BEST LINE: Bet365 +160

Posted at 1:10 PM EST.

OT included. The Panthers are a feisty group loaded with young talent that is going to be a force to reckon with sometime in the next two to three years. The Panthers are just 6-10 but half of those 10 losses occurred in extra time. They have lost just five games this season in regulation and they also have recent wins over both Anaheim and these same Sharks by a combined score of 10-3. In fact, the Panthers have lost just once in regulation over their past four and that occurred in Los Angeles against the Kings. That said, this one is more about fading the Sharks upon returning home from an absolute grueling trip.

San Jose hit the road on November 8th in Dallas and proceeded to play seven straight games on the road that ended in Buffalo on Tuesday. They weren’t even sure if that game was going to get played because the city was shut down after getting buried in a brutal snowstorm. That’s seven road games in 12 days and now the Sharks will play their eight game in 14 days in which they had to travel to get to their next destination in all of them. If San Jose isn’t flat tonight, they’ll almost surely be flat on Saturday when they host the Coyotes. The Sharks will be a big favorite against Arizona as well. This wager is based on San Jose either losing this game or the next because it’s just so rare for any team to come home from such a grueling trip and reel off back-to-back wins. So, if San Jose wins tonight, we’ll fade them on Saturday and expect to profit from them losing one of those two games.