Canadiens at Sharks Prediction
The Montreal Canadiens will play the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday night at the SAP Center in San Jose, California.
Canadiens Preview
The Montreal Canadiens are 25-30-4 this season after they lost to the Ottawa Senators by a score of 5-2 in their last game. Montreal out shot Ottawa by a total of 32-22 and went 0-3 on the power play in the loss. The Montreal Canadiens are averaging 2.69 goals per game, 3.63 goals against per game, 16.7% on the power play, and 73.8% on the penalty kill. Nick Suzuki has led the Canadiens with 20 goals, 26 assists, and 117 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Montreal is Jake Allen, who is 13-18-2 this season with a 3.42 goals against average and a .895 save percentage.
Sharks Preview
The San Jose Sharks are 18-30-12 this season after they lost to the Chicago Blackhawks in a shootout by a score of 4-3 in their last game. San Jose out shot Chicago by a total of 48-35 and won 61% of the faceoffs in the game. The San Jose Sharks are averaging 2.97 goals per game, 3.62 goals against per game, 18.6% on the power play, and 83.6% on the penalty kill. Erik Karlsson has led the Sharks with 19 goals, 58 assists, and 150 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for San Jose is Kaapo Kahkonen, who is 8-12-5 this season with a 3.57 goals against average and a .885 save percentage.
Trends
Montreal is 9-21 in their last 30 games against the Pacific and 7-21 in their last 28 Tuesday games. The over is 4-1 in Montreal’s last 5 games. San Jose is 21-56 in their last 77 games and 14-38 in their last 52 home games. The over is 19-6-2 in San Jose’s last 27 home games. Montreal is 1-12 in these two teams last 13 head to head meetings in San Jose.
Pick
San Jose comes into this game after losing four of their last five games, while Montreal has won two of their last three games. Both teams have played poorly on the defensive end and are allowing at least 3.60 goals against per game this year. Montreal has gone over 6.5 goals in four of their last five games. I like the over here.
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