Islanders vs. Canadiens Prediction, Odds & Stats - February 26, 2026

Scoreboard	1	2	3	OT	Odds
New York Islanders 43-34-0-5	0	2	1	1	+6
Montreal Canadiens 48-24-5-5	1	1	1	0	+125

Date	Result	Competition
05/14/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 6 - 3	Atlantic
05/12/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 3 - 2	Atlantic
05/10/26	Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) 2 - 6	Atlantic
05/08/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 5 - 1	Atlantic
05/06/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 ) 2 - 4	Atlantic
05/03/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) Tampa Bay Lightning TB ( 50-26-4-2 ) 2 - 1	Atlantic
04/14/26	Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 2 - 1	Metropolitan
04/12/26	Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 4 - 1	Atlantic
04/11/26	Ottawa Senators OTT ( 44-27-10-1 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 3 - 0	Atlantic
04/09/26	Toronto Maple Leafs TOR ( 32-36-10-4 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 3 - 5	Atlantic
04/04/26	NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) Carolina Hurricanes CAR ( 53-22-3-4 ) 3 - 4	Metropolitan
04/03/26	Philadelphia Flyers PHI ( 43-27-8-4 ) NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 ) 4 - 1	Metropolitan

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

time	fav	line	total
Opening 25 Feb 8:21pm	NYI		O +6 -110
Closing 27 Feb 2:34am	NYI		O +6.5 -105

Nick Suzuki Center NY Islanders	101	Points	72	Mathew Barzal Center Montreal
Nick Suzuki Center NY Islanders	37	+ / -	13	Matthew Schaefer Defense Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing NY Islanders	258	Shots	226	Bo Horvat Center Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense NY Islanders	116	Penalty Mins	83	Scott Mayfield Defense Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Islanders	29	Wins	29	Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Montreal
Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Montreal	2.7	GAA	2.4	Jacob Fowler Goaltender NY Islanders

Lane Hutson Defense NY Islanders	12	Points
Alexandre Texier Left Wing NY Islanders	8	+ / -
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing NY Islanders	34	Shots	Did not qualify
Kaiden Guhle Defense NY Islanders	30	Penalty Mins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Islanders	7	Wins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Islanders	2.3	GAA

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
NY Islanders Islanders NY Islanders Islanders	32	21	3-7-0	3L	29-27	-615	16-10-0-2	16-11-0-3	24-29-3
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens	32	17	7-3-0	1L	32-23	815	16-11-0-1	16-6-4-3	34-18-3

date	home-away	ats	o/u	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists	NYI:Shots	NYI:Goals	NYI:Assists
04/12/2026	NYI 1 - MON 4	MON	Under 6.5	22	4	8	33	1	2
03/21/2026	MON 7 - NYI 3	MON	Over 0	36	7	13	22	3	5
02/26/2026	MON 3 - NYI 4 (OT)	NYI	Over 6	23	3	5	27	4	6
03/20/2025	NYI 4 - MON 3	NYI	Over 6	41	3	3	25	4	6
12/03/2024	MON 2 - NYI 1	MON	Under 5.5	31	1	2	27	2	4
10/19/2024	NYI 3 - MON 3	MON	Under 6	24	3	6	36	3	6
04/11/2024	NYI 3 - MON 2	NYI	Under 6	14	2	4	31	3	5
01/25/2024	MON 4 - NYI 3	MON	Over 6.5	46	3	6	26	4	6
12/16/2023	MON 5 - NYI 3	MON	Over 0	33	3	4	41	5	9
04/12/2023	NYI 4 - MON 2	NYI	Over 5.5	19	2	1	35	4	8
02/11/2023	MON 4 - NYI 3	MON	Over 6	30	3	6	31	4	7
01/14/2023	NYI 2 - MON 1	NYI	Under 5.5	23	1	1	38	2	4
04/15/2022	MON 0 - NYI 3	NYI	Under 5.5	20	3	5	44	0	0
02/20/2022	NYI 2 - MON 2	MON	Under 5.5	27	2	4	32	2	4
11/04/2021	MON 2 - NYI 6	NYI	Over 5.5	36	6	10	38	2	3
03/03/2020	NYI 2 - MON 6	MON	Over 5.5	27	6	6	22	2	3
12/03/2019	MON 4 - NYI 2	MON	Over 5.5	23	2	4	40	4	5
03/21/2019	MON 4 - NYI 0	MON	Under 5	28	0	0	34	4	6
03/14/2019	NYI 2 - MON 1	NYI	Under 5.5	34	1	2	38	2	2
11/05/2018	NYI 3 - MON 3	MON	Over 5.5	35	3	5	24	3	5

