Canadiens at Devils Prediction
The Montreal Canadiens will play the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Canadiens Preview
The Montreal Canadiens are 23-29-4 this season after they lost to the Toronto Maple Leafs by a score of 5-1 in their last game. Montreal was out shot by a total of 41-30 and lost 60.3% of the faceoffs in the game. The Montreal Canadiens are averaging 2.63 goals per game, 3.66 goals against per game, 16.8% on the power play, and 73.7% on the penalty kill. Nick Suzuki has led the Canadiens this season with 17 goals, 25 assists, and 112 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for Montreal is Sam Montembeault, who is 11-11-2 this season with a 3.29 goals against average and a .906 save percentage.
Devils Preview
The New Jersey Devils are 37-14-5 this season after they defeated the Winnipeg Jets by a score of 4-2 in their last game. New Jersey out shot Winnipeg by a total of 29-25 and won 61.1% of the faceoffs in the game. The New Jersey Devils are averaging 3.46 goals per game, 2.63 goals against per game, 20.9% on the power play, and 80.9% on the penalty kill. Jack Hughes has led the Devils this season with 35 goals, 34 assists, and 237 shots on goal. The projected starting goalie for New Jersey is Vitek Vanecek, who is 24-5-3 this season with a 2.30 goals against average and a .917 save percentage.
Trends
Montreal is 12-26 in their last 38 games against the Metropolitan and 6-21 in their last 27 Tuesday games. The under is 4-1 in Montreal’s last 5 road games. New Jersey is 6-0 in their last 6 home games and 9-2 in their last 11 Tuesday games. The under is 4-1-1 in New Jersey’s last 6 games. Montreal is 2-10 in these two teams last 12 head to head meetings.
Pick
New Jersey comes into this game in second place in the Metropolitan standings and has won three of their last four games, while Montreal has lost two games in a row and is in last place of the Atlantic standings. Montreal has been out scored by a total of 11-3 in their last two games and they are 9-15-3 on the road this season. New Jersey has won their last two games by at least two goals and I expect the same result here. Take the Devils -1.5 in this matchup.
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