Vancouver Canucks vs Montreal Canadiens 12/5/22 NHL Picks, Predictions, Odds

The Montreal Canadiens and the Vancouver Canucks meet in NHL action from Rogers Arena on Monday night.

The Montreal Canadiens will try to will look to rebound from a 5-3 loss to Edmonton in their last game. Nick Suzuki has a team-high 26 points with 13 goals and 13 assists while Cole Caufield also has 22 points with 13 goals of his own and Kirby Dach has 18 points with 14 assists of his own on the year. Jake Allen is 7-9 with a 3.51 GAA and an .893 save percentage while Sam Montembault is 5-2-1 with a 2.48 GAA and a .924 save percentage between the pipes for Montreal this season.

The Vancouver Canucks will be out to build on their 3-2 OT win over Arizona last time out. Elias Pettersson leads the Canucks with 29 points including a team-high 18 assists with 11 goals while Bo Horvat has 26 points with a team-high 19 goals and 7 assists. J.T. Miller has 25 points with 11 goals while Quinn Hughes has 23 assists and Andrei Kuzmenko has 21 points with 11 goals and 10 assists. Thatcher Demko’s gone 3-10-2 with a 3.93 GAA and an .883 save percentage while Spencer Martin’s 7-2-1 with a 3.08 GAA and a .901 save percentage so far this season in goal for Vancouver.

Montreal is 35-76 in their last 111 games overall and 6-17 in their last 23 games against the Pacific division while the under is 4-0 in their last 4 games against a team with a losing record. Vancouver is 2-9 in their last 11 games against the Atlantic division and 5-16 in their last 21 games against the Eastern Conference while the under is 4-1 in their last 5 games overall.

I get the reasoning for backing either side in this game, but I’m going to take the over here. The over’s been a fairly frequent trend in recent meetings between these two teams and I just don’t trust the goaltending on either side here if I’m being honest. I think this could easily get into the 7, 8 or even 9 goal range. Give me the over.