Both the Montreal Canadiens and Vancouver Canucks have been playing defensively sound hockey lately, leading to predictions of a low-scoring game.
With the Habs coming off a long road trip and the Canucks still banged up, our NHL picks expect offense to be hard to come by. The Montreal Canadiens concluded their road trip on a high Saturday night, picking up a victory over the powerhouse Avalanche in a low-scoring affair. My Canucks vs. Canadiens predictions see another low-event contest in the cards, with both sides emphasizing structure and puck management.The Canadiens have quietly found their footing defensively.
They've been an above-average team at limiting shots, scoring chances, and goals at 5-on-5 over the last 10 games.Montreal sits 12th in expected goals against and third in shot suppression while undermanned during that time. Martin St. Louis has found a way to tighten the screws in the defensive zone.. Montreal just completed an exhausting six-game road trip in which they traveled through Ohio, Florida, Vegas, Chicago, and finished things off playing at altitude against Colorado. With this being the last game until Friday, the Canadiens will be looking to rely on structure and slow things down in order to get through to a much-needed break. The Canucks are a nice matchup for the Canadiens and their hopes of making that happen. For one, Vancouver is a slow, methodical team that relies more on their defense than offense. They rank 31st in 5-on-5 pace and are playing very low-event hockey, ranking 28th in shot generation and fourth in shot prevention. Not much offense is being created at either end of the rink. Part of that is due to Rick Tocchet and his preference to play a disciplined, structured game with limited mistakes. Part of that is simply personnel. The Canucks continue to be without Elias Pettersson up front as well as Filip Hronek on defense. That’s arguably their most talented forward and one of their only defensemen who can make plays on both sides of the rink. They don’t want to find themselves in track meet games, and the same can be said of the Canadiens in this spo
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