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

The Vancouver Canucks are on the road to face the Montreal Canadiens on Monday at 7:30 p.m. ET.

Vancouver (18-12-8) is coming off a 3-0 shutout loss to Nashville on Friday while Montreal (18-18-3) won 2-1 on the road against Colorado on Saturday.

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

Vancouver is 40-9-1-13-3 all-time against Montreal
The Canucks are averaging 3.02 goals per game
Montreal is 10-7-2 at home
Vancouver is allowing 3.16 goals per game
The Canadiens are averaging 2.9 goals per game
The Canucks are 11-4-2 on the road
Montreal is allowing 3.35 goals per game

Vancouver Canucks vs Montreal Canadiens: Preview

Vancouver has lost three of its last four games. The Canucks are led by Quinn Hughes' 42 points, Conor Garland's 29 points, Jake DeBrusk and Elias Pettersson's 28 points and Brock Boeser's 25 points. However, Hughes and Pettersson remain sidelined.

The Canucks will start Kevin Lankinen who is 15-7-4 with a 2.54 GAA and a .908 SV%. He has never played against the Canadiens in his career.

Meanwhile, Montreal is 4-1 in its last five games. The Habs will start Sam Montembeault who is 14-15-2 with a 2.91 GAA and a .900 SV%. In his career against Vancouver, he is 1-3-1 with a 4.62 GAA and a .855 SV%.

Montreal is led by Nick Suzuki who has 38 points, Cole Caufield with 36 points, Lane Hutson with 27 points and Jake Evans with 23 points.

Canucks vs Canadiens: Odds & Prediction

Vancouver is a -135 favorite while Montreal is a +114 underdog. The over/under is set at 6.5 goals.

The Canucks have struggled as of late while Montreal is playing great hockey and is in a good spot to get the win as an underdog.

With Hughes and Pettersson sidelined, Montembeault should be able to shut the door and edge out a big win for Montreal.

Prediction: Montreal 3, Vancouver 2.

Canucks vs Canadiens: Betting Tips

Tip 1: Montreal ML (+114)

Tip 2: Under 6.5 goals (-135)

Tip 3: Kiefer Sherwood 2+ shots on goal (-165)

Tip 4: Brendan Gallagher 2+ shots on goal (-130)

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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Vancouver Canucks vs Montreal Canadiens: Game preview, predictions and odds | January 6, 2025

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

Vancouver Canucks vs Montreal Canadiens: Preview

Canucks vs Canadiens: Odds & Prediction

Canucks vs Canadiens: Betting Tips