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Rogers' 10* TOTAL DOMINATION >> 11-1 OU Run (ALL Sports!)
(NHL) Montreal vs. NY Rangers,
Total: 5.00 | -142.00 Under
Result: Loss
Total: 5.00 | -142.00 Under
Result: Loss
The set-up: Montreal and the NY Rangers split the first four games of this series with each team winning once on their opponents home ice. Then came Game 5 in Montreal, with the Rangers earning a 3-2 OT win. An interesting note heading into Saturday night's Game 6 in Madison Square Garden is this. The Rangers have won 14 straight playoff series in which they were victorious in Game 5!
Montreal: The Canadiens took a 2-1 lead in this series by winning Game 3 at MSG but have lost two in a row, both by one goal margins. Captain Max Pacioretty scored a team-high 35 goals during the season but has been blanked in the series, including a stop of a third-period breakaway in Game 5. "In order to get through this, we'll need more from a lot of guys," head coach Claude Julien said. "It's time for certain players to elevate their game and have that confidence and desire to be better. There's no doubt when you lose games and you're behind 3-2 you can't be satisfied as a team." However, Pacioretty isn't the only top forward that has failed to make his mark on this series for teh Canadiens. Alex Galchenyuk, Phillip Danault and Brendan Gallagher have combined for one goal after scoring 40 in the regular season.
NY Rangers: For most of the regular season, Henrik Lundqvist wasn't doing what he usually did for the New York Rangers, which is make his team look better than it is. In fact, he finished with a career-worst .911 save percentage while playing behind a leaky defense. Although New Yrok's defense hasn't improved all that much in this series, Lundqvist's play has. The former Vezina Trophy winner will bring a .944 save percentage into Game 6.
The pick: Only one of the first five games have ended with my than five goals and that was Montreal's 4-3 OT win in Game 2. Just a feeling here but I expect Montreal to go down swinging and maybe send this back to Montreal for a Game 7. The Canadiens had 118 shots over the first three games of the series but were held to 24 shots in Game 4 and had just 20 over the final 54 minutes of Game 5. Make the Over a 10* play.
Montreal: The Canadiens took a 2-1 lead in this series by winning Game 3 at MSG but have lost two in a row, both by one goal margins. Captain Max Pacioretty scored a team-high 35 goals during the season but has been blanked in the series, including a stop of a third-period breakaway in Game 5. "In order to get through this, we'll need more from a lot of guys," head coach Claude Julien said. "It's time for certain players to elevate their game and have that confidence and desire to be better. There's no doubt when you lose games and you're behind 3-2 you can't be satisfied as a team." However, Pacioretty isn't the only top forward that has failed to make his mark on this series for teh Canadiens. Alex Galchenyuk, Phillip Danault and Brendan Gallagher have combined for one goal after scoring 40 in the regular season.
NY Rangers: For most of the regular season, Henrik Lundqvist wasn't doing what he usually did for the New York Rangers, which is make his team look better than it is. In fact, he finished with a career-worst .911 save percentage while playing behind a leaky defense. Although New Yrok's defense hasn't improved all that much in this series, Lundqvist's play has. The former Vezina Trophy winner will bring a .944 save percentage into Game 6.
The pick: Only one of the first five games have ended with my than five goals and that was Montreal's 4-3 OT win in Game 2. Just a feeling here but I expect Montreal to go down swinging and maybe send this back to Montreal for a Game 7. The Canadiens had 118 shots over the first three games of the series but were held to 24 shots in Game 4 and had just 20 over the final 54 minutes of Game 5. Make the Over a 10* play.
