The Montreal Canadiens (11-16-3) will host the Buffalo Sabers (11-16-4) Tuesday evening at the Bell Center, for their second duel of the season. On this occasion, discover a selection of interesting odds offered by the Betway platform.
Before diving into these odds, let’s review some important information regarding these two formations in preparation for the matchup.
Last ten matches
BUF : 0-7-3
MTL : 4-5-1
Career records and statistics of starting goalkeepers (with their current team) against the opponent
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen : 1-0-0 / 0.878 / 3.61
Samuel Montembeault : 3-4-0 / 0,910 / 3,06
Potential alignments
BUF :
Zach Benson – Tage Thompson – Alex Tuch
Jack Quinn – Dylan Cozens – JJ Peterka
Ryan McLeod – Jiri Kulich – Jason Zucker
Beck Malenstyn – Peyton Krebs – Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Mattias Samuelsson – Owen Power
Bowen Byram – Henri Jokiharju
Dennis Gilbert – Connor Clifton
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen
James Reimer
MTL :
Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook – Kirby Dach – Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman – Jake Evans – Joel Armia
Lane Hutson – Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle – Justin Barron
Arber Xhekaj – David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
First rating: Nick Suzuki [plus de 1,5 tirs]
Suzuki displays remarkable consistency when playing at home against the Sabres. During his last five games at the Bell Center against this team, he managed to reach or exceed the threshold of two shots on goal on each occasion, with performances of 5, 2, 2, 3 and 2 shots. In his career under these conditions, he maintains a solid average of 2.85 shots per duel against Buffalo.
Looking more broadly at his overall history against the Sabres, Suzuki is just as reliable. In 14 career games against this team, regardless of location, he has been limited to fewer than two shots only twice.
In the only meeting between the Canadiens and Sabers this season, Suzuki stood out with an impressive four-shot performance on net.
The general context of the match also supports this prediction. The Sabers allow the ninth-most shots per face-off in the entire National Hockey League (NHL) when playing on the road, with an average of 30.4 shots allowed per game. Additionally, the Canadiens, in their last five home duels against Buffalo, have recorded high shot totals: 31, 33, 31, 29 and 32.
Second rating: Tage Thompson [plus de 0,5 point]
Tage Thompson has always shined against the Montreal Canadiens, and the numbers prove it. In his career, he collected 14 points in 12 games against CH. At the Bell Centre, this domination is even more marked, with 9 points in just 5 games. During his last three visits to Montreal, he scored at least one point each time.
This season, during the only meeting between the two teams in November (at KeyBank Center), Thompson blacked the scoresheet once in just 6 minutes and 49 seconds of playing time.
On the road this year, the 27-year-old center maintained an excellent level of play, with 8 points in 9 games.
For the Sabres, Thompson is an essential cog in the attack. He is the second most used forward in the squad and shares the title of top scorer with 25 points in 26 duels. His high minutes and his role as an offensive leader allow him to multiply opportunities to contribute to the score, whether at even strength or on the power play.
The Habs spend an average of 5 minutes 39 seconds per game shorthanded at home, the third highest total in the NHL. Even if the CH is overall quite good at the Bell Center with a man less, it is not perfect and number 72 could benefit from it.
The Bleu-Blanc-Rouge concedes on average 3.35 goals per game in front of its supporters.
Odds history since November 30: 15-0
December 14: MTL-WPG (2-0)
December 12: PIT-MTL (2-0)
December 9: ANA-MTL (2-0)
December 7: WSH-MTL (2-0)
December 5: NSH-MTL (2-0)
December 3: NYI-MTL (2-0)
30 November: MTL-NYR (3-0)
All Montreal Canadiens odds are provided by NHL betting site Betway.
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