Canadiens vs. Blackhawks Prediction, Odds & Stats - December 22, 2023

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Montreal Canadiens 30-36-8-8	0	3	2	+5.5
Chicago Blackhawks 23-53-5-1	1	1	0

Date	Result	Competition
04/18/24	Chicago Blackhawks CHI ( 23-53-5-1 ) Los Angeles Kings LA ( 44-27-6-5 ) 4 - 5	Central
04/16/24	Chicago Blackhawks CHI ( 23-53-5-1 ) Vegas Golden Knights VEG ( 45-29-6-2 ) 1 - 3	Central
04/16/24	Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-32-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 30-36-8-8 ) 4 - 4	Atlantic

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 21 Dec 8:39pm	-	-	-	O +6.5 -105
Closing 21 Dec 8:39pm	-	-	-	O +6.5 -105

Nick Suzuki Center Chicago	77	Points	61	Connor Bedard Center Montreal
Johnathan Kovacevic Defense Chicago	11	+ / -	5	Joey Anderson Right Wing Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing Chicago	314	Shots	206	Connor Bedard Center Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Chicago	81	Penalty Mins	64	Jarred Tinordi Defense Montreal
Petr Mrazek Goaltender Montreal	18	Wins	16	Sam Montembeault Goaltender Chicago
Petr Mrazek Goaltender Montreal	3.1	GAA	3.0	Cayden Primeau Goaltender Chicago

Montreal Canadiens MON Chicago Blackhawks CHI

	Stat
14	Games Won	10
13	Games Lost	20
2-4-2-2	Last 10	2-7-1
7-9-1-1	W L Streak	6-8-0-1
20-12	Against The Spread	15-16
301	Money	-651
7-9-1-1	Home	6-8-0-1
7-4-1-2	Away	4-12-0
15-16-1	Total	12-17-2

date	home-away	ats	o/u	CHI:Shots	CHI:Goals	CHI:Assists	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists
12/18/2025	MON 4 - CHI 1	MON	Under 5.5	15	1	2	35	4	6
10/11/2025	CHI 2 - MON 3	MON	Under 6	28	3	6	22	2	4
04/14/2025	MON 3 - CHI 3	CHI	Under 6	25	3	6	21	3	6
01/03/2025	CHI 4 - MON 2	CHI	Under 6	40	2	4	26	4	8
12/22/2023	CHI 2 - MON 5	MON	Over 6	21	2	4	28	5	8
10/14/2023	MON 3 - CHI 2	MON	Under 6.5	30	2	4	36	3	4
02/14/2023	MON 4 - CHI 0	MON	Under 6	22	0	0	31	4	8
11/25/2022	CHI 2 - MON 2	MON	Under 6.5	23	2	3	32	2	3
01/13/2022	CHI 3 - MON 2	CHI	Under 5.5	29	2	4	31	3	6
12/09/2021	MON 0 - CHI 2	CHI	Under 5.5	25	2	2	30	0	0
01/15/2020	MON 1 - CHI 4	CHI	Under 6	28	4	5	33	1	2
03/16/2019	MON 0 - CHI 2	CHI	Under 6.5	24	2	4	48	0	0
12/09/2018	CHI 2 - MON 3	MON	Under 6	28	3	6	39	2	4
11/05/2017	CHI 0 - MON 2	MON	Under 6	35	2	4	38	0	0
10/10/2017	MON 1 - CHI 3	CHI	Under 5.5	25	3	5	42	1	0

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/16/2024	MON 4 - DET 4	W	Over 6.5	40	4	5
04/15/2024	DET 5 - MON 4	L	Over 6.5	21	4	7
04/13/2024	OTT 4 - MON 4	W	Over 6	25	4	6
04/11/2024	NYI 3 - MON 2	L	Under 6	14	2	4
04/09/2024	MON 9 - PHI 3	W	Over 6	36	3	6
04/07/2024	NYR 5 - MON 2	L	Over 6	28	2	3
04/06/2024	MON 2 - TOR 4	L	Under 6.5	30	4	6
04/04/2024	MON 4 - TB 7	L	Over 6.5	35	7	12
04/02/2024	MON 5 - FLA 3	W	Over 5.5	40	3	3
03/30/2024	MON 0 - CAR 3	L	Under 6	30	3	5

