Montreal Canadiens vs Washington Capitals Prediction: Betting on the guests to win

Prediction for the NHL match which will take place on February 18. Who will turn out to be stronger? Check the team conditions! Several betting options are available.

Montreal is having another tough regular season with no serious cup prospects. The Canadiens are still undergoing a protracted personnel rebuild, further complicated by numerous injuries to top players. The main problem for the Red Blues is a lack of stability. It's already the sixth ten games since the start of the season, and they've never produced a streak of at least three wins in a row. But they concede very often. They have suffered seven defeats in the last ten meetings, beating only the Islanders 4:3, Washington 5:2, and Anaheim 5:0, which is only good enough for 13th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Washington is another team whose chances of making the playoffs are gradually diminishing. For a while, the Capitals have been trying to jump ahead of the pack, sitting just outside the Cup Final Eight, but now the results are even worse. In the last nine meetings, they have had only one victory, a 3:0 win over Boston. Two more points were scored, losing to Dallas and Vancouver in overtime - 4:5 and 2:3, respectively, and the rest of the defeats were in regular time. The only good news is that Alexander Ovechkin has started scoring consistently, but that's not enough to keep Washington above 12th place in the Eastern Conference standings.

Montreal and Washington are neighbors in the Eastern Conference standings, 13th and 12th, respectively. Both teams' chances of making the playoffs are minimal, but the Capitals have higher ambitions. They continue to have players who know the taste of big wins and who will give up all their energy at the end of the regular season to try to get closer to the Cup Final Eight.

Montreal and Washington often spoil us with high-scoring activity. In the previous 11 head-to-head meetings, the teams have combined to score 83 pucks (7.55 per game on average), which is very high by North American hockey standards, especially for such a long stretch.