams, and our model has been profitable thus far in these playoffs, including ending at +10.285 units in Game 1. So let’s take a look at which props we’re targeting for Game 2.
2023 NHL Stanley Cup Finals: Game 2 Prop Bets
Odds courtesy of the following sportsbooks:
As a reminder, we are looking primarily at the props supported by our NHL player props page, which includes goals, assists, points, shots, blocks, and saves. The market is a little more wide open early in a series. Here is where I see the most value heading into the puck drop at 8 p.m. EST.
| Prop | Odds | Units | To Win | Book |
| Shea Theodore Over 0.5 Assists | 155 | 1 | 1.55 | DK |
| Shea Theodore 1+ Points | 108 | 1 | 1.08 | FD |
| Sam Bennett Under 0.5 Points | 110 | 1 | 1.1 | DK |
| Aleksander Barkov Over 0.5 Assists | 100 | 1 | 1 | DK |
| Gustav Forsling Under 1.5 Blocks | 100 | 1 | 1 | DK |
| Alex Pietrangelo Under 2.5 Blocks | -105 | 1.05 | 1 | DK |
| Adin Hill Over 29.5 Saves | -121 | 1.21 | 1 | CZ |
| Alec Martinez Over 2.5 Blocks | -130 | 1.3 | 1 | DK |
| Brandon Montour Over 1.5 Blocks | -130 | 1.3 | 1 | DK |
| Anton Lundell Over 1.5 Shots | -139 | 0.695 | 0.5 | CZ |
| Jonathan Marchessault Under 3.5 Shots | -150 | 0.75 | 0.5 | SH/UB |
Florida Panthers Projections
| Position | Player | Proj Goals | Proj Asts | Proj Pts | Proj Shots | Proj Blocks | Proj Saves |
| 1LW | Carter Verhaeghe | 0.34 | 0.29 | 0.63 | 2.86 | 0.35 | NA |
| 1C | Aleksander Barkov | 0.29 | 0.60 | 0.89 | 2.54 | 0.64 | NA |
| 1RW | Anthony Duclair | 0.19 | 0.26 | 0.45 | 1.81 | 0.41 | NA |
| 2LW | Matthew Tkachuk | 0.37 | 0.65 | 1.02 | 3.41 | 0.36 | NA |
| 2C | Sam Bennett | 0.21 | 0.29 | 0.50 | 2.62 | 0.52 | NA |
| 2RW | Nick Cousins | 0.07 | 0.18 | 0.24 | 1.13 | 0.43 | NA |
| 3LW | Sam Reinhart | 0.28 | 0.33 | 0.60 | 2.32 | 0.55 | NA |
| 3C | Anton Lundell | 0.15 | 0.21 | 0.36 | 1.74 | 0.40 | NA |
| 3RW | Ryan Lomberg | 0.09 | 0.07 | 0.16 | 1.34 | 0.26 | NA |
| 4LW | Zac Dalpe | 0.07 | 0.09 | 0.16 | 0.89 | 0.34 | NA |
| 4C | Eric Staal | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 1.16 | 0.54 | NA |
| 4RW | Colin White | 0.06 | 0.07 | 0.13 | 0.74 | 0.36 | NA |
| 1LD | Gustav Forsling | 0.10 | 0.25 | 0.36 | 2.14 | 1.18 | NA |
| 1RD | Aaron Ekblad | 0.14 | 0.25 | 0.39 | 2.52 | 1.02 | NA |
| 2LD | Brandon Montour | 0.12 | 0.53 | 0.66 | 2.55 | 1.07 | NA |
| 2RD | Marc Staal | 0.02 | 0.11 | 0.13 | 0.57 | 1.38 | NA |
| 3LD | Radko Gudas | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.18 | 1.26 | 1.55 | NA |
| 3RD | Josh Mahura | 0.04 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.77 | 0.75 | NA |
| Goalie | Sergei Bobrovsky | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 27.1 |
Vegas Golden Knights Projections
| Position | Player | Proj Goals | Proj Asts | Proj Pts | Proj Shots | Proj Blocks | Proj Saves |
| 1LW | Jonathan Marchessault | 0.28 | 0.32 | 0.60 | 2.86 | 0.22 | NA |
| 1C | Jack Eichel | 0.33 | 0.48 | 0.81 | 3.11 | 0.83 | NA |
| 1RW | Ivan Barbashev | 0.23 | 0.29 | 0.52 | 1.43 | 0.56 | NA |
| 2LW | Mark Stone | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.75 | 2.42 | 0.53 | NA |
| 2C | Chandler Stephenson | 0.20 | 0.49 | 0.69 | 1.36 | 0.68 | NA |
| 2RW | Brett Howden | 0.10 | 0.11 | 0.21 | 0.92 | 0.63 | NA |
| 3LW | Reilly Smith | 0.26 | 0.32 | 0.57 | 2.13 | 0.41 | NA |
| 3C | William Karlsson | 0.19 | 0.39 | 0.58 | 1.82 | 0.60 | NA |
| 3RW | Michael Amadio | 0.16 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 1.37 | 0.40 | NA |
| 4LW | William Carrier | 0.17 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 1.86 | 0.37 | NA |
| 4C | Nicolas Roy | 0.16 | 0.20 | 0.36 | 1.42 | 0.62 | NA |
| 4RW | Keegan Kolesar | 0.06 | 0.11 | 0.17 | 0.76 | 0.40 | NA |
| 1LD | Alec Martinez | 0.05 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.92 | 3.15 | NA |
| 1RD | Alex Pietrangelo | 0.13 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 2.15 | 2.40 | NA |
| 2LD | Brayden McNabb | 0.03 | 0.16 | 0.19 | 1.00 | 2.36 | NA |
| 2RD | Shea Theodore | 0.13 | 0.49 | 0.61 | 2.26 | 1.53 | NA |
| 3LD | Nicolas Hague | 0.04 | 0.14 | 0.18 | 1.18 | 1.63 | NA |
| 3RD | Zach Whitecloud | 0.07 | 0.10 | 0.17 | 1.03 | 1.67 | NA |
| Goalie | Adin Hill | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | 29.7 |
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