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/18/2024	LA 5 - CHI 4	L	Over 6	35	5	8
04/16/2024	VEG 3 - CHI 1	L	Under 6	37	3	4
04/14/2024	CHI 2 - CAR 4	L	Under 6	16	2	3
04/12/2024	CHI 1 - NAS 5	L	Under 6.5	26	1	2
04/10/2024	STL 5 - CHI 2	L	Over 5.5	26	5	9
04/07/2024	CHI 0 - MIN 4	L	Under 6	24	0	0
04/06/2024	CHI 3 - DAL 2	W	Under 6	17	3	6
04/02/2024	NYI 2 - CHI 1	L	Under 6	29	2	4
03/30/2024	PHI 1 - CHI 5	W	Under 6.5	31	1	1
03/28/2024	OTT 2 - CHI 0	L	Under 6.5	34	2	1

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	3.43	27
Shots Against	33.39	30
Penalty Kill (%)	76	26
Shutouts	2	25
Penalty Mins	818	25

Chicago Blackhawks CHI

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	3.52	29
Shots Against	32.7	28
Penalty Kill (%)	76	25
Shutouts	1	29
Penalty Mins	766	16

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.83	26
Shots	27.67	28
Power Play (%)	17	28
Faceoff (%)	51	11
Penalty Mins	837	7

Chicago Blackhawks CHI

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.17	32
Shots	26.26	31
Power Play (%)	17	29
Faceoff (%)	46	30
Penalty Mins	715	21

Montreal Canadiens MON

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Arber Xhekaj (D)	out for season	Shoulder - 06 / 04 / 24	4-3	5-2	Details
Kaiden Guhle (D)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 04 / 04 / 24	5-3	6-2	Details
Kaiden Guhle (D)	Elig Tues	Suspension - 29 / 03 / 24	6-4	6-4	Details
Joshua Roy (RW)	Mid May	Upper Body - 20 / 03 / 24	9-6	8-7	Details
Colin White (C)	Prob Thurs	Upper Body - 05 / 03 / 24	14-7	10-11	Details
Juraj Slafkovsky (LW)	Ques Tues	Undisclosed - 05 / 03 / 24	14-7	10-11	Details
Johnathan Kovacevic (D)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 03 / 03 / 24	14-7	10-11	Details
Jake Evans (C)	Prob Tues	Undisclosed - 26 / 02 / 24	17-7	12-11-1	Details
Jayden Struble (D)	Prob Tues	Lower Body - 22 / 02 / 24	18-8	12-13-1	Details
Jordan Harris (D)	Prob Wed	Upper Body - 11 / 02 / 24	21-10	15-15-1	Details

Chicago Blackhawks CHI

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Nick Foligno (LW)	Prob Fri	Personal - 09 / 04 / 24	0-5	1-3-1	Details
Nikita Zaitsev (D)	Prob Sun	Upper Body - 28 / 03 / 24	4-6	1-8-1	Details
Colin Blackwell (C)	Prob Sat	Upper Body - 20 / 03 / 24	5-9	4-9-1	Details
Reese Johnson (C)	Late April	Concussion - 14 / 03 / 24	6-10	5-10-1	Details
Louis Crevier (D)	Ques Sun	Mouth - 21 / 02 / 24	10-16	9-16-1	Details
Luke Philp (C)	Mid March	Achilles - 18 / 02 / 24	11-16	9-17-1	Details
Taylor Raddysh (RW)	Ques Sat	Quadricep - 16 / 02 / 24	11-18	10-18-1	Details
Jarred Tinordi (D)	Ques Thurs	Lower Body - 09 / 02 / 24	13-18	11-19-1	Details
Ryan Donato (LW)	Prob Mon	Illness - 19 / 01 / 24	15-22	13-23-1	Details
Nikita Zaitsev (D)	Mid March	Knee - 17 / 01 / 24	15-24	13-25-1	Details

Montreal Canadiens MON

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Chicago Blackhawks CHI

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Montreal Canadiens MON

Over is 8-3 in Canadiens last 11 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 4-1-1 in Canadiens last 6 Friday games.

Canadiens are 11-4 in their last 15 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 5-2-1 in Canadiens last 8 vs. a team with a losing record.

Over is 8-3-1 in Canadiens last 12 games as a favorite.

Chicago Blackhawks CHI

Over is 5-0 in Blackhawks last 5 Friday games.

Under is 4-1 in Blackhawks last 5 games as a favorite.

Blackhawks are 40-97 in their last 137 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 8-1 in Blackhawks last 9 games as a home favorite of -151 to -200.

