Canadians at Ducks 3/8/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 08/20/2019 at 9:13 AM ET

The Montreal Canadians will play the second half of a back-to-back on Friday when they visit the Anaheim Ducks. On Thursday, the Canadians pay a visit to the San Jose Sharks. Montreal defeated the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday 3-1 in its most recent outing. Carey Price stopped 26 shots in net for Montreal. Brendan Gallagher, Jordan Weal and Shea Weber scored for Montreal.

Anaheim’s short two-game winning streak was snapped on Wednesday after losing to the St. Louis Blues 5-4. Anaheim gave up two Blues goals within 12 seconds of one another late in the third period to squander a lead and lose. Jaycob Megna scored one goal and assisted on another for Anaheim, while John Gibson stopped 28 shots in net for the Ducks. Brendan Gallagher leads the Canadians in goals scored with 30. Max Domi is the assists leader with 37 and points leader with 59. Goalie Carey Price is 28-19-5 with a goals against of 2.51 and a save percentage of .917. Montreal is 12th in goals scored per game at 3.01 and 13th in goals against at 2.90.

Jakob Silfverberg leads the Ducks in goal scoring with 18. Ryan Getzlaf is the leader in assists with 28 and points leader with 39. John Gibson 18-21-8 in net and has a goal’s against average of 2.92 and save percentage of .914. The Ducks are 31st in goals scored at 2.18 and 16thin goals against at 3.04.

Although the Ducks have won 4 straight at home versus the Canadians, Anaheim is having a disastrous season losing each of its last 9 versus Atlantic division teams, 13 of the last 16 versus Eastern Conference opponents and 26 of the last 33 overall. Montreal on the other hand has won 6 of the last 7 versus Western Conference opponents. Final Score Prediction, Montreal Canadians win 5-2.

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