NHL Betting Preview: Capitals vs Canadiens

The Washington Capitals square off against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre, with face-off scheduled for 19:00 on Thursday, November 20.

Are Caps Value for This Game?

For a value wager, head to the Moneyline where you can back the Capitals to get the better of the Canadiens. Our betting prediction is currently available at a generous +106.

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Caps Have Won 7 of Previous 10 H2H Encounters

Washington Capitals made it back-to-back wins after a 7-4 home success over Edmonton Oilers at Capital One Arena. John Carlson racked up 3 points, all of them were assists.

Montreal Canadiens have been defeated in their last four games. On the road, they recently suffered a 4-3 (SO) loss against Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Lane Hutson, Oliver Kapanen and Josh Anderson each scored one goal.

Head-to-Head Statistics

The Caps have claimed victories in the last two encounters against the Habs. At Bell Centre, the scoreline was 5-2 and then we saw 4-1 at Capital One Arena. In the past 10 H2H meetings, the Caps have won seven.

Starting Goalies

Charlie Lindgren (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	2-3-1	3.2	.893	1
23/24	25-16-7	2.67	.911	6

Sam Montembeault (Confirmed)

Season	W-L-OTL:	GAA:	SV%:	SO:
24/25	4-5-1	3.6	.858	0
23/24	16-15-9	3.14	.903	0

Washington Capitals – Last 10 Games

4 wins, 4 losses and 2 overtime losses, averaging 3.3 goals from 29.4 shots on goal, with a 5.7% powerplay efficiency. The Caps have been giving up 2.9 goals from 27.3 shots, averaging 4.8 penalties with a penalty-killing efficiency of 81.3%.

John Carlson is the top points scorer with 10 points, 2 goals and 8 assists, with Jakob Chychrun recording 10 points, 1 goal and 9 assists, in the last 10 games. Goalie Logan Thompson have a 2.56 goal against average with a .903 save percentage.

Montreal Canadiens – Last 10 Games

The Habs have 4 wins, 3 losses and 3 overtime losses, averaging 3.1 goals from 24.0 shots on goal, with a 17.1% powerplay efficiency. They have been conceding 3.7 goals from 25.7 shots, averaging 4.9 penalties per game with a penalty-killing efficiency of 85.7%.

The top points scorer is Cole Caufield with 10 points, 6 goals and 4 assists, while Nick Suzuki is next in line after registering 9 points, 3 goals and 6 assists. Goalie Sam Montembeault have a 3.42 GAA with a .869 SV%.

Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction & Picks

Get set for Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens with our full betting breakdown, complete with an expert match prediction, a likely final score, top player prop picks and a value-driven bet builder.

Game Prediction

There is a strong case that Washington Capitals will end up winning and that means backing the visitors on the Moneyline. You can get a value +106 that they triumph in this NHL game.

To deliver the best possible hockey predictions, we start by locking in the team news and taking time to review the latest form. There’s also no shortage of data to crunch from the most up-to-date NHL stats available.

Key Capitals vs Canadiens stats:

Capitals have won 3 of their last 5 games.
Capitals have won 2 consecutive games.
Canadiens have lost their last 4 games.
Canadiens have lost 6 of their last 10 games.
Canadiens have lost their last 2 games against Capitals.

Caps Moneyline Probability

Based on the odds from the top NHL sportsbooks, there’s a 48.5% likelihood of our pick delivering a return. In our opinion, there’s actually a probability of success between 55-60%. This is why we regard this as a value bet.

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Our Game Prediction

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Player Prop Picks

Top Pick: Alex Ovechkin To Score +170

Alex Ovechkin (Capitals) has been on the scoresheet in his past 3 games. He looks like a value bet to light the lamp and you’re able to back this Anytime Goalscorer pick at odds of +170.

Same Game Parlay Picks

Moneyline Capitals

Totals Under 6.5

To Score Alex Ovechkin

Get in the game with a same game parlay. Our picks are the Capitals on the moneyline, Under 6.5 on the total and Alex Ovechkin (Capitals) to find the net.

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Correct Score Prediction

Capitals

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Canadiens

A 4-2 win in favor of the Capitals is available at odds of +1800. Take a chance on the correct score and get rewarded for predicting the right scoreline.

Latest Correct Score Odds

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2-0

2-1

Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens 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.

