Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers 12/29/2022 Picks

Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers 12/29/2022 Picks Predictions Previews

The Montreal Canadiens continue their road trip and will invade FLA Live Arena in Sunrise with the Florida Panthers on Thursday, December 29.

Montreal is 15-17-3 on 33 points and placed at the bottom of the Atlantic Division with an 8-8-3 road record this year.

The Canadiens come into this match-up after losing four of the last five and riding on a three-game losing streak following a 1-4 loss on the road to the Tampa Bay Lightning on December 28.

GK Jake Allen struggled at the pipes after allowing three goals on 35 shots with a save percentage of .891. Michael Pezzetta scored the only goal for Montreal with one assist in the loss.

The Montreal Canadiens are lackluster with an average of just 2.68 goals on 28.3 shots per game while their defense gave up an average of 3.47 goals per outing on the season.

Center Nick Suzuki powered the offense of the Canadiens with a team-leading 31 points this year while Center Kirby Dach is the top setter for Montreal with 17 assists. RW Cole Caufield led the goal-scoring with 19 goals on 114 shots this season.

The totals went UNDER in 4 of the Canadiens’ last 5 outings and Montreal is 1-6 straight up in its last 7 games played.

The Canadiens are 1-4 SU in their last 5 matches played versus Florida and the totals went UNDER in 5 of Montreal’s last 6 road contests.

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Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers Predictions 12/29/2022

The Florida Panthers are on their way back home to host the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night and bounce back from their last road loss last time out.

Florida is 15-16-4 on 34 points and placed sixth in the Atlantic Division with an 8-5-3 record at home this season.

The Panthers lost four of their last five including their recent 1-5 loss on the road to the New York Islanders on December 23.

Goalie Sergei Bobrovsky had issues in defending the net after giving away four goals on 42 shots with a save percentage of .905 in the match.

LW Matthew Tkachuk played well for Florida after scoring the only goal for the Panthers in the contest.

The Florida Panthers recorded an average of 3.23 goals on 36.7 shots per outing as a unit while LW Matthew Tkachuk augmented the offense for Florida with 40 points scored for the year and was also the no.1 set-up man for the Panthers with 25 assists.

Center Carter Verhaeghe led the team in goal-scoring with 17 goals on 101 shots.

The totals went UNDER in 6 of Florida’s last 9 contests. The Panthers are 1-4 SU in their last 5 matches.

The totals went OVER in 4 of Florida’s last 5 games with Montreal and also went UNDER in 4 of the Panthers’ last 5 home outings.

Montreal Canadiens vs. Florida Panthers. The NHL Pick for this contest is Florida -286. Both teams are coming into this match-up with a losing skid after having difficulties in winning games this season.

However, the Panthers got the advantage of playing on their home ice with crowd support to win this match on Thursday. Florida is 8-5-3 at home while Montreal is 8-8-3 on the road this season.

The Florida Panthers will win predicted to a score of 3-2.

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