Montreal Canadiens vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds

Montreal Canadiens vs Vancouver Canucks: Game preview, predictions and odds | March 11, 2025

By Cole Shelton

Modified Mar 11, 2025 14:51 GMT

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The Montreal Canadiens are on the road to play the Vancouver Canucks on Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET.

Montreal (30-27-6) is coming off a 1-0 loss to Calgary. Vancouver (29-23-11) is coming off a 4-1 loss to Dallas.

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

Montreal is 95-32-13-8 all-time against Vancouver
The Canadiens are averaging 2.92 goals per game
The Canucks are allowing 3.01 goals per game
Montreal is allowing 2.37 goals per game
Vancouver is averaging 2.71 goals per game
The Habs are 14-15-2 on the road
The Canucks are 13-11-7 at home

Montreal Canadiens vs Vancouver Canucks: Preview

Montreal is coming off back-to-back losses and is led by Nick Suzuki, who has 65 points. Cole Caufield has 56 points, Lane Hutson has 49 points, Juraj Slafkovsky has 35 points and Jake Evans has 29 points.

The Canadiens are set to start Sam Montembeault, who's 22-21-4 with a 2.89 GAA and a .900 SV%. In his career against Vancouver, he's 2-3-1 with a 4.50 GAA and .849 SV%.

Vancouver, meanwhile, is 2-2 in its last four and is competing for a playoff spot. The Canucks are led by Quinn Hughes, who has 60 points. Brock Boeser has 38 points, Conor Garland has 38 points, Jake DeBrusk has 36 points and Elias Pettersson has 36 points.

The Canucks are set to start Kevin Lankinen, who's 22-11-7 with a 2.53 GAA and a .905 SV%. In his career against Montreal, Lankinen is 0-0-1 with a 4.94 GAA and a .792 SV%.

Canadiens vs Canucks: Odds & Prediction

Montreal is a +124 underdog, while Vancouver is a -148 favorite, with the over/under set at 5.5 goals.

The Canadiens are Canucks are battling for playoff spots, and both have been struggling a bit as of late. Both Montembeault and Lankinen have struggled against the other team in their careers, which should continue as goals will be plenty here.

However, this is a good spot for the Canadiens to go out and get a road win. The Canucks haven't been playing well as of late.

Prediction: Canadiens 4, Canucks 3.

Canadiens vs Canucks: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Montreal ML (+124)

Tip 2: Over 5.5 goals (-110)

Tip 3: Nick Suzuki 2+ shots on goal (-165)

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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