Game 5 Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights Betting Odds, Lines Picks & Predictions

The Montreal Canadiens will face the Vegas Golden Knights in game five of the Stanley Cup playoffs. Montreal is looking to win their first playoff series since 1993, whereas Vegas just needs one more victory to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals for the first time ever. Montreal has been riding a hot goaltender this postseason and it’s helped them get away with some mistakes on defense. The Montreal Canadiens should be able to beat Vegas in game five if they continue playing strong defense and stay out of penalty trouble. It should be an exciting hockey game that you don’t want to miss!

The Vegas Golden Knights have a one-game lead over the Montreal Canadiens in their Stanley Cup playoff series, and the teams are heading to Sin City for Game 5 Tuesday.The Vegas Golden Knights come into this game 50-18-5 straight up and 34-35-4 over under. Vegas pulled out a 2-1 OT win to even the series at two wins apiece, putting pressure back on Montreal Canadiens (34-25-12 SU, 28-38-5 O/U).

 Game 5 Montreal Canadiens vs Vegas Golden Knights Betting Odds & Line Movement

The US Sportsbooks opened up with the Vegas Golden Knights as the -240 favorites and most online betting sites still have them listed at that number. However, the line has moved at some online bookies to the -250 mark. The total for game five opened up at 5 goals with the over listed at -135 and the under listed at -125.

 

Notes On Montreal Canadiens For Game 5

The Vegas offense has been held to under three goals in four consecutive games – and the Canadiens defense had a stellar performance Wednesday evening, limiting the Golden Knights to just 22 shots. However, the Montreal Canadiens left more to be desired with their performance in game five of this NHL playoff matchup.

Alternately, Montreal will need to work on finding a way to score more goals while Vegas might want to make their goaltending just a little better.Montreal Canadiens wingers Cole Caufield, Paul Bryon and Josh Anderson have accounted for 75 percent of the team’s offensive output while Brendan Gallagher has just four points in fifteen playoff games.

Notes On Vegas Golden Knights For Game 5

Rallies from behind are nothing new for the Golden Knights, who trailed in each of their three series so far in 2021 and came back to win two best-of-sevens. They also rallied from a few third-period deficits so far in the postseason – something they had never done before.

Yet, despite being 333-1 for the rest of the playoffs and favorites to advance to the Stanley Cup final for a second time in its existence, Vegas is still struggling with production from their forwards. Seven of the team’s ten goals through four games of the series have come from defensemen, with Stone and Marchessault combined for just one point to date.

 Game 5 Betting Pick & Prediction: Vegas Golden Knights -240

The Golden Knights will not stay silent for long and it is hard to see the Canadiens keeping up with the Vegas’s offense once they get going.