New York at Montreal

Montreal is a slow-down team that focuses on defense first (#22 in goals scored) for coach Michel Therrien and into town comes the NewYork Islanders who had to play last night. The UNDER is 7-3-1 when the Islanders are working on no rest. The UNDER is also 7-3 when they face a team with a winning record and they run into a Montreal team that is ranked #4 in the NHL in goals allowed, and #6 in penalty killing. Goaltender Carey Price has a 1.67 goals-against average in his last 12 starts and Montreal is on a 7-2-3 run UNDER the total, plus 10-3-4 UNDER against the Eastern Conference. When they last met it was a 3-1 Canadiens win last month and this shapes up as a defensive duel again. Take the UNDER.