Canadiens Betting Favorites on the Moneyline

Montreal Canadiens are -137 favorites and that means a 58% chance of winning this game according to the Moneyline betting odds with the sportsbooks. For those wanting to oppose the market leader, you can get +114 about Washington Capitals.

1.5 is the puck line and 6.5 is the total goals line. The beauty of Totals is that you only have to choose from one of two options. If you want to back Over 6.5, it’s +110.

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Moneyline

3-Way Moneyline

Puck Line

Total Goals

Cole Caufield is the First Goalscorer Favorite

There is +125 available that Cole Caufield finds the net at any stage. He is available at +900 to register the first goal which makes him favorite.

Player Goals

Cole Caufield (Canadiens)

Alex Ovechkin (Capitals)

Nick Suzuki (Canadiens)

Tom Wilson (Capitals)

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Micro Betting

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Last 5 Games

Capitals

NHL: 20/11 Oilers4 Capitals 7
NHL: 18/11 Kings1 Capitals 2
NHL: 16/11 Devils3 Capitals 2
NHL: 14/11 Capitals3 Panthers 6
NHL: 12/11 Capitals4 Hurricanes 1

Canadiens

NHL: 18/11 Canadiens3 Blue Jackets 4
NHL: 16/11 Bruins3 Canadiens 2
NHL: 14/11 Stars7 Canadiens 0
NHL: 12/11 Kings5 Canadiens 1
NHL: 09/11 Mammoth2 Canadiens 6

Head to Head

Washington vs Montreal

NHL: 01/05 2025 Canadiens 1 Capitals 4
NHL: 28/04 2025 Capitals 5 Canadiens 2
NHL: 26/04 2025 Capitals 3 Canadiens 6
NHL: 24/04 2025 Canadiens 1 Capitals 3
NHL: 22/04 2025 Canadiens 2 Capitals 3
NHL: 11/01 2025 Canadiens 3 Capitals 2
NHL: 08/12 2024 Capitals 4 Canadiens 2
NHL: 01/11 2024 Canadiens 3 Capitals 6
NHL: 18/02 2024 Capitals 4 Canadiens 3
NHL: 07/02 2024 Canadiens 5 Capitals 2

Team Stats

Latest regular season and playoff games stats.

Washington Capitals Stats

Montreal Canadiens Stats

Moneyline

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

Moneyline

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

Puck Line

+1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games
+1.5 Betting Line on the Road: Have covered the +1.5 puck line in 7 of the last 10 games on the road

Puck Line

-1.5 Betting Line: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 1 of the last 10 games
-1.5 Betting Line at Home: Have covered the -1.5 puck line in 2 of the last 10 home games

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 6.40 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals on the Road: An average of 5.50 goals in the previous 10 games on the road
Over 6.5: Covered in 5 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 on the Road: Covered in 4 of the previous 10 games on the road
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.30 goals and allowed 3.10 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals on the Road: Have scored an average of 2.70 pts and allowed 2.80 goals in the last 10 games on the road

Total Goals

Game Totals: An average of 7.00 goals in the previous 10 games
Game Totals at Home: An average of 6.90 goals in the previous 10 home games
Over 6.5: Covered in 8 of the previous 10 games
Over 6.5 at Home: Covered in 6 of the previous 10 home games
Team Totals: Have scored an average of 3.10 goals and allowed 3.90 goals in the last 10 games
Team Totals at Home: Have scored an average of 3.20 goals and allowed 3.70 goals in the last 10 home games

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.2
Shots: 29.4
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.3
Penalty Minutes: 12.4
Blocks: 15
Faceoff Wins : 26
Hits: 17
Giveaways: 15.6
Takeaways: 5.3

Last 10 Games on the Road

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 28.7
Goals Shorthanded: 0
Penalties: 4.6
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 11.7
Blocks: 15.6
Faceoff Wins : 27.1
Hits: 22.3
Giveaways: 16.2
Takeaways: 5

Team Stats - Avg/Game

Last 10 Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.7
Shots: 24
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.9
Empty Net Goals: 0
Penalty Minutes: 11.6
Blocks: 12.8
Faceoff Wins : 27.7
Hits: 22.1
Giveaways: 14
Takeaways: 4.2

Last 10 Home Games

Goals Powerplay: 0.4
Shots: 25.1
Goals Shorthanded: 0.1
Penalties: 4.8
Empty Net Goals: 0.1
Penalty Minutes: 11.7
Blocks: 12.8
Faceoff Wins : 27.1
Hits: 23.2
Giveaways: 12.8
Takeaways: 4

