Free NHL Hockey Prediction: Sharks vs. Canadiens NHL Odds
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(3-5-1) San Jose Sharks vs. Montreal Canadiens (4-3-2)
Date: Thursday, October 24th
Time: 7:00 PM ET
Venue: Centre Bell, Montreal QB
NHL Hockey Moneyline Odds: Sharks +112, Canadiens -126
NHL Hockey Puck Line Odds: Canadiens -1.5
NHL Betting Total: 6.5
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It will be interesting to see if the Sharks are going to just accept this as a down year, or fight back to get into the Western Conference race. It’s still early, but San Jose sits in last in the Pacific with just 7 points.
Montreal will try to find some consistency at home (2-2-0) and get this winnable game. Buffalo is on a tear (8-1-1) in the Atlantic so it would behoove the Canadiens to try and keep the pace.
San Jose Sharks
The Sharks may have a playoff hangover making it to the Western Conference Finals before losing to the Blues in 6 games. They may also miss former captain Joe Pavelski, who left to go to the Dallas Stars in the offseason.
Whatever the case, it hasn’t been a great start to 2019/20 for San Jose, who come into Thursday’s game off back-to-back losses to Buffalo. The Sabres are on a great run this year and the Sharks had won 3 straight prior so maybe San Jose isn’t in that bad of a spot here.
The Sharks will need to play better on the road if they’re going to get back in this thing. San Jose has a lone 5-4 win in Chicago in 5 road tilts. Montreal doesn’t have a great home ice advantage, but it’s a road trip either way.
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San Jose could also look for a little bit better goaltending from Martin Jones as he tries to get his save percentage above .900 for the season (.894). Jones has allowed 4 goals in 5 of 7 starts this season.
Jones’ 3.46 GAA is 45th out of 63 eligible goaltenders in the league. Sharks games have gone ‘over’ the total in 4 of Jones’ last 5 starts.
Montreal Canadiens
Both teams find Thursday’s matchup very winnable. Montreal comes into the game having dropped a 3-4 decision in Minnesota their last game, but it was also leg two of a back-to-back with both tilts on the road.
The Canadiens have had 3 full nights off and return home where they’ve been iffy at best on the season. The Canadiens have already dropped a 2-4 home decision to Detroit as -206 favorites and have also been beaten by the Lightning.
The good news is that the Montreal offense should be able to get going against a struggling Sharks goaltender. The Canadiens have scored a total of 12 goals in their last 3 games and have a top 10 offense on the season.
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The area that could benefit from continued improvement is the Montreal defense. It was a slow start on that end of the ice after allowing 18 goals in the first 4 games of the year.
The Canadiens have buckled down a bit though, allowing 6 in the last 3 games total. Carey Price will go between the pipes Thursday, as he has a SO and 2 goals allowed as stat lines in his last two starts.
NHL Betting Trends:
- Sharks are 6-2 last 8 Thursday games
- Sharks are 8-20 last 28 overall
- Sharks are 1-6 last 7 road games
- Canadiens are 4-1 last 5 vs. Western Conference
- Canadiens are 7-2 last 9 home games
- Home team is 15-5 last 20 H2H meetings
Free Montreal Canadiens vs. San Jose Sharks NHL Prediction:
It’s just simply hard to back the Sharks right now with how poor Jones has looked in net. This is especially true as the Canadiens defense has improved.
4* Free NHL Betting Pick: Canadiens -126
Price should be money on this night.
NHL Free Prediction: Canadiens 4 – Sharks 3
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