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
04/14/2026	NYI 1 - CAR 2	L	Under 6.5	21	2	4
04/12/2026	NYI 1 - MON 4	L	Under 6.5	22	4	8
04/11/2026	NYI 0 - OTT 3	L	Under 6	16	3	5
04/09/2026	NYI 5 - TOR 3	W	Over 6.5	16	3	4
04/04/2026	CAR 4 - NYI 3	L	Over 6.5	16	3	6
04/03/2026	NYI 1 - PHI 4	L	Under 5.5	21	4	5
03/31/2026	BUF 4 - NYI 3	L	Over 6	28	3	6
03/30/2026	NYI 3 - PIT 8	L	Over 6.5	32	8	16
03/28/2026	NYI 5 - FLA 2	W	Over 5.5	21	2	1
03/26/2026	NYI 2 - DAL 1	W	Under 5.5	27	1	2

date	score	ats	o/u	Shots	Goals	Assists
05/14/2026	BUF 3 - MON 6	W	Over 6	36	3	5
05/12/2026	MON 2 - BUF 3	L	Under 6.5	31	2	4
05/10/2026	MON 6 - BUF 2	W	Over 6	36	6	11
05/08/2026	BUF 1 - MON 5	W	Under 6	30	1	2
05/06/2026	BUF 4 - MON 2	L	Under 6	16	4	5
05/03/2026	TB 1 - MON 2	W	Under 5	29	1	2
05/01/2026	MON 0 - TB 1 (OT)	L	Under 5.5	30	0	0
04/29/2026	TB 2 - MON 3	W	Under 5.5	40	2	2
04/26/2026	MON 2 - TB 3	L	Under 6	18	2	4
04/24/2026	MON 3 - TB 2	W	Under 6	29	3	5

NY Islanders Islanders NYI Montreal Canadiens MON

rank	edge in	rank	avg
1	Goals Per Game	5	3.1
1	Goals Against Per Game	2	2.3
1	Shots Per Game	12	25.4
1	Shots Against Per Game	6	27.3
1	Shooting %	5	12.1
1	Opponent Shooting %	3	8.6
1	Shot Differential Per Game	7	-1.83
1	Scoring Efficiency Ratio	5	12.1
1	Save %	3	.910
1	Opponent Save %	2	.880
1	Penalty Minutes Per Game	6	15.6
1	Power Play Goals Per Game	3	0.92
1	Power Play Goals Against Per Game	11	0.83
1	Power Play %	6	22.9
1	Penalty Kill %	13	78.7
1	Blocks To Shots On Goal Ratio	13	1.63

offence

NY Islanders Islanders NYI

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.79	26
Shots	28.17	12
Power Play (%)	17	28
Faceoff (%)	53	6
Penalty Mins	643	25

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

defence

NY Islanders Islanders NYI

	Season stats	rank
Goals	2.79	26
Shots	28.17	12
Power Play (%)	17	28
Faceoff (%)	53	6
Penalty Mins	643	25

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 Islanders Islanders NYI

player (position)	status		ats*current	o/u*	notes
Ryan Pulock (D)	Out Tues	Undisclosed - 14 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Max Shabanov (RW)	Ques Tues	Upper Body - 11 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Simon Holmstrom (RW)	Ques Sat	Upper Body - 04 / 04 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Simon Holmstrom (RW)	Ques Fri	Upper Body - 31 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Tony DeAngelo (D)	Out indefinitely	Lower Body - 25 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ryan Pulock (D)	Ques Thurs	Lower Body - 23 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Anthony Duclair (LW)	Ques Tues	Lower Body - 23 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Max Shabanov (RW)	Ques Sat	Lower Body - 16 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Ryan Pulock (D)	Ques Thurs	Upper Body - 04 / 03 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details
Jonathan Drouin (LW)	Ques Mon	Illness - 01 / 02 / 26	0-0	0-0	Details

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
Joe 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 Islanders Islanders NYI

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Montreal Canadiens MON

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NY Islanders Islanders NYI

Over is 8-2 in Islanders last 10 games as a road underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 10-4-1 in Islanders last 15 Thursday games.

Islanders are 11-41 in their last 52 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Under is 3-1-2 in Islanders last 6 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Islanders are 2-5 in their last 7 games as an underdog of +110 to +150.

Montreal Canadiens MON

Over is 8-2-1 in Canadiens last 11 Thursday games.

Under is 7-3 in Canadiens last 10 games as a favorite.

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

Over is 7-3 in Canadiens last 10 games a home underdog.

Over is 21-8-1 in Canadiens last 30 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.

New York Islanders

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

Hitters

POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

14.8

13.0

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

Team	Last 5 Matches
NY Islanders Islanders NYI ( 43-34-0-5 )	L L L W L
Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )	L W W L W

05/16/26

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Buffalo Sabres BUF ( 50-23-8-1 )

Montreal Canadiens MON ( 48-24-5-5 )

vs
Matchup

Nick Suzuki Center NY Islanders	101	Points	72	Mathew Barzal Center Montreal
Nick Suzuki Center NY Islanders	37	+ / -	13	Matthew Schaefer Defense Montreal
Cole Caufield Right Wing NY Islanders	258	Shots	226	Bo Horvat Center Montreal
Arber Xhekaj Defense NY Islanders	116	Penalty Mins	83	Scott Mayfield Defense Montreal
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Islanders	29	Wins	29	Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Montreal
Ilya Sorokin Goaltender Montreal	2.7	GAA	2.4	Jacob Fowler Goaltender NY Islanders

Lane Hutson Defense NY Islanders	12	Points
Alexandre Texier Left Wing NY Islanders	8	+ / -
Juraj Slafkovsky Left Wing NY Islanders	34	Shots	Did not qualify
Kaiden Guhle Defense NY Islanders	30	Penalty Mins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Islanders	7	Wins
Jakub Dobes Goaltender NY Islanders	2.3	GAA