NHL Betting Preview: Canadiens vs Penguins

The Montreal Canadiens clash with the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG PAINTS Arena, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Thursday, December 11.

Why We’re Expecting Penguins to Win

The best bet could be taking the Penguins to simply achieve a victory over the Canadiens. Our prediction can be taken at -115 on the Moneyline which yields a potentially nice return.

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7 Penguins Victories in Last 10 H2H Battles

Montreal Canadiens have been defeated in back-to-back games. They were recently beaten at home to Tampa Bay Lightning by a 6-1 scoreline at Bell Centre. Habs racked up 27 shots and Oliver Kapanen bagged the only goal.

Pittsburgh Penguins have lost in back-to-back outings. In a recent home game at PPG PAINTS Arena, they were turned over 4-3 (SO) by Anaheim Ducks. Thomas Novak, Anthony Mantha and Noel Acciari scored one goal apiece.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The scoreline was 9-2 in favor of the Penguins when they last played the Habs, with the encounter taking place at Bell Centre. The Penguins have six straight victories against the Habs. They have won 7 of the 10 previous head-to-head meetings.

Montreal Canadiens – Last 10 Games

5 wins and 5 losses, averaging 2.8 goals from 25.6 shots on goal, with a 20.9% powerplay efficiency. The Habs have been giving up 3.9 goals from 29.2 shots, averaging 4.4 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 84.1%.

Nick Suzuki is the top points scorer with 12 points, 4 goals and 8 assists, with Cole Caufield racking up 11 points, 3 goals and 8 assists, over the last 10 games. Goalie Jakub Dobes have a 3.71 goal against average with a .875 save percentage.

Pittsburgh Penguins – Last 10 Games

The Penguins have 5 wins, 2 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 3.0 goals from 28.5 shots on goal, with a 25.8% powerplay efficiency. They have conceded 2.9 goals from 26.6 shots, averaging 3.2 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 87.5%.

The top points scorer is Sidney Crosby with 11 points, 7 goals and 4 assists, while Erik Karlsson is next best after registering 8 points which were all assists. Goalie Tristan Jarry have a 2.47 GAA with a .915 SV%.

Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins Prediction & Picks

Our Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins betting tips provide expert coverage of all major angles, including our main match prediction, top player prop picks, correct score recommendation and best bet builder insights.

Game Prediction

There is a strong case that Pittsburgh Penguins will end up winning and that means heading to the Moneyline. You can get a generous -115 that the home team triumph in this NHL encounter.

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Key Canadiens vs Penguins stats:

Penguins have won 11 of their last 20 games at home.
Canadiens have lost 3 of their last 5 games.
Canadiens have lost 11 of their last 20 games.
Canadiens have lost their last 2 games.
Penguins have won the last 6 games between these teams.

Penguins Moneyline Probability

According to the best NHL betting sites, our pick has a 53.5% chance of winning. In the opinion of our cappers, there’s actually a probability of success closer to 60%. It is therefore regarded as a value wager.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Ben Kindel Over 2.5 Shots +135

Ben Kindel (Penguins) has fired Over 2.5 shots on goal in 3 straight games. We’re going to take him on the Overs for Shots on Goal, with this line making plenty of appeal at odds of +135.

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Same Game Parlay Picks

Moneyline Penguins

To Score Sidney Crosby

Shots on Goal Ben Kindel Over 2.5

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Correct Score Prediction

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Our correct score prediction is a 3-1 win for the Penguins which is available at odds of +1800. We think they’ll achieve victory and this is a way of getting bigger odds and more excitement.

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Montreal Canadiens vs Pittsburgh Penguins Odds

The odds and lines are updated on a frequent basis. You might therefore find that they are different to the ones listed for the above betting predictions.

Latest Moneyline Odds Suggest a Tight Affair

We’re seeing Pittsburgh Penguins priced up at -115 for a victory, with Montreal Canadiens trading at -104. In the eyes of the leading sportsbooks, the home team are regarded as 53% likely to claim a victory.

The puck line is calculated to be 1.5, while total goals comes in at 6.5. A Totals wager is always available and can often provide value selections. The Over 6.5 selection is available to back at +104.

