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Bank on Mark Scheifele Scoring against Florida Panthers Tuesday

The Winnipeg Jets are looking to respond to their brutal 5-0 loss at the hands of the Florida Panthers Saturday when they square off once again on Tuesday. The game should be extremely tight and presents a few very solid betting options with one reigning supreme as our favorite and will be added to the Pad Stack Challenge.

If you aren’t familiar, the Pad Stack Challenge is an open betting strategy that uses the concept of building our bank and rolling over our profits. We do this by stacking our winnings through well-researched picks given out daily that will hopefully build our bank. We are starting fresh Tuesday with a pick from the Jets versus Panthers game.

All betting lines are from Bet365 and are subject to change. Hockey is a difficult sport to predict so please gamble responsibly.

Bet: Mark Scheifele anytime goal (+210)

This may seem like a more risky pick than it actually is as Scheifele has an excellent history in this matchup. The Kitchener native has been with the Jets for 14 seasons and during his time with the team he's recorded eight goals and four assists for 12 points in his last 12 games versus the Panthers. He has just four goals over their last 13 games and is due to find the back of the net.

You may think this is crazy to go against the defending Stanley Cup Champions and their defence, who just shut out the Jets on the weekend and will have Sergei Bobrovsky as their netminder but this is a surprisingly bad matchup for him.

The two-time Vezina trophy winner has a 6-10-2 record, a goals against average of 3.37 and a save percentage of .890 in 20 career games against the Jets. This includes his shutout on Saturday and it hasn't been able to put a dent in the troublesome history.

The Jets have won nine of their last 12 home games against the Panthers which means they should bounce back in this spot and it should be because of Scheifele. A $10 bet on him to score would bring our bank total to $31.