Montreal at Washington

The Washington Capitals have been playing a tough brand of hockey on home ice as they were 29-9-1 a year ago and enter this game at 7-1-3. They will be facing a rather inept Canadiens team that has had trouble finding the net. The Canadiens have registered just 12 goals in their last seven on the road, which is 1.7 per contest. To their credit, although it is not visible in the win column, this team has not allowed anyone to score more than three goals in any of their last six games, so this total appears to be set too high. The Canadiens have played eight of their last nine to the UNDER against an opponent that allowed two goals or less in their last game, while the Caps have been doing the UNDER thing to a 17-7-1 mark in their last 25 vs. the Northeast. I'll play this one to go UNDER the total.