The Montreal Canadiens (14-17-3) will face the formidable Florida Panthers (22-12-2) Saturday afternoon at Amerant Bank Arena. This will be the first of four duels between the two teams this 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
MTL : 6-4-0
FLA : 7-3-0
Career records and statistics of starting goalkeepers (with their current team) against the opponent
Jakub Dobeš : – / – / –
Sergei Bobrovsky : 6-1-0 / 0,892 / 3,28
Potential alignments
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 – Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj – David Savard
Jakub Dobes
Samuel Montembeault
FLA :
Evan Rodrigues – Aleksander Barkov – Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe – Sam Bennett – Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen – Anton Lundell – Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer – Tomas Nosek – Mackie Samoskevich
Gustav Forsling – Aaron Ekblad
Nate Schmidt – Dmitry Kulikov
Uvis Balinskis – Adam Boqvist
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
First rating: Florida Panthers [-1,5]
The Florida Panthers’ home stats are significantly stronger than the Montreal Canadiens’ away stats in 2024-25. Florida is 10-6-1 in front of its fans, while Montreal struggles with a 4-10-1 record on the road. In addition, the Cats shake the strings on average 3.24 times per game at home, while conceding 2.94 goals. In comparison, the Canadians score 3.07 goals per game on the road, but concede 4.20. With a rookie goaltender between the pipes, the Panthers could take advantage.
The history of games at Amerant Bank Arena between these two teams is also favorable to the Panthers. In the last 10 games in the Sunshine State, Florida has won nine games, including seven by a margin of at least two goals. Their most recent home loss against the Canadiens dates back to December 28, 2018.
Recent statistics confirm this trend. The Panthers have covered the -1.5 line in three of their last five home games. The Canadiens, for their part, have not covered the +1.5 line in eight of their 15 away clashes this season.
Thus, the Panthers seem well placed to not only win the head-to-head, but also to do so with a difference of two nets.
Second rating: Cole Caufield [plus de 2,5 tirs]
Cole Caufield’s stats against the Florida Panthers are very promising. In ten confrontations with this team, he accumulated 32 shots, an average of 3.2 per game. During his matches at the home of Catsthe attacker totaled 14 shots in five games, reaching the three-shot plateau four times.
Away this season, the young winger has directed 43 shots in 15 games, for an average of 2.87 per game. Over the course of his last six trips, he has reached the three-shot mark on each occasion, which reinforces the idea that he has found a particular rhythm when he plays outside of Montreal.
In addition, the context of the upcoming match against Cats seems especially favorable to Caufield to exceed 2.5 shots. The Canadians could well be in a position to have to catch up, which would encourage Martin St-Louis’ men to take more shots to create opportunities to get back into the game. In this type of scenario, a player like Caufield, who has a very dangerous shot, will have more opportunities to shoot at the net.
Another key element to consider: the Canadiens spend a lot of time on the power play when playing away, averaging 4:56 per game. This means that number 13 will have several opportunities to find himself in a good position to shoot on goal. Opposite, the Panthers are relatively undisciplined at home, with an average time shorthanded of 4:37 per game.
Rating history since November 30: 16-7
December 23: MTL-CBJ (0-2)
December 21: DET-MTL (0-2)
December 20: MTL-DET (1-1)
December 17: BUF-MTL (0-2)
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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