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3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Sidney Crosby Favorite to Be First Goalscorer

There is +140 available that Sidney Crosby finds the net at anytime. If you’re interested in the favorite to score the first goal, then you are able to secure +1000.

Player Goals

Sidney Crosby (Penguins)

Cole Caufield (Canadiens)

Bryan Rust (Penguins)

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens)

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Player Assists

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens)

Lane Hutson (Canadiens)

Erik Karlsson (Penguins)

Sidney Crosby (Penguins)

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Player Shots

Sidney Crosby (Penguins)

Cole Caufield (Canadiens)

Bryan Rust (Penguins)

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Canadiens

NHL: 10/12 Lightning6 Canadiens 1
NHL: 08/12 Blues4 Canadiens 3
NHL: 07/12 Canadiens2 Maple Leafs 1
NHL: 04/12 Jets2 Canadiens 3
NHL: 03/12 Senators5 Canadiens 2

Penguins

NHL: 10/12 Ducks4 Penguins 3
NHL: 08/12 Penguins2 Stars 3
NHL: 05/12 Penguins4 Lightning 3
NHL: 02/12 Penguins5 Flyers 1
NHL: 30/11 Maple Leafs7 Penguins 2

Head to Head

Montreal vs Pittsburgh

NHL: 13/12 2024 Penguins 9 Canadiens 2
NHL: 03/11 2024 Canadiens 1 Penguins 3
NHL: 15/10 2024 Penguins 6 Canadiens 3
NHL: 23/02 2024 Canadiens 1 Penguins 4
NHL: 28/01 2024 Canadiens 2 Penguins 3
NHL: 14/12 2023 Penguins 4 Canadiens 3
NHL: 15/03 2023 Canadiens 6 Penguins 4
NHL: 13/11 2022 Penguins 4 Canadiens 5
NHL: 18/10 2022 Penguins 2 Canadiens 3
NHL: 15/12 2021 Canadiens 2 Penguins 5

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Montreal Canadiens Stats

Pittsburgh Penguins Stats

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
6 wins and 4 defeats in the last 10 games on the road

Moneyline

5 wins and 5 defeats in the last 10 games
4 wins and 6 defeats in the last 10 home games

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 6 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 9 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 3 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 4 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 6.60 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 7 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 3.30 pts and allowed 3.30 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.10 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.70 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.00 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.20 goals and allowed 3.50 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 25.6
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.4
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 11.3
Blocks: 13.1
Faceoff Wins : 26.9
Hits: 23.3
Giveaways: 14.5
Takeaways: 4.4

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.9
Shots: 24.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.1
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 9
Blocks: 12
Faceoff Wins : 27.7
Hits: 18.5
Giveaways: 14.1
Takeaways: 4.9

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 28.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 3.2
Empty Net Goals: 0.2
Penalty Minutes: 6.9
Blocks: 14.5
Faceoff Wins : 26.7
Hits: 16.7
Giveaways: 15
Takeaways: 4.9

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.8
Shots: 29.5
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 2.9
Empty Net Goals: 0.4
Penalty Minutes: 6.3
Blocks: 14.3
Faceoff Wins : 26
Hits: 13.8
Giveaways: 18.1
Takeaways: 4.2

Team News

Montreal Canadiens Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Nick Suzuki	29	20.57	8	25	33	10
13	Cole Caufield	29	18.6	16	15	31	5
93	Ivan Demidov	29	14.88	6	17	23	-1

