LiontipsToronto Maple Leafs - Montreal Canadiens: NHL match betting tip and bets
Command Analysis
Current form
Toronto currently occupies the second position of the Eastern Conference and has 100 points in its asset. The team can no longer improve its position in the standings in any way, but it can keep its current position under its control. It should be noted that she has recently demonstrated great results and celebrated success in five of the previous six meetings.
Before that, the Leafs dealt with Florida (3:2), Columbus (5:0), and after an unsuccessful away match against the Panthers (1:3), they beat Tampa 4-3 in overtime. It is noteworthy that in many meetings they were very effective and opened up the opponents' defenses at least three times. By the way, Matt Neese scored a hat-trick in the last meeting with the Lightning, who, in general, has been having a great season and has already managed to earn 55 points in the goal+pass system up to this point.
Craig Berube's team is counting most on the second half of the game, which currently has a 99:71 ratio of goals scored and missed.
Disqualifications and injuries
Hakanpaa, Pacioretty, Ekman-Larsson, McCabe will not be able to participate in the upcoming match.
Interesting betting trends
- Toronto gets an average of 7.83 minutes of penalty time per match.
- According to statistics, the team wins 53.7% of face-offs.
Current form
Montreal is currently on the eighth line of the Eastern Conference. The team continues to gradually improve its position in the standings and has made excellent progress over the past couple of months. She had previously dealt with both obvious middleweights and beat powerful opponents like Florida. At the same time, the Canadians will hold the final two meetings in this regular season on their own ice.
Let's remind that before that the tricolours dealt with Boston (4:1), Philadelphia (3:2), and also beat Nashville (2:1). After a successful match against Detroit on their ice (4:1), the Canadians went to visit Ottawa, which they nevertheless lost with a score of 2:5. Recall that in that meeting they unsuccessfully played the opening twenty minutes, during which they missed twice, and could not fully return to the game.
It is worth mentioning that Montreal is playing well in the minority and currently has 81.1% neutralization of the majority of the opponent, ranking 10th in the league by this indicator. At other people's venues, the San Louis team is used to playing on opposite courses, so they often score about three goals themselves.
Disqualifications and injuries
Price, Duck and Heineman will miss the upcoming bout due to injuries.
Interesting betting trends
- Montreal gets an average of 9.1 minutes of penalty time.
- Montreal wins 50.9% of face-offs
Trends
Bet 1st period: total less than 1.5 pucks
In four out of five matches between the clubs, the first period was inconclusive.
1.92The 3rd periodbet: the victory of the guests
In four out of five matches, the guests were successful in the third leg.
3.45Tip and bets
We think that Montreal will cause some problems for Toronto in the upcoming match. The Tricolours have been taking away points from many rivals lately and have been in great shape. The leafs often stumble in matches with such teams and sometimes cannot cope with them within the regular time. We think that this time, even if the visitors concede, they will do it with a difference of one goal.
Prediction - Montreal wins with an Asian handicap (+1.5) on goals in 1.75
Betting on an individual total
Montreal has shown generally good performance lately, and usually scored no less than three goals. Toronto has conceded at least three times in the last two matches. The guests will certainly try to play on opposite courses with their counterpart, especially after they played the match against Ottawa just the day before.
We're betting on Montreal's individual total of more than two goals in 1.57
Bet on the total total
The previous match between the teams was a productive struggle and ended with ten goals scored. Toronto is definitely not going to sit on the defensive at home and will try to please the fans with goals on a regular basis. However, Montreal should also make good use of its chances, as it has done in previous matches, so it makes sense to bet more on total.
We take a total of more than 5.5 goals for 1.72
