Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes: Game preview, predictions and odds

Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes: Game preview, predictions and odds | March 28, 2025

By Cole Shelton

Modified Mar 28, 2025 16:12 GMT

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The Montreal Canadiens are on the road to play the Carolina Hurricanes on Friday at 7 p.m. ET.

Montreal (33-29-9) is coming off a 6-4 loss to Philadelphia. Carolina (43-24-4) is coming off a 3-1 loss to Nashville.

Canadiens vs Hurricanes: Head-to-head & key stats

Montreal is 111-75-20-9 all-time against Carolina
The Canadiens are 15-17-4 on the road
Carolina is allowing 2.66 goals per game
Montreal is averaging 3 goals per game
The Hurricanes are averaging 3.21 goals per game
The Canadiens are allowing 3.33 goals per game
Carolina is 27-8-1 at home

Montreal Canadiens vs Carolina Hurricanes: Preview

The Canadiens are on a four-game losing streak and battling for a playoff spot. They are led by Nick Suzuki, who has 74 points. Cole Caufield has 63 points, Lane Huston has 56 points and Juraj Slafkovsky has 44 points.

The Canadiens will start Sam Montembeault, who's 25-22-6 with a 2.93 GAA and a .898 SV%. In his career against Carolina, he's 1-5-1 with a 3.01 GAA and a .912 SV%.

Carolina, meanwhile, is led by Sebastian Aho, who has 65 points. Seth Jarvis has 54 points, Andrei Svechnikov has 43 points and Shayne Gostisbehere has 40 points.

The Hurricanes are set to start Frederik Andersen, who's 11-5 with a 2.07 GAA and a .918 SV%. In his career against Montreal, he's 14-5-2 with a 2.36 GAA and a .924 SV%.

Canadiens vs Hurricanes: Odds & Prediction

Montreal is a +260 underdog, while Carolina is a -325 favorite, with the over/under set at 5.5 goals.

Montreal has been playing poorly as of late, as they are competing for the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. The Habs are also playing the second half of a back-to-back, which is always a tough spot.

Expect Carolina to get an early lead and cruise to a big win at home to extend Montreal's losing streak.

Prediction: Hurricanes 4, Canadiens 2.

Canadiens vs Hurricanes: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Carolina -1.5 (-118)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-130)

Tip 3: Cole Caufield 3+ shots on goal (-120)

About the author

Cole is an NHL, NFL and College Sports reporter at Sportskeeda with over 7 years of experience writing for publications like CBC, USA Today, SMG, BJPENN, Sherdog and SB Nation.

An NHL fan his whole life, Cole played rep hockey in Canada from age 5 until 17 and grew up rooting for Martin St. Louis and the Tampa Bay Lightning. His all-time favorite players are Vincent Lecavalier and Steven Stamkos, while Jon Cooper is his favorite coach of all time.

Cole attended Sheridan College and received his journalism degree in 2019. After decades of watching and reporting, he considers his knowledge of sports as his primary strength. He ensures that the same story has been reported by at least two reputed reporters before creating it.

Cole enjoys playing golf and spending time with friends and family when not reporting breaking stories. His favorite sports moment is from the 2010 Olympics, when Sidney Crosby scored the golden goal in overtime to beat Team USA for the gold medal.

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