Montreal vs Vegas Prediction: A new coach can lead Vegas to victory

On November 6, 2022, the regular season NHL championship game between Montreal and Vegas will take place at the Bell Center. The meeting is scheduled to start at 02:00 UTC +3. We offer our prediction for the match.

Montreal failed during the last regular season and therefore has no chance to make the playoffs, but the new head coach Martin St. Louis had a good opportunity to get to know the hockey players better. That paid off now, as the Canadiens don't look so hopeless this season. In 11 meetings, they have had five wins and six losses, which can be considered a significant progress compared to last year's results. Montreal is currently in 13th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Vegas is a team with a completely different level of ambition. Last season they failed to make the playoffs. That failure, of course, led to a change of head coach, with Bruce Cassidy now in charge. Under his guidance the Knights have been producing outstanding results since the start of the regular season. They have already had ten wins in 12 meetings, and lost only to Calgary and Colorado in a hard-fought game with the same score - 2-3. This allows Vegas to lead in the Western Conference standings.

Vegas is having an amazing regular championship, winnin 10 out of 12 matches, and their current winning streak is 6 straight games. Of course, the knights are also the favorites to win the upcoming game. Moreover, Montreal isn't in the best shape right now, having lost both of their November meetings. Furthermore, both of the last two meetings between the teams were won by the Americans, that's why now we should bet on the victory of Vegas with the odds about 1.50.

Vegas not only scores consistently in the current regular season, but also scores a lot, especially in the away matches. In the six previous meetings, Bruce Cassidy's team scored 23 goals (3.83 average per game) which is a very solid number. With this in mind, Vegas's individual total over than 3.5 pucks at odds close to 2.05 seems to be the best bet, and we should also place a bet on Alex Pietrangelo's total over 0.5 points for 1.75.