Under is 8-1 in Blackhawks last 9 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	55-23	50-47	51-44-2
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	52-23	42-50	38-51-3
Florida Panthers FLA	52-24	49-56	41-61-3
Boston Bruins BOS	47-20	45-49	39-51-4
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	46-26	33-55	45-38-5
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	45-29	43-43	41-40-5
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	39-27	45-41	42-38-6
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-32	46-35	45-35-1
Washington Capitals WAS	40-31	42-43	35-43-7
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	38-32	42-39	34-42-5
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	38-33	47-34	34-43-4
Buffalo Sabres BUF	39-37	47-34	30-46-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	38-39	30-51	46-34-1
Ottawa Senators OTT	37-41	41-40	41-36-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	30-36	52-29	41-38-2
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	27-43	44-37	37-38-6

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Dallas Stars DAL	52-21	44-56	50-49-1
Winnipeg Jets WIN	52-24	47-39	36-40-10
Vancouver Canucks VAN	50-23	51-43	46-42-6
Colorado Avalanche COL	50-25	48-44	53-34-5
Edmonton Oilers EDM	49-27	47-59	48-53-5
Nashville Predators NAS	47-30	43-44	37-43-7
Los Angeles Kings LA	44-27	42-44	33-50-3
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	45-29	42-46	42-45-1
St. Louis Blues STL	43-33	46-35	32-42-7
Minnesota Wild MIN	39-33	41-40	38-38-5
Calgary Flames CAL	38-39	35-46	45-32-4
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-35	45-36	34-43-4
Utah Hockey Club UTC	36-41	41-40	44-32-5
Anaheim Ducks ANA	27-50	40-41	36-40-5
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	23-53	35-46	30-48-3
San Jose Sharks SJ	19-54	37-44	36-42-3

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

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Chicago Blackhawks

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

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Game Statistics

Shots

17.9

9.5

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Montreal Canadiens MON ( 30-36-8-8 )	L L L L W
Chicago Blackhawks CHI ( 23-53-5-1 )	L L L L L

Nick Suzuki Center Chicago	77	Points	61	Connor Bedard Center Montreal
Johnathan Kovacevic Defense Chicago	11	+ / -	5	Joey Anderson Right Wing Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing Chicago	314	Shots	206	Connor Bedard Center Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense Chicago	81	Penalty Mins	64	Jarred Tinordi Defense Montreal
Petr Mrazek Goaltender Montreal	18	Wins	16	Sam Montembeault Goaltender Chicago
Petr Mrazek Goaltender Montreal	3.1	GAA	3.0	Cayden Primeau Goaltender Chicago

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Montreal Canadiens vs. Chicago Blackhawks Prediction, NHL Odds

Light four-game schedule around the NHL on Friday but there is an Original Six matchup as the Canadiens, in the second of a back-to-back, visit the Blackhawks.

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	55-23	50-47	51-44-2
Carolina Hurricanes CAR	52-23	42-50	38-51-3
Florida Panthers FLA	52-24	49-56	41-61-3
Boston Bruins BOS	47-20	45-49	39-51-4
Toronto Maple Leafs TOR	46-26	33-55	45-38-5
Tampa Bay Lightning TB	45-29	43-43	41-40-5
NY Islanders Islanders NYI	39-27	45-41	42-38-6
Detroit Red Wings DET	41-32	46-35	45-35-1
Washington Capitals WAS	40-31	42-43	35-43-7
Pittsburgh Penguins PIT	38-32	42-39	34-42-5
Philadelphia Flyers PHI	38-33	47-34	34-43-4
Buffalo Sabres BUF	39-37	47-34	30-46-5
New Jersey Devils NJ	38-39	30-51	46-34-1
Ottawa Senators OTT	37-41	41-40	41-36-4
Montreal Canadiens MON	30-36	52-29	41-38-2
Columbus Blue Jackets CLB	27-43	44-37	37-38-6

Team	Win / Loss	ATS	OU
Dallas Stars DAL	52-21	44-56	50-49-1
Winnipeg Jets WIN	52-24	47-39	36-40-10
Vancouver Canucks VAN	50-23	51-43	46-42-6
Colorado Avalanche COL	50-25	48-44	53-34-5
Edmonton Oilers EDM	49-27	47-59	48-53-5
Nashville Predators NAS	47-30	43-44	37-43-7
Los Angeles Kings LA	44-27	42-44	33-50-3
Vegas Golden Knights VEG	45-29	42-46	42-45-1
St. Louis Blues STL	43-33	46-35	32-42-7
Minnesota Wild MIN	39-33	41-40	38-38-5
Calgary Flames CAL	38-39	35-46	45-32-4
Seattle Kraken SEA	34-35	45-36	34-43-4
Utah Hockey Club UTC	36-41	41-40	44-32-5
Anaheim Ducks ANA	27-50	40-41	36-40-5
Chicago Blackhawks CHI	23-53	35-46	30-48-3
San Jose Sharks SJ	19-54	37-44	36-42-3

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