Team News

Washington Capitals Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
43	Tom Wilson	20	19.63	11	9	20	9
17	Dylan Strome	18	17.76	5	12	17	12
74	John Carlson	19	23.2	4	13	17	4

8	Alexander Ovechkin	20	17.73	7	9	16	7
6	Jakob Chychrun	20	23.32	4	12	16	11
21	Alexei Protas	20	18.16	6	6	12	10
24	Connor McMichael	20	16	2	8	10	3
9	Ryan Leonard	20	12.8	5	5	10	2
72	Anthony Beauvillier	20	14.75	4	2	6	7
42	Martin Fehervary	20	19.05	1	5	6	9
38	Rasmus Sandin	15	19.05	2	4	6	4
26	Nic Dowd	19	15.13	1	4	5	2
3	Matt Roy	20	20.63	1	3	4	11
22	Brandon Duhaime	20	12.57	3	1	4	-1
34	Justin Sourdif	20	11.84	2	1	3	1
53	Ethen Frank	9	10.73	0	3	3	2
29	Hendrix Lapierre	19	10.08	0	2	2	-3
57	Trevor van Riemsdyk	16	15.04	1	1	2	-2
15	Sonny Milano	9	10.58	1	0	1	-1
47	Declan Chisholm	9	14.41	0	1	1	2
80	Pierre-Luc Dubois	6	15.53	0	0	0	0
52	Dylan McIlrath	1	14.1	0	0	0	0

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
48	Logan Thompson	14	2	0.92
79	Charlie Lindgren	6	3.16	0.893

Montreal Canadiens Player Stats & Roster

#	Player	GP	MIN	G	A	P	+/-
14	Nick Suzuki	19	20.44	4	17	21	10
13	Cole Caufield	19	18.49	13	7	20	8
48	Lane Hutson	19	23.03	2	14	16	-2

93	Ivan Demidov	19	14.51	4	10	14	4
15	Alex Newhook	17	14.6	6	6	12	7
53	Noah Dobson	19	22.65	1	11	12	4
91	Oliver Kapanen	19	12.88	7	4	11	1
8	Mike Matheson	19	24.95	3	7	10	9
20	Juraj Slafkovsky	19	17.86	6	3	9	6
77	Kirby Dach	15	14.03	5	2	7	-2
11	Brendan Gallagher	19	13.3	0	7	7	0
76	Zachary Bolduc	19	13.51	4	2	6	-5
17	Josh Anderson	19	14.85	3	3	6	-10
71	Jake Evans	19	15.74	3	3	6	-11
45	Alexandre Carrier	19	18.67	1	5	6	-9
47	Jayden Struble	15	15.23	0	4	4	-2
21	Kaiden Guhle	5	19.24	1	1	2	1
72	Arber Xhekaj	18	11.37	0	1	1	-3
92	Patrik Laine	5	12.76	0	1	1	-3
90	Joe Veleno	14	11.27	0	0	0	-7
49	Jared Davidson	2	8.35	0	0	0	0
89	Joshua Roy	2	9.75	0	0	0	0
62	Owen Beck	2	8.35	0	0	0	-1

#	Goalies	GP	GAA	SV%
75	Jakub Dobes	9	2.71	0.898
35	Sam Montembeault	12	3.59	0.858

Injuries & Suspensions

Washington Capitals Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Pierre-Luc Dubois

Injured

Montreal Canadiens Injury Table

Type

Name

Info

Patrik Laine

Injured

Kirby Dach

Injured

Alex Newhook

Injured

Kaiden Guhle

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 Washington Capitals Lineups

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Oilers 4-7 Capitals

Metropolitan	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Carolina	20	13	5	2	28	0.7	9	12	73	58	15	6-2-1	7-3-1	1-1	6-4	1L
2 New Jersey	19	13	5	1	27	0.711	8	11	62	57	5	7-0-1	6-5-0	2-0	5-5	1L
3 Pittsburgh	19	10	5	4	24	0.632	10	10	62	50	12	5-2-1	5-3-3	0-3	4-6	1W
4 NY Islanders	20	11	7	2	24	0.6	8	11	64	64	0	4-3-1	7-4-1	0-2	7-3	1W
5 Washington	20	10	8	2	22	0.55	9	10	60	53	7	6-4-1	4-4-1	0-2	4-6	2W
6 Columbus	20	10	8	2	22	0.55	6	7	62	65	-3	5-3-1	5-5-1	3-1	4-6	1L
7 NY Rangers	21	10	9	2	22	0.524	7	9	53	52	1	1-7-1	9-2-1	1-0	6-4	2L
8 Philadelphia	18	9	6	3	21	0.583	4	5	51	51	0	6-3-2	3-3-1	4-0	5-5	1L

