There are just two games on the Tuesday NHL schedule with two Canadian teams playing two American teams with four teams all not off to the greatest of starts. The Canucks travel to Boston to trade elbows with the Bruins while the former Arizona Coyotes—and now the Utah Hockey Club—is in Montréal to face one of the league’s Original 6. Here are betting previews for these two skates with moneyline and totals odds, starting times, records, trends, along with picks and predictions from the Sides, Totals, and Puck Line markets for each skate.
Canucks vs Bruins Prediction
| Game Time: | 7:00 EST |
| Bruins Line: | -142 |
| Canadiens Line: | +118 |
| Total: | 5.5 |
| TV: | ESPN+ |
The Bruins (10-9-3 6-4-2 at Home) face the Canucks (10-6-3, 7-1-0 on Road) in Boston in an inter-conference game between two teams near the .500 mark. David Pastrnak (19 points) and the B’s are just 6-6 at Home while Quinn Hughes (19 points), JT Miller, and the Canucks are an impressive 7-1-0 away from Vancouver but the Canadian team in USA and long Travel and Time Zone difference (PST to EST) may mess with the visitors Body Clocks. Still, Boston has not been very special this season and is far removed from the team that set an NHL record for points two seasons ago.
The Canucks (10-8-1 O/U) are 2-4 in the last 6 series meetings but 5-5 over the last 10, while the Bruins (9-12-1 O/U) are a perfect 4-0 in the last 4 meetings at TD Garden (16 GF-4 GA). The Under is 7-3 over that span with 3 straight Unders (5, 4, 4) and 5 of the last 6. The last meeting in Beantown was a 4-0 Bruins victory (2/8/2024). With the Travel and Time Difference in mind as well as the 4 straight wins in dominant fashion, these Canucks vs Bruins picks and predictions will bank on another Boston win and another low-scoring game as the Bruins last couple of skates have been in quicksand (W 1-0 vs UTAH, 2-1 vs DET). Jeremy Swayman (6-7-2, 3.30 GAA) was in goal for the B’s win vs the Wings while Finnish backup Joonas Korpisalo (4-2-1, 2.36 GAA) was between the pipes vs the Utah Hockey Club, so both netminders were stellar last week. Picks: Bruins -132, Under 5.5
Utah Hockey Club vs Canadiens Prediction
| Game Time: | 7:00 EST |
| Canadiens Line: | +125 |
| Utah Hockey Club Line: | -150 |
| Total: | 6.5 |
| TV: | ESPN+ |
The Canadiens (7-11-2, 5-5-1 at Home) play host to the Utah Hockey Club (8-10-3, 4-4-1 on Road) at the Bell Centre in Quebec in a matchup between two teams each 3-6-1 over their last 10. Montréal has 56 Goals in the 2024 NHL Regular Season while Utah has 57. Last year when Les Habs played the Coyotes, they went 1-1, losing 3-2 on the Sonoran Desert and winning 4-2 here in Montréal. The recent team Trends show that Utah (-$351 last 10) have played 5 Unders, 3 Overs, and 2 Pushes in their last 10 in the Totals market and reveal this tem has had trouble putting the puck in the net, save for the one game they scored 6 against the team in the NHL who has allowed the most Goals (Pittsburgh).
Montréal (-$184 last 10) is 3-2 in its last 5 after losing 5 in a row (10/31 to 11/8) and the Canadiens have played 3 Unders in their last 4 games and are also not scoring many Goals (2, 3, 5, 0) even though the last 3 games have been at Home. This team is one of the 5 worst in the league (MTL, ANA, SJ, CHI, PIT) right now. This Utah Hockey Club vs Canadiens pick and prediction will be to lean to a lower-scoring game with both teams scuffling and looking for wins under every rock on the beach. Pick: Under 6.5