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

The Canadiens are playing in back to back games here against the Canucks with the first game being played on Wednesday night. Now, the game before the first game against Vancouver ended up being a 3-1 win over the Oilers. Before playing the first game against Vancouver the Canadiens had posted a 2-0-1 record on the year.

On the year the Canadiens have converted on the power play at 40% on the season. The Montreal team has ended up scoring at a total of 4 goals per game. The defense for the Canadiens allowed 2.33 goals per game, but have ended up killing off 85.7% of the power plays.

Vancouver is heading to the game here after playing Montreal on Wednesday. The game before playing against Montreal on Wednesday night ended up losing to Calgary by a score of 5-2. The losses dropped the Canucks towards the bottom of the North Division with a 1-3-0 record on the season so far.

This season the Canucks have ended up scoring only at a clip of 2.25 goals per game, but have not been able to convert on the power play on the year. Defensively the Vancouver team has allowed a total of 4 goals per game. The penalty kill for the Canucks is sitting at 66.7%  on the season so far.