Saturday, October 10, 2015

TD Garden

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The Montreal Canadiens travel to TD Garden to play the Boston Bruins on Saturday, October 10, 2015. The opening line for this game has the Canadiens at -120 and the Bruins at +100. The over/under has been set at 5.

The Montreal Canadiens finished last season with a 50 - 22 record. They scored 110 points and 221 goals while giving up 189 goals. They had 242 power play opportunities and scored 40 powerplay goals for a 16.53 powerplay percentage. They attempted 2,750 shots on goal and surrendered 2,823 shots. Their overall save percentage was 93%.

The Boston Bruins finished last season with a 41 - 27 record. They scored 96 points and 213 goals while giving up 211 goals. They had 213 power play opportunities and scored 38 powerplay goals for a 17.84 powerplay percentage. They attempted 2,546 shots on goal and surrendered 2,449 shots. Their overall save percentage was 92%.

The Canadiens are 7-1 in their last 8 vs. a team with a losing record and 6-2 in their last 8 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of less than .400. They are 37-15 in their last 52 Saturday games, 2-5 in their last 7 after allowing 2 goals or less in their previous game and 0-6 in their last 6 games playing on 2 days rest.

The under is 7-1-1 in the Canadiens last 9 Saturday games, 5-1-1 in their last 7 road games and 5-1 in their last 6 road games vs. a team with a home winning % of less than .400. The under is 3-1-2 in their last 6 games playing on 2 days rest, 3-1-1 in their last 5 overall and 6-2-4 in their last 12 vs. a team with a losing record. The under is also 3-1-1 in their last 5 vs. the Atlantic, 3-1-1 in their last 5 vs. the Eastern Conference and 30-14-9 in their last 53 games following a win.

The Bruins are 4-1 in their last 5 games playing on 1 day rest, 38-14 in their last 52 Saturday games and 5-2 in their last 7 games following a home loss of 3 or more goals. They are 55-27 in their last 82 home games, 1-4 in their last 5 after allowing 5 goals or more in their previous game, 0-4 in their last 4 overall and 0-4 in their last 4 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

the under is 1-0-3 in the Bruins last 4 games playing on 1 day rest and 4-1 in their last 5 following a home loss of 3 or more goals. The under is also 12-4-5 in their last 21 Saturday games, 3-1-3 in their last 7 vs. the Eastern Conference and 43-16-5 in their last 64 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600.

Head to head, the Canadiens are 6-0 in the last 6 meetings and 8-2 in the last 10 meetings in Boston.

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 1-0 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 0-0-0 against the over/under

Boston Bruins Betting Trends

The Boston Bruins are 0-1 straight up

The Boston Bruins are 1-0-0 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

10/06/15 RW Zach Kassian Suspension out indefinitely

10/06/15 LW Michael Bournival Concussion out indefinitely

Boston Bruins Injuries

10/08/15 D Zdeno Chara Upper Body "?" Satruday vs Montreal

10/06/15 D Dennis Seidenberg Back out indefinitely

Tony's Pick: Take Boston

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