Montreal Canadiens at Vancouver Canucks 1/20/21 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Caandiens are coming o the game here sitting on a 2-0-1 record on the year. The last game on the ice for Montreal ended up being a 3-1 win over the Edmonton team. The win was very impressive in the fact that the Canadiens defense showed up big in the second straight game to help lock down the win.

This season the Canadiens have ended up with 4 goals per game. The Montreal team has converted on the power play at a clip of 40% of the time. The defense for the Canadiens has allowed 2.33 goals per game and the penalty kill has killed off 85.7% of the opponents power plays.

This year Vancouver is coming to the game here with a 1-3-0 record on the year. The last game for the Canucks ended up being a loss to Calgary. What is really disappointing is the fact that the Canucks did not even show up in the game and lost by a 5-2 score in the game.

On the year the Canucks have been able to get only 2.25 goals per game and have yet to convert on the power play at all. The defense for Vancouver has allowed 4 goals per game on the season. The penalty kill for Vancouver is not that good on the year killing off 66.7% of the power plays on the year.