Montreal Canadiens at San Jose Sharks

Mar 03, 2008 | By Stan Leung | Picks Articles Archive

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Montreal Canadiens (+120) at San Jose Sharks (-140)
Monday, March 03, 2008 at 10:30 PM Eastern
Canadiens (+120)
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Carey Price This is a great NHL bet to make for the road underdog. Oddsmakers currently have the Sharks listed as 140-moneyline favorites versus the Canadiens, while the game's total is sitting at 5. The San Jose Sharks have not been very good at home all season long as they have one of the worst percentages at home at 14-13-5 while on the road they are 22-8-3.

The Canadiens are the surprise team of the NHL season and are first overall in the Eastern Conference with 81 points. The Canadiens have played well above expected this year and are on a 3 game winning streak as al players have bought into Guy Carboneau hockey system. Everyone is playing well since the trade deadline.

For Montreal it all starts with their rookie goalie Cary Price who is 3-0-0, 1.33, .957 in last 3 GPI. Veteran right winger Alex Kovalev has not bought into the Canadiens system and is leading the team with 5 points in last 2 games played GP. Also Tomas Plekanec, Mark Streit, Mikhail Grabovski and Michael Ryder are all on a hot streak.

The Sharks have not played well at home all year long and despite winning their last five games they are playin an equally hot Montreal team with a hot goalie.

Bottom Line: As NHL bettor I love this road dog pick. Defensively the Sharks are struggle and they have not been able to get all their high scorers clicking at the same time

Bet the Montreal to win at the Cow Palace tonight with great goaltending

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A few trends to consider:

Montreal is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 5 of Montreal's last 7 games when playing on the road against San Jose
Montreal is 6-3 SU in its last 9 games on the road
San Jose is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Jose's last 5 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Jose's last 7 games when playing at home against Montreal
San Jose is 5-2 SU in its last 7 games when playing at home against Montreal

Montreal Canadiens at San Jose Sharks

Ice Hockey Betting

Bet the Montreal to win at the Cow Palace tonight with great goaltending

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