Monday, January 25, 2016

Nationwide Arena

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The Montreal Canadiens travel to Nationwide Arena to play the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, January 25, 2016. The opening line for this game has the Canadiens at -121 and the Blue Jackets at +110. The over/under has been set at 5.5.

Montreal comes into this matchup having played 48 games. They have an overall record of 24-20-4 and on the road they have a record of 12-11-2. Currently they are 5th in the Atlantic Division. They've scored 132 goals and given up 124 goals for a point differential of +8. Columbus shows up with a record of 17-27-5 including 8-11-4 at home this season. They are 8th in the Metropolitan Division. They've scored 123 goals and surrendered 159 for a goal differential of -36.

Tomas Plekanec has accumulated 34 total points this season for the Canadiens. He has 9 goals this season with 119 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 25 assists on the season and averages 19 minutes played per game. Max Pacioretty has averaged 19 minutes of ice time per game this year. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 10% by scoring 19 goals on 186 shots. He has 17 assists giving him a total of 36 points on the season. Mike Condon has 13 wins and 12 losses this season in net for the Canadiens. He has had 760 shots against him and has given up 71 goals. He has made 689 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

Ryan Johansen has accumulated 35 total points this season for the Blue Jackets. He has 9 goals this season with 113 shots on goal giving him a shooting percentage of 8%. He has a total of 26 assists on the season and averages 18 minutes played per game. Scott Hartnell has averaged 16 minutes of ice time per game. In that time he has a shooting percentage of 17% by scoring 16 goals on 93 shots. He has 16 assists giving him a total of 32 points on the season. Sergei Bobrovsky has 11 wins and 13 losses this season in net for the Blue Jackets. He has had 753 shots against him and has given up 67 goals. He has made 686 saves for a save percentage of 91%.

The Canadiens have 52 total points this season. They have scored 129 goals while giving up 123 goals. They have had 163 power play opportunities and have scored 28 goals on those chances for a percentage of 17%. The Canadiens have allowed 154 power play opportunities and given up 23 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 85%. They average 32 shots per game and as a team are shooting 8.46% for the season to this point. They allow 28 shots to their opposition per contest and have a team save percentage of 91%.

The Blue Jackets have a total of 39 points on the season. They have 26 power play goals on 151 opportunities thus far for a percentage of 17%. They have allowed 175 power play opportunities and have given up 33 goals on those chances for a penalty kill percentage of 81%. As a team, the Canadiens have a total of 121 goals scored while they've given up 157 goals to this point. They average 29 shots per contest and have a team shooting percentage of 8.62%. As a team they give up 31 shots per game and have a save percentage of 90%.

Montreal Canadiens Betting Trends

The Montreal Canadiens are 21-24 straight up

The Montreal Canadiens are 21-18-8 against the over/under

Columbus Blue Jackets Betting Trends

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 15-32 straight up

The Columbus Blue Jackets are 23-23-3 against the over/under

Montreal Canadiens Injuries

12/26/15 D Tom Gilbert Lower Body out indefinitely
01/23/16 LW Jacob De La Rose Flu "?" Monday vs Columbus
01/21/16 GO Carey Price Knee expected to miss another 3-4 weeks

Columbus Blue Jackets Injuries

01/22/16 GO Sergei Bobrovsky Groin out indefinitely
01/15/16 D David Savard Oblique out indefinitely
01/04/16 GO Curtis McElhinney Ankle out indefinitely
01/04/16 RW David Clarkson Upper Body out indefinitely

Guy's Pick: Take Columbus

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