Habs vs Red Wings Hockey Betting?
The Montreal Canadiens and the Detroit Red Wings do battle on Thursday in a busy night in the NHL – both needing points during the stretch drive.The Montreal Canadiens enter the game on a three game win streak and the Wings have points in four of their last five games.
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Montreal (41-26-4-3) at Detroit (33-25-6-8)
When: 7:00 PM ET, Thursday, March 27, 2014
Where: Joe Louis Arena, Detroit, Michigan
Broadcast: RDS, TSN, FS-D
Habs vs. Wings Betting Lines
Montreal Canadiens +1½ -300 +103 Ov 5 -116
Detroit Red Wings -1½ +250 -114 Un 5 +105
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Canadians and Wings after valuable Two Points in the Eastern Conference
A lot is n the line for both teams Thursday night – the Wings currently sit out of a playoff spot in the East and the Habs are locked up in a battle for second in the Atlantic with the Tampa Bay Lightning.
This will be the third and final meeting of the season between the teams – Detroit won the first two – one in overtime.
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The Montreal Canadiens have to feel good about where they sit right now – second in the Atlantic and in position to host a first round playoff series. But the Lightning are on their heels making Thursday night`s game even more crucial for the Habs. The Habs have played well lately in wins over Buffalo, Toronto and the scorching hot Bruins.
Carey Price has been very good of late – Carey Price stopped 24 shots against the Sabres on Tuesday for his fifth shutout of the season – he is 2-0-0 in his last two starts with a 1.50 GAA and .950 save percentage.
The goaltending will take care of itself – it`s a matter of offense.
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The Habs usual suspects have been getting it done for the Habs and Tomas Vanek has added a nice element to the team. Max Pacioretty has five points in five games and Rene Bourque and Brian Gionta each have three points in three games. Montreal is average offensively but average may be good enough against…
Detroit who will be without captain Henrik Zetterberg (back), center Stephen Weiss (hernia), defenseman Jonathan Ericsson (finger fracture), forward Justin Abdelkader (leg laceration), forward Daniel Cleary (knee) and forward Mikael Samuelsson (shoulder). Pavel Datsyuk (knee) will likely miss the game but is nearing a return.
Yikes! How is this team still in the race?
Gustav Nyquist has been red hot with goals in his last six games. This kid has 25 goals on the season and looks like a revelation for the Wings. Tomas Tatar has four points in two games and Brendan Smith has three points in three games – it is amazing where Detroit finds these guys.
The game may come down to goaltending for the Wings – they gave up four goals against Columbus and Jimmy Howard is 0-1-1 in his last two starts with a 3.50 GAA and .865 save percentage.
Dave’s FREE NHL Betting Prediction
A few trends to consider:
• Over is 6-1-1 in MON last 8 Thu. games.
• MON are 7-3 in their last 10 road games.
• Under is 6-2 in DET last 8 Thu. games.
• DET are 468-224-27 in their last 719 home games.
• Under is 7-2-2 in the last 11 meetings.
• MON are 2-6 in the last 8 meetings in Detroit.
The Detroit Red Wings are remarkable. A look at the talent on the sidelines is incredible. I`ll take a fully manned Montreal team against a grossly undermanned Wings team anytime.
Pick: Montreal Canadiens +103
