NHL Game 4 Best Bets: Expert Picks Hurricanes vs. Panthers Analysis

Written by

Daniel Dobish

Published on May 25, 2025

More Home Runs. Fewer Strikeouts.

Get RotoWire's advanced reports and tools to confidently start your best team.

Custom reports based on your team
Confirmed lineup alerts
Advanced stats to help you choose the right players

The Stanley Cup Playoffs have another game Monday night, as Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final goes down. Puck drop from Amerant Bank Arena in Sunrise, Fla. is scheduled for for 8 p.m. ET on TNT/truTV/Max. We'll take a look at not only the moneyline and total, but we'll make some prop predictions and same-game parlay picks, too. Let's get started.

Top up your bankroll thanks to sportsbook promos like this BetMGM bonus code offering $150 in bonus bets.

Hurricanes vs Panthers Game 4: Betting Tips, Odds & Predictions

For the latest NHL Odds, including NHL Futures and NHL player props, visit RotoWire's NHL Betting page. For up-to-date NHL player news and NHL Injury Report info, head to RotoWire's NHL Lineups page. You can find more picks at Bookies.com/picks. Here are our NHL Best Bets today, featuring expert NHL picks for an action-packed slate of games.

Strategies for Betting on Game 4: Hurricanes vs Panthers

The defending Stanley Cup champion Florida Panthers have pushed the Carolina Hurricanes to the brink of elimination, and the Cats stand on the precipice of a third consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Final.

For all of the memes and jokes about the Toronto Maple Leafs, at least they pushed the Cats to seven games before coming apart like a cheap suit. The Carolina Hurricanes look like a suit purchased on Wish or Temu, as it has been ugly.

The Hurricanes showed a little bit of fight early on. While Niko Mikkola notched his second goal of the postseason at 12:07 of the first period, Pyotr Kochetkov and the Hurricanes calmed down and kept it just 1-0 into the second period.

After Gustav Forsling took a delay of game penalty for shooting a puck over the glass, the diminutive Logan Stankoven notched a power-play goal to level things 1-1 at 14:51 of the second period. That's how things stayed until the third period, and then the barrage came.

The Hurricanes looked to have steadied the ship, and finally had put up a fight, but things changed in a hurry. Jesper Boqvist took advantage of a turnover, swooping past the blue line, making a nifty move to the right, while sliding one through the five-hole of Kochetkov to make it 2-1 at 1:29 of the third period.

It was the start of an avalanche of goals. Mikkola was back for his second goal of the game, and third of the postseason, with helpers to Sam Bennett and Matthew Tkachuk, and things were starting to get away from the Hurricanes yet again. It got worse.

Aleksander Barkov scored not one, but two goals, at 6:55 and 9:31, and the rout was on. Brad Marchand added to the misery at 10:37, before Seth Jarvis was able to respond with a power-play goal at 11:01 to put a bow on the scoring.

The only people affected by that Jarvis goal were people playing the Under very, very safely on the Alternate Total. Other than that, it will be quickly forgotten.

For all of the good the Hurricanes did in the first 40 minutes, it was washed away in the final 20 minutes. Carolina has extended its NHL record to 15 straight losses in the conference finals round, including seven in a row against Florida just since 2023.

Florida had a 28-to-25 advantage in shots on goal, a 60-to-44 lead in hits, and a 17-to-12 advantage on blocked shots. Carolina did win 55.9 percent of the 59 faceoffs, and it was 2-for-4 on the power play, while Florida was 0-for-4 on the man advantage. The Hurricanes might be able to take something positive from that into Game 4, but it isn't much to build upon.

Getting that fourth and final win in a series is tough, but the Panthers are on home ice, and they've outscored the Hurricanes 16-4 through three games. There is no reason to get away from the Panthers now.

If you're going to bet Florida straight up, it is a better value on the puck line laying the goal and a half. For same-game parlays, especially with several legs, let's go with the Panthers straight up.

We'll also go low on the total, as we 'should' see more defense, physicality and careful play, but so far the Over is 2-1 in this series, with Florida averaging 5.3 goals per game. Can Carolina actually slow them down?

Top NHL Prop Bets for Hurricanes vs Panthers Showdown

As we look to the props, you have to figure Sergei Bobrovsky is going to face a lot of rubber, especially if desperate sets in for the Hurricanes. Over 24.5 (-105) is a strong play for Bob's save total in Game 4.

Bennett has had his foot on the gas, posting three shots on goal (SOG) in Game 3, and he has at least two SOG in seven straight games, averaging 2.9 SOG in that span. Let's go Over 2.5 SOG (-145), as he looks to help his team complete the sweep.