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NHL : ATS Matchup
Wednesday 12/19/2018Line$ LineOU LineScore
MONTREAL
 
COLORADO
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MONTREAL (17-12-0-5, 39 pts.) at COLORADO (18-10-0-6, 42 pts.)
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Wednesday, 12/19/2018 8:35 PM
#1 GOALTENDERS: MONTREAL - CAREY PRICE, COLORADO - PHILIPP GRUBAUER
Board OpeningLatest
 LineTotalLineTotal
85MONTREAL+135Ov 6,-130+135Ov 6,-130
86COLORADO-155Un 6,+110-155Un 6,+110
ADVANCED TEAM STATS
MONTREAL - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games17-17-0+1.117-17+1.118-153.234.23.330.8
Team Stats (Road Games)7-8-0+0.97-8+0.98-62.929.93.333.3
Last 5 Games3-2-0+0.53-2+0.53-23.033.43.831.2
MONTREAL Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)341083140352711629.3%1171412.0%181
Team Stats (Road Games)1544171214134489.8%45613.3%80
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)5153210021679.0%1800.0%24
Stats Against (All Games) 11137383151104710.6%1102623.6%193
Stats Against (Road Games) 49142012305009.8%531426.4%88
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 194870015612.2%18633.3%32
MONTREAL - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
ANTTI NIEMI (All Games)8826723487.6%04-4+0.64-4-007-1
ANTTI NIEMI (Road Games)5517315086.7%01-4-31-4-0-34-1
ANTTI NIEMI(vs. Non-Conference)331058883.8%01-2-0.91-2-0-13-0
ANTTI NIEMI (Last 4 Games)4414512586.2%01-3-1.91-3-0-23-1
CAREY PRICE (All Games)272677970290.1%013-13+0.513-13-0+211-14
CAREY PRICE (Road Games)111032730192.0%06-4+3.96-4-0+44-5
CAREY PRICE(vs. Non-Conference)9825823992.6%05-3+2.15-3-0+20-8
CAREY PRICE (Last 4 Games)43938389.2%02-1+0.52-1-002-1

COLORADO - Current Season Performance
 Straight UpAgainst SpreadTeamOpponent
 W-L-TUnitsW-LUnitsO-UScoreShotsScoreShots
All Games18-16-0-0.418-16-0.419-153.631.93.132.0
Team Stats (Home Games)7-7-0-2.67-7-2.66-83.431.33.029.5
Last 5 Games1-4-0-4.31-4-4.34-13.036.65.031.0
COLORADO Team Statistics
 Scoring    Shots On GoalPower Plays 
 GamesGoals1rst2nd3rdOTENShotsPctNumConvPctAst
Team Stats (All Games)3412229425019108511.2%1193529.4%207
Team Stats (Home Games)14481113240543811.0%511427.5%83
Team Stats (Last 5 Games)515636011838.2%25624.0%26
Stats Against (All Games) 1063132376610889.7%1232822.8%175
Stats Against (Home Games) 421217103241310.2%431227.9%64
Stats Against (Last 5 Games) 2571161115516.1%16743.7%40
COLORADO - Goalie Statistics
 Goalie StatisticsTeam's record in starts
GoalieGamesStartsShotsSavesPCTSHOATSUnitsSUUnitsO-U
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (All Games)131137934089.7%07-4+2.47-4-0+29-2
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Home Games)43867486.0%02-1+0.42-1-002-1
PHILIPP GRUBAUER(vs. Non-Conference)8723521491.1%05-2+2.95-2-0+25-2
PHILIPP GRUBAUER (Last 4 Games)42867587.2%01-1-0.11-1-002-0
SEMYON VARLAMOV (All Games)232370464391.3%011-12-2.711-12-0-310-13
SEMYON VARLAMOV (Home Games)111132529791.4%05-6-35-6-0-34-7
SEMYON VARLAMOV(vs. Non-Conference)101029527191.9%05-5-15-5-0-15-5
SEMYON VARLAMOV (Last 4 Games)441038885.4%01-3-3.21-3-0-33-1
Average power rating of opponents played: MONTREAL 3.16,  COLORADO 3.14
SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
MONTREAL - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
11/23/2018at BUFFALO2-3L0, +125L6 unU
11/24/2018BOSTON2-3L0, -105L5.5 evU
11/27/2018CAROLINA1-2L0, +100L6 evU
12/1/2018NY RANGERS5-2W0, -190W5.5 evO
12/2/2018SAN JOSE1-3L0, -105L6.5 unU
12/4/2018OTTAWA5-2W0, -190W6.5 ovO
12/6/2018at OTTAWA5-2W0, -125W6.5 ovO
12/9/2018at CHICAGO3-2W0, +100W6 ovU
12/11/2018at MINNESOTA1-7L0, +155L6 ovO
12/13/2018CAROLINA6-4W0, -120W6 evO
12/15/2018OTTAWA5-2W0, -260W6.5 ovO
12/17/2018BOSTON0-4L0, -150L6 evU
12/19/2018at COLORADO 
12/20/2018at ARIZONA 
12/22/2018at VEGAS 
12/28/2018at FLORIDA 
12/29/2018at TAMPA BAY 