48	Lane Hutson	29	23.09	5	17	22	-3
53	Noah Dobson	29	22.55	4	14	18	-4
8	Mike Matheson	29	24.74	4	12	16	7
20	Juraj Slafkovsky	29	17.97	9	7	16	0
91	Oliver Kapanen	29	13.8	9	6	15	-1
76	Zachary Bolduc	29	13.65	6	7	13	-4
15	Alex Newhook	17	14.6	6	6	12	7
11	Brendan Gallagher	29	13.13	1	9	10	-4
71	Jake Evans	29	15.46	4	4	8	-16
17	Josh Anderson	29	14.79	5	3	8	-12
45	Alexandre Carrier	29	18.75	1	7	8	-12
77	Kirby Dach	15	14.03	5	2	7	-2
47	Jayden Struble	24	15.42	0	4	4	-8
85	Alexandre Texier	15	12.23	0	3	3	-4
21	Kaiden Guhle	5	19.24	1	1	2	1
92	Patrik Laine	5	12.76	0	1	1	-3
49	Jared Davidson	9	9.04	0	1	1	-4
63	Florian Xhekaj	5	9.6	0	1	1	-1
90	Joe Veleno	24	11.88	1	0	1	-11
72	Arber Xhekaj	27	11.98	0	1	1	-7
62	Owen Beck	2	8.35	0	0	0	-1
42	Adam Engstroem	2	12.1	0	0	0	0
89	Joshua Roy	3	9.8	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
35	Sam Montembeault	16	3.67	0.857
75	Jakub Dobes	17	3.15	0.887
34	Kaapo Kaehkoenen	-	-	-

Pittsburgh Penguins Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
87	Sidney Crosby	28	19.33	18	13	31	-2
71	Evgeni Malkin	26	17.49	8	21	29	5
17	Bryan Rust	26	20.03	8	13	21	-1

65	Erik Karlsson	28	23.74	1	19	20	4
39	Anthony Mantha	28	15.14	9	8	17	11
18	Thomas Novak	28	13.41	5	9	14	-2
58	Kris Letang	28	21.78	2	11	13	3
16	Justin Brazeau	14	13.59	6	6	12	2
5	Ryan Shea	28	19.98	2	9	11	8
19	Connor Dewar	28	13.71	6	4	10	0
28	Parker Wotherspoon	28	21.01	2	8	10	6
81	Benjamin Kindel	25	15.63	7	3	10	-8
67	Rickard Rakell	9	17.78	3	5	8	1
46	Blake Lizotte	27	13.95	3	2	5	1
55	Noel Acciari	15	12.89	1	4	5	4
11	Filip Haallander	13	13.15	1	3	4	4
13	Kevin Hayes	13	14.15	2	2	4	0
41	Ville Koivunen	18	12.87	1	2	3	-4
24	Matt Dumba	11	14.94	1	2	3	-5
27	Ryan Graves	14	15.67	1	0	1	-2
43	Danton Heinen	10	12.22	0	1	1	1
15	Joona Koppanen	10	12.47	0	1	1	-1
53	Philip Tomasino	9	12.18	0	1	1	-2
45	Harrison Brunicke	9	15.71	1	0	1	-4
82	Caleb Jones	7	17.17	0	1	1	1
2	Rutger McGroarty	4	12.4	0	0	0	-1
22	Samuel Poulin	2	13.8	0	0	0	-2
14	Bokondji Imama	2	7.65	0	0	0	0
75	Connor Clifton	11	16.82	0	0	0	-1
38	Owen Pickering	4	12.1	0	0	0	-3
26	Tristan Broz	1	11.5	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
37	Arturs Silovs	13	2.98	0.897
1	Sergei Murashov	4	1.9	0.913
35	Tristan Jarry	13	2.54	0.913

Injuries & Suspensions

Montreal Canadiens Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Patrik Laine

Injured

Kirby Dach

Injured

Alex Newhook

Injured

Kaiden Guhle

Injured

Jake Evans

Unavailable

Pittsburgh Penguins Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Evgeni Malkin

Injured

Rickard Rakell

Injured

Caleb Jones

Injured

Filip Haallander

Injured

Blake Lizotte

Injured

Starting Lineups

Both teams’ confirmed lineups will be published ahead of face-off. There is also the chance to look at the lineups from the previous 10 games.