East Atlantic	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Detroit	20	12	7	1	25	0.625	9	10	62	62	0	7-3-1	5-4-0	2-0	5-5	2W
2 Boston	22	12	10	0	24	0.545	8	11	72	73	-1	8-4-0	4-6-0	1-0	7-3	2L
3 Montreal	19	10	6	3	23	0.605	5	10	63	66	-3	5-4-1	5-2-2	0-2	4-6	4L
4 Tampa Bay	19	10	7	2	22	0.579	8	10	59	56	3	5-5-0	5-2-2	0-0	7-3	1W
5 Ottawa	19	9	6	4	22	0.579	6	7	64	65	-1	6-3-2	3-3-2	2-0	5-5	1L
6 Florida	19	10	8	1	21	0.553	9	9	58	59	-1	7-2-1	3-6-0	1-1	6-4	1W
7 Toronto	20	9	9	2	20	0.5	6	9	70	74	-4	8-4-2	1-5-0	0-0	4-6	1W
8 Buffalo	20	7	9	4	18	0.45	5	6	58	71	-13	6-4-2	1-5-2	1-0	3-7	1L

East Central	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Colorado	19	13	1	5	31	0.816	12	13	78	47	31	7-0-2	6-1-3	0-2	8-2	6W
2 Dallas	20	12	5	3	27	0.675	9	10	66	57	9	6-4-1	6-1-2	2-1	6-4	1L
3 Winnipeg	19	12	7	0	24	0.632	10	11	64	52	12	6-3-0	6-4-0	1-0	6-4	2W
4 Chicago	19	10	5	4	24	0.632	9	10	64	49	15	5-2-2	5-3-2	0-1	6-4	2W
5 Minnesota	21	10	7	4	24	0.571	6	8	60	64	-4	7-3-3	3-4-1	2-0	7-3	3W
6 Utah	20	10	7	3	23	0.575	7	10	62	61	1	5-1-1	5-6-2	0-0	2-8	3L
7 St Louis	20	6	9	5	17	0.425	6	6	55	78	-23	3-5-4	3-4-1	0-2	3-7	3L
8 Nashville	20	6	10	4	16	0.4	4	5	49	70	-21	5-5-2	1-5-2	1-0	2-8	1L

West Pacific	GP	W	L	OT	PTS	P%	RW	ROW	GF	GA	DIFF	Home	Road	S/O	L10	Strk
1 Anaheim	20	13	6	1	27	0.675	9	12	74	63	11	7-1-0	6-5-1	1-0	7-3	2W
2 Vegas	19	9	4	6	24	0.632	8	9	60	55	5	5-3-3	4-1-3	0-1	4-6	1W
3 LA Kings	20	10	6	4	24	0.6	6	9	56	57	-1	1-4-2	9-2-2	1-3	6-4	1L
4 Seattle	19	9	5	5	23	0.605	6	9	51	54	-3	6-1-3	3-4-2	0-2	4-6	1L
5 Edmonton	22	9	9	4	22	0.5	4	9	67	82	-15	5-1-2	4-8-2	0-2	4-6	2L
6 San Jose	20	9	8	3	21	0.525	4	9	59	65	-6	5-3-3	4-5-0	0-1	7-3	1W
7 Vancouver	21	9	10	2	20	0.476	5	7	67	77	-10	3-5-1	6-5-1	2-0	4-6	1L
8 Calgary	22	6	13	3	15	0.341	5	5	51	69	-18	3-4-2	3-9-1	1-2	4-6	1W

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NHL Betting Preview: Capitals vs Canadiens

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Starting Goalies

Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens Prediction & Picks

Game Prediction

Caps Moneyline Probability

Player Prop Picks

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Correct Score Prediction

Latest Correct Score Odds

Washington Capitals vs Montreal Canadiens Odds

Player Goals

Head to Head

Injuries & Suspensions

Washington Capitals Injury Table

Montreal Canadiens Injury Table

Starting Lineups

Previous Washington Capitals Lineups

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