Devils at Canadians 4/1/18 - NHL Picks & Predictions

On Sunday, the New Jersey Devils (40-28-9, 8th East) will travel north of the border to play the Montreal Canadians (28-37-12, 13th East) in an NHL showdown with both teams playing the second half of back-to-back. New Jersey is battling to qualify for the postseason and plays the New York Islanders on Saturday, while their last game played was an overtime loss to Pittsburgh 4-3 on Thursday making Sunday’s game a 3-in-4 for the Devils.

Montreal will play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday and their last outing was a 4-2 victory on Monday over the Detroit Red Wings. The Canadians have no chance of qualifying for the postseason. Taylor Hall leads the Devils in goals scored with 34, in assists with 52 and in points with 86. Second in points scored is Nico Hischier with a distant 50. Cory Schneider in goal this season is 17-15-6 with a goal’s against of 2.88 and save percentage of .909. On the season, New Jersey is 15th in goals scored per game at 2.9, 17th in goals against per game at 3.0, 12th in power play percentage at 21.0, and 8th in penalty kill percentage at 82.1.

Brendan Gallagher leads Montreal in goals scored with 30 and in points with 49. Alex Galchenyuk leads the Canadians in assists with 30. Casey Price will be in goal for Montreal. In 46 appearances in net, Price is 16-24-6 with a goals against of 3.07 and a save percentage of .902. On the season, Montreal is 29th in goals scored per game at 2.5, 24th in goals against per game at 3.1, 14th in power play percentage at 20.9, and 30th in penalty kill percentage at 74.5.