Golden Knights at Canadiens 1/18/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 01/17/2020 at 10:09 PM ET

The Vegas Golden Knights look for their second straight victory on Saturday when visiting the Montreal Canadiens. Vegas improved to 25-16- 6 with 56 points following its 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. Mark Stone scored one goal and assisted on another and helping lead the Golden Knights to the win and snapping a 4-game losing streak.

Max Pacioretty leads Vegas in goals scored with 20 and in points with 46, while Mark Stone is the leader in assists with 28. Vegas is scoring an average of 3.04 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.02 goals per game. In net, Marc-Andre Fleury is 19-11-3 with a goals-against average of 2.82 and save percentage of .907.

Montreal looks for its second straight victory on Saturday when hosting the Golden Knights. The Canadians improved to 21-21-7 with 49 points following a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. Ilya Kovalchuk scored two goals for Montreal, while Carey Price stopped 40 shots in net in the win for Montreal.

Tomas Tatar leads Montreal in goals scored with 17, in assists with 26 and in points with 43. Montreal is scoring an average of 3.02 goals per game while allowing an average of 3.10 goals per game. Carey Price is 19-16-4 with a goals-against average of 2.82 and save percentage of .909.  

Both Vegas and Montreal are playing poorly at this point in time in the season. The Canadiens have lost 9 of their last 12 overall and 13 of the last 16 on their home ice. In addition, Montreal has lost 7 of its last 8 played on Saturday and 6 of its last 8 played on just one day's rest. Final Score Prediction, Vegas Golden Knights win 3-1.

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