Canadiens vs. Rangers Prediction, Odds & Stats - April 02, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
Montreal Canadiens 48-24-5-5	0	2	1	+6
New York Rangers 34-39-8-1	0	0	2	-125

Date	Result	Competition
05/29/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 1 - 6	Atlantic
05/27/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 4 - 0	Metropolitan
05/25/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Metropolitan
05/23/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 2 - 3	Atlantic
05/21/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 6 - 2	Atlantic
05/18/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
04/15/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 4 - 2	Metropolitan
04/13/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Florida Panthers FLA ( 40-38-2-2 ) 2 - 3	Metropolitan
04/11/26	NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) Dallas Stars DAL ( 50-20-8-4 ) 0 - 2	Metropolitan
04/08/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) 5 - 3	Atlantic
04/05/26	Washington Capitals WAS ( 43-30-3-6 ) NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) 1 - 8	Metropolitan
04/04/26	Detroit Red Wings DET ( 41-31-6-4 ) NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 ) 1 - 4	Atlantic

Team	Puckline	Moneyline	Over / Under
Montreal Canadiens MON	-1.5 0	0	U+60
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	+1.5 0	0	O+60

time	fav	spread	money line	total
Opening 1 Apr 8:38pm	MON	-1.5 +165	-145	O +6 -118
Closing 1 Apr 8:38pm	MON	-1.5 +165	-145	O +6 -118

Nick Suzuki Center NY Rangers	101	Points	78	Mika Zibanejad Center Montreal
Nick Suzuki Center NY Rangers	37	+ / -	5	Adam Fox Defense Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing NY Rangers	258	Shots	215	Mika Zibanejad Center Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense NY Rangers	116	Penalty Mins	65	Will Cuylle Left Wing Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Rangers	29	Wins	25	Igor Shesterkin Goaltender Montreal
Jacob Fowler Goaltender NY Rangers	2.4	GAA	1.6	Dylan Garand Goaltender Montreal

Lane Hutson Defense NY Rangers	16	Points
Jake Evans Center NY Rangers	11	+ / -
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing NY Rangers	48	Shots	Did not qualify
Kaiden Guhle Defense NY Rangers	46	Penalty Mins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Rangers	9	Wins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Rangers	2.7	GAA

Montreal Canadiens MON NY Rangers Rangers NYR

	Stat
43	Games Won	31
21	Games Lost	35
7-3-0	Last 10	6-4-0
22-13-1-1	W L Streak	12-18-6-1
37-27	Against The Spread	32-32
1060	Money	-818
22-13-1-1	Home	12-18-6-1
21-8-4-4	Away	19-17-2
38-23-3	Total	28-34-2

date	home-away	ats	o/u	NYR:Shots	NYR:Goals	NYR:Assists	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists
04/02/2026	NYR 2 - MON 3	MON	Under 6.5	24	2	4	25	3	5
12/13/2025	NYR 5 - MON 4	NYR	Over 5.5	29	5	8	18	4	8
10/18/2025	MON 3 - NYR 4	NYR	Over 6	22	4	8	24	3	5
01/19/2025	MON 5 - NYR 4	MON	Over 6.5	28	4	5	37	5	8
11/30/2024	NYR 4 - MON 3	NYR	Over 6.5	28	3	5	28	4	8
10/22/2024	MON 2 - NYR 7	NYR	Over 6	45	7	12	23	2	4
04/07/2024	NYR 5 - MON 2	NYR	Over 6	28	2	3	46	5	9
02/15/2024	NYR 7 - MON 4	NYR	Over 6	36	4	7	31	7	14
01/06/2024	MON 3 - NYR 3	MON	Under 6.5	48	3	5	30	3	5
03/09/2023	MON 3 - NYR 3	MON	Under 6.5	33	3	6	26	3	5
01/15/2023	NYR 1 - MON 2	MON	Under 6	31	2	4	39	1	2
01/05/2023	MON 1 - NYR 4	NYR	Under 6	31	4	6	18	1	2
04/27/2022	NYR 3 - MON 4	MON	Over 6.5	23	4	7	27	3	4
11/16/2021	NYR 3 - MON 2	NYR	Under 5.5	33	2	4	34	3	3
10/16/2021	MON 1 - NYR 3	NYR	Under 5.5	24	3	4	32	1	2
02/27/2020	MON 2 - NYR 5	NYR	Over 6	35	5	9	34	2	4
12/06/2019	NYR 1 - MON 2	MON	Under 6.5	33	2	4	30	1	0
11/23/2019	MON 5 - NYR 6	NYR	Over 6.5	34	6	10	43	5	9
03/01/2019	NYR 2 - MON 4	MON	Under 6	36	4	8	30	2	4
12/01/2018	MON 5 - NYR 2	MON	Over 5.5	22	2	4	41	5	8

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/29/2026	CAR 6 - MON 1	L	Over 0	24	1	1
05/27/2026	MON 0 - CAR 4	L	Over 0	44	4	7
05/25/2026	MON 2 - CAR 3 (OT)	L	Over 0	39	3	5
05/23/2026	CAR 3 - MON 2	L	Over 0	12	2	4
05/21/2026	CAR 2 - MON 6	W	Over 0	22	6	10
05/18/2026	BUF 2 - MON 3 (OT)	W	Over 0	25	3	5
05/16/2026	MON 3 - BUF 8	L	Over 6.5	36	8	14
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	W	Over 6	26	6	12
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	L	Under 6.5	22	3	5
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	W	Over 6	28	2	3

