Tomas Tatar, Max Domi, and the Montreal Canadiens will face off against Mika Zibanejad, Mats Zuccarello, and the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden in an Original Six tilt. The match will get started at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, November 6 and it’s being shown live on The Sports Network.
Montreal Canadiens at New York Rangers Odds
Montreal is 8-6 straight up (SU) and has netted 2.9 units for moneyline bettors this season. Seven of its games have gone under the total, while five have gone over and just one has pushed. This 2018-19 Canadiens team is 3-3 SU on the road.
The Canadiens have scored on 15.4 percent of their power play opportunities thus far. That’s a fairly big drop-off from last season, when they were ranked ninth in the league by converting on 21.3 percent of their extra-man advantages. Their penalty kill has gotten stronger, however, as they’ve gone from successfully defending 74.1 percent of opponents’ power plays (ranked 30th overall last season) to 81.3 percent this year..
Sporting a .907 save percentage and 25.4 saves per game, Carey Price (5-5-2) has been the best option in goal for Montreal this year. If head coach Claude Julien decides to rest him, however, the team might roll with Antti Niemi (3-1 record, .893 save percentage, 3.13 goals against average).
New York is 6-8 straight up (SU) and has netted moneyline bettors 0.5 units this season. Nine of its games have gone under the total, while five have gone over and none have pushed. This season, the team is 4-3 SU as the home team.
The Rangers have converted on just 18.6 percent of their power play opportunities this year, a figure that’s right around league average. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 23rd overall, and it’s successfully killed off 76.1 percent of all penalties.
Henrik Lundqvist has denied 31.6 shots per game as the top option in goal for the Rangers. Lundqvist has four wins, seven losses, and one overtime loss to his name and has maintained a .923 save percentage and 2.61 goals against average this year.
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Betting Notes
The Rangers are 3-0 in games decided by shootout. The Canadiens are 2-0 in shootouts.
For both of these clubs, the under has hit in three of their last five games.
After averaging the 10th-most shots in the league last season (32.7 per game), Montreal has attempted 33.1 shots per game overall this season, and 31.9 in its last 10 games.
Montreal skaters recorded 26.5 hits per game last season, while the Rangers forced 20.9 hits per contest.
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