Panthers Road Favorites At Capitals in Tuesday NHL Picks

• What: Tuesday NHL Picks
• Who: Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals
• When: Tuesday, February 4, 7:00 p.m.

The reigning Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers spent Monday meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. They will spend Tuesday doing battle with the Washington Capitals and Alex Ovechkin, the favorite NHL player of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

On top of that, these are the top two teams in the Eastern Conference. Florida is leading the Atlantic Division. Surprising Washington sits atop the Metropolitan Division.

Oddsmakers are of the opinion that it will be the visiting Panthers who are getting the better of Ovi and the Capitals in this contest. Florida is set as -120 away favorites.

Let's look at the latest betting line on this game. Odds are subject to change.

Florida Panthers	-1.5 (+215)	-120	O 5.5 (-117)
Washington Capitals	+1.5 (-260)	EVEN	U 5.5 (-103)

The Panthers are riding a three-game winning streak. Meanwhile, the Capitals have lost two games in a row.

Among 14 NHL games on the agenda during an extremely busy Tuesday of action, this is one of the games that we think provides the best bets of the night in the NHL picks.

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Panthers vs Capitals Betting Trends

The Capitals beat the Panthers 4-1 at Florida on Nov. 25. That brought to an end a nine-game Florida winning streak against Washington. At Washington the Panthers are 5-0 straight up in their past five visits.

Overall, the Panthers are 4-1 SU in their past five games. They are 5-2 SU in their last seven meetings with Metropolitan Division opposition. Florida is 7-4 SU in the club's past 11 road games.

Washington is 7-3 SU in the past 10 games. The Capitals are 14-5 SU in their last 19 clashes with Eastern Conference squads. They are 8-3 SU in the last 11 home games. The Capitals are 1-3 SU in their last four games facing Atlantic Division clubs.

The under is 3-1-1 in the past five games between the Capitals and Panthers. At Washington, though, the over is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings with Florida. The over has also hit in 13 of the last 20 games between the Panthers and Capitals.

Six of Florida's past nine road games have gone under. However, four of  the last five games between the Panthers and Eastern Conference opponents hit for the over. Ten of Washington's last 12 games went under.

Florida is 25-17-2 SU as the betting favorite this season. The Panthers are 15-12 against the puck line as an away team. At home, Washington is 15-10 against the puck line. The Capitals are 16-7 SU as the underdog in the betting line.

Panthers Hit Road Off Perfect Homestand

A perfect 3-0 homestand in the books, the Panthers are beginning a two-game road trip Tuesday at Washington. Not only are the Panthers heating up, their key players are also finding the range.

A day to remember. pic.twitter.com/F1QA95WYT2

— Florida Panthers (@FlaPanthers) February 4, 2025

Forward Carter Verhaeghe has four goals in the past two games, including a hat-trick in a win over the Chicago Blackhawks. Sam Reinhart has 2-4-6 totals during a three-game point streak. He's leading the Panthers with 31 goals.

Matthew Tkachuk has 4-5-9 totals through the past five games. Captain Aleksander Barkov shows 1-7-8 totals over the last five games. He dished out three assists in Florida's most recent win over the New York Islanders. That gives Barkov a club-best 35 assists.

Capitals Rolling On Home Ice Point Streak

On the surface, Washington has lost back-to-back 5-4 overtime games and is 1-1-2 through the past four games. However, the Capitals are rolling along with a 13-game point streak on home ice (9-0-4).

Alex Ovechkin is 18 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's all-time goal record of 894!
30 games left for #ALLCAPS. He he 24 in 36 games this season.

He'll turn 40 this year.

Unreal in this era.

Without a doubt the greatest goalscorer our game has ever seen. pic.twitter.com/uMJzfrjsZi

— Northern Lights Sports🇨🇦 (@NLightsSports) February 3, 2025

Captain Ovechkin has scored in each of the past two games. That gives him a team-high 24 goals. Ovechkin is at 877 goals. He needs 18 to surpass Wayne Gretzky and become the NHL's all-time scoring leader.

BetUS is offering a prop wager on whether Ovechkin will score his record 895th goal prior to the end of this season. No is the -400 favorite. Yes is set with odds of +250.

Florida vs Washington NHL Pick

The Capitals have allowed 10 goals in the past two games after surrendering just seven through the previous eight games. Florida, meanwhile, has accounted for 14 goals over the past three games.

Florida Panthers To beat Washington Capitals

-120

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Washington hasn't beaten the Panthers in successive games since 2019. That was 16 games ago. Take the Panthers as the away chalk to beat the hometown Capitals in the Tuesday NHL picks.