The Vegas Golden Knights and Montreal Canadiens play Game 6 of their Stanley Cup Semifinal series Thursday. 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.
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 7:18 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Golden Knights -150 (bet $150 to win $100) | Canadiens +125 (bet $100 to win $125)
- Against the spread/ATS: Golden Knights -1.5 (+180) | Canadiens +1.5 (-225)
- 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 wasn’t terrible in Game 5, but he wasn’t great either. The Golden Knights were tripped up at home and pushed to the brink, as he allowed three goals on 25 shots for his third straight loss in the series. He’ll likely have a very, very short leash, with Robin Lehner waiting in the wings.
Price allowed just one goal on 27 shots, winning for the third time in the last four games. Montreal is now just one game away from playing for its first Stanley Cup since 1993.
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Golden Knights at Canadiens: Odds, lines, predictions and picks
Prediction
Golden Knights 3, Canadiens 2
Money line (ML)
The GOLDEN KNIGHTS (-150) are rather solid favorites on the road in this elimination game, as the books just refuse to give the Canadiens any credit.
While Montreal has been an amazing story I just don’t see them being able to finish it off. The way Vegas has been going there isn’t really much of a reason to back them; they’ve struggled offensively for the entire series, and Price has had a lot to do with that, but I still can’t write them off.
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Against the spread (ATS)
Back the CANADIENS +1.5 (-225), although they’ll cost you a pretty penny. Three of the first five outings in this series have been one-goal games, and Montreal has covered the puck line in each of the last four.
Over/Under (O/U)
There have been exactly five goals four times through the first five games in this series, with one Under result. As such, the TOTAL of 5 is not worth playing. However, I do think with the intensity ratcheted up tremendously, that the alternate line of UNDER 5.5 (-165) is the lean here.
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