Montreal Canadiens vs Florida Panthers Prediction: Expect a productive match

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Montreal is one of the main NHL underdogs of the last two years, but now the club is in good shape, showing the best results in the regular season. In six previous meetings, the team suffered only two defeats:: Seattle and Islanders - 0:4 and 1:2, respectively. But they won in four other games, each time during regular time. They were particularly productive at the end of the series on the road, where they beat the Rangers and Winnipeg by a combined score of 6:2. Alas, that's good enough for only 15th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Florida is a far more ambitious team, which posted phenomenal results in the last regular season. They lost points early on, but they picked up their pace in January. In the previous eight meetings, the Southerners had five wins and three losses, which is not too bad compared to their past performance. That's not good enough to make the playoffs, but they're already in tenth place in the Eastern Conference standings, where they can challenge for a spot in the top eight.

The rivalry between Montreal and Florida has been a lot of fun recently. Five of the six times, the Panthers won in head-to-head encounters. Still, the Canadiens will clearly remember their only win for a long time - 10:2. It's important to note that the Red and Blue had that win at the end of the regular season, when the Southerners were preparing for the playoffs, so we'll see a completely different scenario now. Less than a month ago, the team beat the Canadiens 7:2, which is closer to the actual balance of power of the opponents, so we have to bet on the victory of Florida with the odds of about 1.41.

The rivalry between Montreal and Florida in recent years has been highly productive. In the last five face-to-face meetings, the rivals have scored 46 goals against each other (9.20 average per game), which, even by NHL standards, is a very high indicator, and every time in the given period, the bookmaker's total over was reached. In the upcoming confrontation, we have the right to expect from the opponents open and spectacular hockey with lots of scoring chances, so the optimal option for the prediction seems to be a total over 6.5 pucks at odds close to 2.2. Separately we should bet on the total over 0.5 points of Anton Lundell for 2.

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