Carolina at Montreal

Carolina has won all eight of the meetings between these clubs here in Montreal the past thre seasons. But we like Montreal's changes to change that tonight. Carolina has had a bad defense all season long and right now their offense is slumping, averaging just 2.2 goals per game over their last five - a full goal less than their season average. Montreal is a decent team on both offense and defense and they have some serious revenge in mind, given their home record against tthe Hurricanes. And, they put up 7 goals against Carolina last time they met, so they can matchup well here. Carolina is 9-5 OVER on the road this season and 10-3 OVER overall vs. good offensive teams (averaging 30+ shots on goal per game). We like the Canadiens and the OVER here.