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Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers Betting Picks & Predictions

Game time: December 29, 2022 at 7:00 PM ET

Venue: FLA Live Arena — Sunrise, FL

Article updated Dec 28, 10:16 PM EST

Published by SportsJaw Editorial Team

Montreal is on the road playing Florida at the FLA Live Arena stadium on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Florida -275 was the opening favorite and current line is Florida

Game outlook

Montreal is on the road playing Florida at the FLA Live Arena stadium on Thursday, 12/29/2022 @ 7:00pm EST. Florida -275 was the opening favorite and current line is Florida -360.

Montreal Highlights

With a power ranking of 29, Montreal is ranked #27 in offense (scoring an average of 2.79 per game), #25 in defense (allowing an average of 3.47 points to be scored against them per game) and are 15-17-3 this season.

Florida Highlights

Florida Panthers has a power ranking of 17 and are #13 for offense (scoring an average of 3.26 per game), #24 for defense (giving up an average of 3.47 points per game) and 6-4 overall. Montreal went 2-1-0 in their last 3 matchups against Florida.

Curated Picks & Predictions

Based on the current lines, Oddsmakers predict Florida Panthers to win and the total score to be 6.5. 55% of SportsJaw players predict Florida Panthers to win. OddsShark 's prediction is Florida will win and the total will go under.

O: 2.5% picked Montreal Canadiens on Covers.com

SportsJaw's ScoreCaster prediction: Canadiens 3 to Panthers 3.

Staff Prediction

Our prediction: Canadiens 3 to Panthers 3.

Written by SportsJaw Staff Categorized as NHL Predictions

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SportsJaw Canadiens vs Panthers archived game preview contains historical odds and availability that may no longer be current. View history of past Canadiens vs Panthers matchups or learn how our predictions work.

Current matchup data

Lines, trends and availability

Line movement since open

  • Moneyline · Montreal Canadiens+235 → +290Moved
  • Moneyline · Florida Panthers-275 → -360Moved
  • Spread · Montreal Canadiens+1.5 (+3) → +1.5 (+125)Moved
  • Spread · Florida Panthers-1.5 (-123) → -1.5 (-145)Moved
  • Total · Over6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged
  • Total · Under6.5 (-110) → 6.5 (-110)Unchanged

ATS and O/U trends

Montreal Canadiens
6-3 matchup record · 5-5-0 ATS · 1-6-3 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file
Florida Panthers
6-4 matchup record · 3-7-0 ATS · 3-6-1 O/U
Last 10 completed games on file

Injuries and availability

From the published research (2022-12-29T03:16:00.851Z). Availability may have changed; review the cited sources.

No verified injury or availability note was included in the published matchup research.

Recent head-to-head

No completed head-to-head result is available in the current history window.

Final result

Matchup pick recap

Florida Panthers defeated Montreal Canadiens 7-2

Florida Panthers defeated Montreal Canadiens 7-2 on December 29, 2022, a 5-goal decision in the series. Florida Panthers' strongest period was the 3rd period, when it outscored its opponent 3-0. Against SportsJaw's recorded Montreal Canadiens +1.5 (+125) spread, Florida Panthers covered, while the 9 combined goals finished over the recorded total of 6.5.

SportsJaw editorial picks

  • Projected winnerNo published selectionUnavailable

Tipster picks

  • BrycetTotal · Over 6.5 (-110)Win
  • GeorgewTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • DocthizzMoneyline · Florida Panthers -278Win
  • Roderick806Moneyline · Montreal Canadiens +230Loss
  • GrandstandBetsTotal · Over 6.5 (-110)Win
  • JohnnywalkerMoneyline · Florida Panthers -280Win
  • Mickey619Moneyline · Florida Panthers -280Win
  • CoversMoneyline · Florida Panthers -340Win
  • CoolioMoneyline · Florida Panthers -340Win
  • CoolioTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • OddssharkMoneyline · Florida Panthers -340Win
  • OddssharkTotal · Under 6.5 (-110)Loss
  • MrshinyMoneyline · Montreal Canadiens +281Loss
  • MrshinySpread · Montreal Canadiens +1.5 (+125)Loss