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/15/2026	TB 2 - NYR 4	W	Under 6.5	31	2	4
04/13/2026	FLA 3 - NYR 2	L	Under 6	16	3	4
04/11/2026	DAL 2 - NYR 0	L	Under 6	19	2	4
04/08/2026	NYR 3 - BUF 5	L	Over 6.5	20	3	5
04/05/2026	NYR 8 - WAS 1	W	Over 6	33	8	14
04/04/2026	NYR 4 - DET 1	W	Under 6.5	20	4	8
04/02/2026	NYR 2 - MON 3	L	Under 6.5	24	2	4
03/31/2026	NYR 4 - NJ 1	W	Under 6.5	23	4	7
03/29/2026	NYR 3 - FLA 1	W	Under 6	22	3	4
03/27/2026	NYR 6 - CHI 1	W	Over 6	39	6	11

Montreal Canadiens MON NY Rangers Rangers NYR

avg	rank	edge in	rank	avg
2.8	8	Goals Per Game	7	3.0
2.5	6	Goals Against Per Game	17	3.7
19.5	25	Shots Per Game	5	26.5
21.8	12	Shots Against Per Game	15	24.8
14.5	9	Shooting %	17	11.3
11.5	13	Opponent Shooting %	22	14.8
-2.33	18	Shot Differential Per Game	11	1.67
14.5	9	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	17	11.3
.890	4	Save %	8	.850
.900	6	Opponent Save %	5	.890
18.8	4	Penalty Minutes Per Game	12	11.3
0.67	7	Power Play Goals Per Game	8	0.5
0.67	9	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	9	0.67
23.5	7	Power Play %	8	23.1
75.0	19	Penalty Kill %	19	75.0
1.85	17	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	23	1.59

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	3.06	17
Shots Against	27.83	18
Penalty Kill (%)	78	22
Shutouts	1	28
Penalty Mins	885	30

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

	Season stats	rank
Goals Against	3.04	15
Shots Against	28.83	21
Penalty Kill (%)	80	14
Shutouts	3	18
Penalty Mins	599	1

Montreal Canadiens MON

	Season stats	rank
Goals	3.4	7
Shots	26.29	24
Power Play (%)	23	9
Faceoff (%)	51	9
Penalty Mins	849	5

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.87	23
Shots	25.2	31
Power Play (%)	25	6
Faceoff (%)	55	1
Penalty Mins	667	20

Montreal Canadiens MON

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Noah Dobson (D)	Out indefinitely	Thumb - 12 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Carrier (D)	Out Indefinitely	Upper Body - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Illness - 28 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 26 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Josh Anderson (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 19 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Cole Caufield (RW)	Ques Sat	Illness - 11 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Joseph Veleno (C)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 03 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexandre Texier (LW)	Ques Feb. 26	Lower Body - 02 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Kirby Dach (C)	Ques Tues	Hand - 24 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Jonathan Quick (G)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 21 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Urho Vaakanainen (D)	Out indefinitely	Upper Body - 18 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Laba (C)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 18 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Taylor Raddysh (RW)	Ques Sat	Personal - 08 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
J.T. Miller (LW)	Out Indefinitely	Upper Body - 08 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Mika Zibanejad (C)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 25 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Matt Rempe (C)	out for season	Thumb - 20 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Noah Laba (C)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 02 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Alexis Lafreniere (LW)	Ques Thurs	Illness - 07 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Igor Shesterkin (G)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 06 / 01 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

Montreal Canadiens MON

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NY Rangers Rangers NYR

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Montreal Canadiens MON

Canadiens are 17-8 in their last 25 in the fourth game of a 4-in-6 situation.

Over is 9-4-1 in Canadiens last 14 Thursday games.

Canadiens are 13-5 in their last 18 games as a road favorite of -151 to -200.

Canadiens are 9-42 in their last 51 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 4-1 in Canadiens last 5 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.

NY Rangers Rangers NYR

Under is 11-5-1 in Rangers last 17 games as a favorite.

Under is 22-6-1 in Rangers last 29 games as a home underdog.

Under is 6-1 in Rangers last 7 games as a home favorite of -201 or greater.

Over is 7-3 in Rangers last 10 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Rangers are 0-6 in their last 6 games as a home underdog of +110 to +150.

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

New York Rangers

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

12.0

8.3

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )	L L L L W
NY Rangers Rangers NYR ( 34-39-8-1 )	L L L W W

Nick Suzuki Center NY Rangers	101	Points	78	Mika Zibanejad Center Montreal
Nick Suzuki Center NY Rangers	37	+ / -	5	Adam Fox Defense Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing NY Rangers	258	Shots	215	Mika Zibanejad Center Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense NY Rangers	116	Penalty Mins	65	Will Cuylle Left Wing Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Rangers	29	Wins	25	Igor Shesterkin Goaltender Montreal
Jacob Fowler Goaltender NY Rangers	2.4	GAA	1.6	Dylan Garand Goaltender Montreal

Lane Hutson Defense NY Rangers	16	Points
Jake Evans Center NY Rangers	11	+ / -
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing NY Rangers	48	Shots	Did not qualify
Kaiden Guhle Defense NY Rangers	46	Penalty Mins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Rangers	9	Wins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Rangers	2.7	GAA

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