The Vegas Golden Knights and Montreal Canadiens play Game 4 of their Stanley Cup Semifinals series Sunday. Puck drop is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET at Bell Centre. Below, we analyze the Golden Knights vs. Canadiens odds and lines, with NHL picks and predictions.
The Golden Knights had a 2-1 lead late in Game 3, but Marc-Andre Fleury misplayed the puck, giving Josh Anderson an easy tap-in for the game-tying goal with 1:55 remaining.
Anderson struck again at 12:53 of overtime, becoming just the second player in Montreal franchise history to score the game-tying goal in the final two minutes and the overtime winner in the same playoff game. Eric Desjardins also accomplished the feat in the 1993 Stanley Cup Final, which was the last time the franchise won the Cup. Hmm.
Golden Knights at Canadiens: Odds, spread and lines
Odds via BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports’ betting odds for a full list. Lines last updated at 8:39 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Golden Knights -180 (bet $180 to win $100) | Canadiens +155 (bet $100 to win $155) |
- Against the spread/ATS: Golden Knights -1.5 (+150) | Canadiens +1.5 (-180)
- Over/Under: 5 (O: -130 | U: +105)
Golden Knights at Canadiens: Projected starting goalies
Marc-Andre Fleury (26-10-0, 1.98 GAA, .928 SV%, 6 SO) at Carey Price (12-7-5, 2.64 GAA, .901 SV%, 1 SO). Stats from regular season.
Fleury will look to rebound, and he should be plenty angry after his misplay helped the Habs to the game-tying goal and force overtime. He faced just eight shots in the first two periods in Game 3, but 19 total shots in the third and overtime.
Price was under heavy pressure all night long in Game 3, as Vegas had 17 first-period shots, 13 second-period shots and 15 shots in the third period and overtime combined. He stopped 43 of those 45 shots in a superb effort.
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Golden Knights at Canadiens: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Golden Knights 3, Canadiens 1
Money line (ML)
The Golden Knights (-180) are just a little too expensive, and I am a little leery of backing VGK. The public jumped on Vegas early at nearly a 2-to-1 clip, and it’s usually a losing proposition siding with Joey Public. But I am just not feeling another Canadiens (+155) upset, either.
AVOID.
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Against the spread (ATS)
The GOLDEN KNIGHTS -1.5 (+150) are a better play in Game 4. They should have won Game 3, and we should see them respond rather angrily and emphatically, knotting the series 2-2 before heading back home.
Over/Under (O/U)
UNDER 5 (+105) is the “lean” here as Fleury will be on a mission and Price has been on fire. We have had three official pushes across the first three games in the series, and the offense won’t show up here, either.
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