Previous Montreal Canadiens Lineups

09 Dec NHL

Lightning 6-1 Canadiens

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Washington	30	18	9	3	39	0.65	17	18	103	75	28	10-5-1	8-4-2	0-3	8-2	1W
2 Carolina	29	18	9	2	38	0.655	13	17	98	83	15	10-5-1	8-4-1	1-1	5-5	1W
3 NY Islanders	31	17	11	3	37	0.597	12	15	92	89	3	8-6-2	9-5-1	2-3	5-5	1W
4 Pittsburgh	28	14	7	7	35	0.625	13	14	88	81	7	6-4-3	8-3-4	0-5	5-5	2L
5 Philadelphia	28	16	9	3	35	0.625	9	11	85	78	7	10-5-2	6-4-1	5-0	7-3	1W
6 New Jersey	30	17	12	1	35	0.583	11	15	88	92	-4	9-4-1	8-8-0	2-0	4-6	1W
7 NY Rangers	32	15	13	4	34	0.531	11	14	83	84	-1	3-8-3	12-5-1	1-0	5-5	3L
8 Columbus	30	13	11	6	32	0.533	7	9	91	103	-12	6-3-3	7-8-3	4-1	3-7	3L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	31	17	11	3	37	0.597	13	15	99	105	-6	9-6-1	8-5-2	2-2	5-5	3W
2 Tampa Bay	30	17	11	2	36	0.6	14	17	94	76	18	8-7-0	9-4-2	0-0	6-4	1W
3 Boston	31	18	13	0	36	0.581	12	16	101	96	5	11-5-0	7-8-0	2-0	6-4	3W
4 Montreal	29	15	11	3	33	0.569	8	13	93	105	-12	7-8-1	8-3-2	2-2	5-5	2L
5 Florida	29	15	12	2	32	0.552	13	14	92	93	-1	10-6-2	5-6-0	1-1	5-5	3W
6 Toronto	29	14	11	4	32	0.552	10	14	97	93	4	9-4-4	5-7-0	0-1	6-4	1W
7 Ottawa	29	13	12	4	30	0.517	9	10	90	96	-6	6-6-2	7-6-2	3-0	4-6	3L
8 Buffalo	30	12	14	4	28	0.467	8	10	92	106	-14	9-5-2	3-9-2	2-0	5-5	1W

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	30	21	2	7	49	0.817	19	21	118	70	48	11-0-2	10-2-5	0-4	7-3	1L
2 Dallas	31	21	5	5	47	0.758	17	18	109	80	29	10-4-1	11-1-4	3-2	8-2	4W
3 Minnesota	30	16	9	5	37	0.617	10	13	85	81	4	8-3-4	8-6-1	3-1	7-3	1W
4 Chicago	30	13	11	6	32	0.533	12	13	89	91	-2	7-5-3	6-6-3	0-2	3-7	1W
5 Utah	32	14	15	3	31	0.484	11	14	96	94	2	7-5-1	7-10-2	0-0	3-7	3L
6 Winnipeg	29	14	14	1	29	0.5	12	13	88	89	-1	7-6-0	7-8-1	1-1	2-8	2L
7 St Louis	31	11	13	7	29	0.468	11	11	79	109	-30	5-7-4	6-6-3	0-2	5-5	1L
8 Nashville	29	11	14	4	26	0.448	7	9	78	103	-25	7-8-2	4-6-2	2-0	5-5	1W

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	30	19	10	1	39	0.65	11	15	111	98	13	11-4-0	8-6-1	4-0	6-4	3W
2 Vegas	29	14	6	9	37	0.638	11	13	90	86	4	7-4-4	7-2-5	1-3	5-5	1L
3 LA Kings	30	14	8	8	36	0.6	9	13	82	80	2	4-6-3	10-2-5	1-5	4-6	1L
4 Edmonton	30	13	11	6	32	0.533	8	13	99	106	-7	7-3-3	6-8-3	0-2	4-6	1L
5 San Jose	31	14	14	3	31	0.5	8	13	87	103	-16	9-5-3	5-9-0	1-1	4-6	1L
6 Seattle	28	12	10	6	30	0.536	7	12	70	85	-15	7-5-3	5-5-3	0-3	3-7	1W
7 Calgary	32	12	16	4	28	0.438	10	10	82	96	-14	7-5-2	5-11-2	2-2	6-4	1L
8 Vancouver	30	11	16	3	25	0.417	7	9	85	108	-23	4-9-1	7-7-2	2-0	2-8	1L

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Injuries & Suspensions

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Starting Lineups

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