Hamilton Tiger-Cats at Montreal Alouettes 11/6/22 - CFL Picks & Predictions
Last Updated: 11/01/2022 at 8:33 PM ET
The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are on the road Sunday to play the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL East division semifinals. Hamilton finished the regular season third in the East at 8-10 and the Tiger-Cats defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 23-16 in the final game of the regular season last Saturday. Matt Shiltz passed for 144 yards and Dane Evans passed for 117 yards in the victory for Hamilton.
On the season, Dane Evans has passed for 3,883 yards with 16 touchdowns and 16 interceptions. The regular season rushing leader was Wes Hills with 384 yards and one touchdown while the leading receiver during the regular season was Tim White with 1,265 yards and eight touchdown receptions. Hamilton finished the regular season scoring an average of 23.4 points per game which was sixth in the CFL and the Tiger-Cats gave up an average of 26.3 points per game which was also sixth.
Montreal finished second in the East with an overall record of 9-9, which was two games behind first place Toronto. Montreal defeated Toronto in the final game of the regular season 38-33 last Saturday. Dominique Davis passed for 166 yards with two touchdowns and one interception for Montreal while Cole Spieker caught six passes for 105 yards and one touchdown.
Trevor Harris passed for 4,157 yards with 20 touchdowns and 12 interceptions during the regular season. The leading rusher during the regular season was Jeshrun Antwi with 600 yards and the leading receiver was Eugene Lewis 1,303 yards and 10 touchdown receptions. Montreal finished the regular season scoring an average of 26.4 points per game which was fourth in the CFL and the Alouettes allowed an average of 25.9 points per game which was fifth.
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Montreal is 2-1 straight up and against the spread this season versus Hamilton. The Alouettes were victorious at home in both their meetings versus Hamilton, while losing on the road. Hamilton has failed to cover the number in five of its last six versus an opponent from the East Division. Montreal behind the play of quarterback Trevor Harris and wide receiver Eugene Lewis, who caught 91 receptions for over 1,300 yards with 10 touchdowns, will be too much for the Hamilton defense. Final Score Prediction, Montreal Alouettes win and cover 28-23.