The Florida Panthers and Philadelphia Flyers meet at Amerant Bank Arena on Thursday, Oct. 9 at 7 p.m. ET on ESPN+.

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Before watching this matchup, here's our prediction for which squad will emerge victorious in Thursday's hockey action.

Our computer projections model for this encounter calls for a final result of Panthers 5, Flyers 2.

The Panthers finished 12-6-18 in overtime matchups last season as part of an overall record of 47-31-4.
In the 27 games Florida played that were decided by one goal, it had a 13-8-6 record (good for 32 points).
Looking at the 17 times last season the Panthers finished a game with just one goal, they had a 3-14-0 record, picking up six points.
Florida scored exactly two goals in 16 games last season (7-7-2 record, 16 points).
The Panthers were 53-8-4 when they scored more than two goals (to record 110 points).
In the 45 games when Florida recorded a single power-play goal, it picked up 63 points by finishing 29-11-5.
In the 67 games last season when it outshot its opponent, Florida was 40-23-4 (84 points).
The Panthers were outshot by their opponent 28 times, and went 16-10-2 (34 points).

The Flyers had a 12-10-22 record in overtime games last season, and a 33-39-10 overall record.
In the 25 games Philadelphia played that were decided by one goal, it picked up 27 points.
Last season the Flyers scored only one goal in 11 games, and went 2-9-0 (four points).
When Philadelphia scored two goals last season, they amassed 14 points (5-8-4 record).
The Flyers scored three or more goals 46 times, accumulating 58 points (26-14-6).
Last season Philadelphia recorded a lone power-play goal in 22 games and registered 26 points, with a record of 12-8-2.
When outshooting its opponent last season, Philadelphia was 20-12-6 (46 points).
The Flyers were outshot by their opponents 40 times last season, and took 26 points from those games.

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