Rangers vs. Canadiens Prediction, Odds & Stats - October 18, 2025

Scoreboard	1	2	3	Odds
New York Rangers 34-39-8-1	1	0	3	+4.5
Montreal Canadiens 48-24-5-5	2	0	1	+105

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
04/15/26	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
NY Rangers Rangers NYR	+1.5 0	0	U+4.50
Montreal Canadiens MON	-1.5 0	0	O+4.50

time	fav	line	total
Opening 17 Oct 4:17pm	NYR		U +6 -120
Closing 19 Oct 1:26am	NYR		O +8.5 -200

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

team	win	loss	last 10	w/l streak	ats	money	home	away	total
NY Rangers Rangers NY Rangers Rangers	2	3	6-4-0	1W	4-2	245	0-3-0	2-0-1	1-5
Montreal Canadiens Montreal Canadiens	4	1	7-3-0	1L	1-4	-370	2-0-0	2-1-0	2-2-1

date	home-away	ats	o/u	MON:Shots	MON:Goals	MON:Assists	NYR:Shots	NYR:Goals	NYR:Assists
04/02/2026	NYR 2 - MON 3	MON	Under 6.5	25	3	5	24	2	4
12/13/2025	NYR 5 - MON 4	NYR	Over 5.5	18	4	8	29	5	8
10/18/2025	MON 3 - NYR 4	NYR	Over 6	24	3	5	22	4	8
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
04/15/2026	TB 2 - NYR 4	W	Under 6.5	21	4	8
04/13/2026	FLA 3 - NYR 2	L	Under 6	27	2	3
04/11/2026	DAL 2 - NYR 0	L	Under 6	22	0	0
04/08/2026	NYR 3 - BUF 5	L	Over 6.5	27	5	9
04/05/2026	NYR 8 - WAS 1	W	Over 6	21	1	2
04/04/2026	NYR 4 - DET 1	W	Under 6.5	32	1	2
04/02/2026	NYR 2 - MON 3	L	Under 6.5	25	3	5
03/31/2026	NYR 4 - NJ 1	W	Under 6.5	23	1	2
03/29/2026	NYR 3 - FLA 1	W	Under 6	27	1	2
03/27/2026	NYR 6 - CHI 1	W	Over 6	28	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 Rangers Rangers NYR 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 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

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

defence

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

	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

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

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 Rangers Rangers NYR

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Montreal Canadiens MON

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NY Rangers Rangers NYR

Over is 8-2 in Rangers last 10 Saturday games.

Rangers are 1-8 in their last 9 after scoring 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Over is 8-3 in Rangers last 11 games as a favorite.

Rangers are 16-5 in their last 21 games as a road favorite of -201 or greater.

Under is 23-11-1 in Rangers last 35 when their opponent allows 2 goals or less in their previous game.

Montreal Canadiens MON

Over is 13-5-1 in Canadiens last 19 home games vs. a team with a road winning % of greater than .600.

Under is 6-1 in Canadiens last 7 Saturday games.

Under is 6-2-1 in Canadiens last 9 games as a favorite.

Canadiens are 10-43 in their last 53 games as an underdog of +201 or greater.

Over is 4-1 in Canadiens last 5 games a home underdog.

New York Rangers

Pitchers

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POS	Player

Montreal Canadiens

Pitchers

POS	Player

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POS	Player

Game Statistics

Shots

18.2

12.5

Shooting %

Penalties

Penalty Minutes

Power Plays

Goals

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

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

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Matchup

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

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