Jonathan Drouin, Max Domi, and the Montreal Canadiens will do battle against Claude Giroux, Sean Couturier, and the Philadelphia Flyers at the Wells Fargo Center in an Eastern Conference showdown. NBC Sports Philadelphia will broadcast the matchup, which gets going at 7 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 19.
Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers Odds
Montreal (-105) is currently the underdog to Philadelphia (-115) and the oddsmakers have set the Over/Under (O/U) at 6 goals (-105 for the over, -115 for the under).
Montreal is 37-35 straight up (SU) and has earned moneyline bettors 2.4 units this season. 38 of its outings have gone under the total, while 30 have gone over and just four have pushed. This 2018-19 Canadiens team is 17-19 SU on the road.
Montreal has converted on just 12.0 percent of its power play chances this year, a figure that’s ranked 32nd in the NHL. On the other hand, its penalty kill is ranked 16th in the league, and it’s successfully killed off 80.7 percent of all penalties..
Averaging 27.0 saves per game with a .915 save percentage, Carey Price (29-28-5) has been the primary option in goal for Montreal this season. If it decides to rest him, however, head coach Claude Julien could turn to Antti Niemi (8-9-2 record, .887 save percentage, 3.78 goals against average).
Over on the other bench, Philadelphia is 35-37 straight up (SU) and has lost 3.0 units for moneyline bettors thus far. 39 of its matches have gone over the total, while 32 have gone under and just one has pushed. The team is 18-18 SU at home this year.
The Flyers have converted on just 16.3 percent of their power play opportunities this year, a figure that places them in the bottom 10 overall among NHL teams. Its penalty kill is also ranked 25th overall, and it’s successfully killed off 78.6 percent of all opponent power plays.
Cam Talbot (25.4 saves per game) has been the primary selection in goal for the Flyers. Talbot has 11 wins, 22 losses, and three OT losses and has recorded a mediocre 3.32 goals against average and a fairly-weak .894 save percentage this year.
Montreal Canadiens at Philadelphia Flyers Betting Predictions
Pick: SU Winner – Canadiens, O/U – Under
Betting Notes
- The Flyers are 2-1 in games decided by a shootout this season while the Canadiens are 2-0 in shootouts.
- For both of these clubs, the game went over the total in three of their past five matchups.
- Six of Philadelphia’s last ten outings have been decided by two or more goals. The team is 4-2 overall in those games.
- Montreal skaters have dished out the league’s fourth-most hits per game (26.7).