COLORADO - Schedule
DateOpponentScoreSULineATSTotalO/U
11/23/2018at ARIZONA5-1W0, -105W5.5 ovO
11/24/2018DALLAS3-2W0, -180W5.5 ovU
11/27/2018at NASHVILLE3-2W0, +150W5.5 ovU
11/28/2018PITTSBURGH6-3W0, -110W6.5 ovO
11/30/2018ST LOUIS2-3L0, -165L6 unU
12/2/2018at DETROIT2-0W0, -165W6 evU
12/4/2018at PITTSBURGH3-6L0, +125L6 ovO
12/6/2018at FLORIDA5-2W0, +100W6 ovO
12/8/2018at TAMPA BAY1-7L0, +115L6.5 ovO
12/11/2018EDMONTON4-6L0, -140L6 unO
12/14/2018at ST LOUIS3-4L0, -115L6.5 unO
12/15/2018DALLAS6-4W0, -160W6 unO
12/17/2018NY ISLANDERS1-4L0, -175L6 ovU
12/19/2018MONTREAL 
12/21/2018CHICAGO 
12/22/2018at ARIZONA 
12/27/2018at VEGAS 
12/29/2018CHICAGO 
KEY GAME INFORMATION
MONTREAL: LAST SEASON: 29-40-31, 71 points. Finished sixth in Atlantic Division and missed playoffs.
COACH: Claude Julien (third season, 17th NHL season)
ADDED: F Max Domi, F Tomas Tatar, C Tomas Plekanec, F Joel Armia
LOST: LW Max Pacioretty, F Alex Galchenyuk
PLAYER TO WATCH: Carey Price. The all-world goaltender could be the difference between Montreal being one of the worst teams in the NHL and a playoff contender. He has the ability to steal games and will have to stay healthy and be at his best to have the Canadiens even dreaming about returning to the postseason.
OUTLOOK: Absent a heroic performance from Price, the Canadiens are in rebuilding territory after trading Pacioretty and Galchenyuk and counting on Domi and a youth movement to generate some optimism in hockey-mad Montreal. It's tough to see this as a playoff team on paper, especially with top defenseman Shea Weber out for at least the first couple of months of the regular season.
COLORADO: LAST SEASON: 43-30-9, 95 points. Fourth place in Central Division, 8th seed in Western Conference.
LOST to Nashville Predators in first round.
COACH: Jared Bednar (third season with Avalanche, third NHL season).
ADDED: LW Matt Calvert, D Ian Cole, G Philipp Grubauer.
LOST: LW Blake Comeau, G Jonathan Bernier, RW Nail Yakupov, G Andrew Hammond.
PLAYER TO WATCH: Nathan MacKinnon. The 23-year-old center is coming off a season in which he had 39 goals and 58 assists. His 97 total points were the most by an Avalanche player since Hall of Famer-turned-general manager Joe Sakic recorded 100 in 2006-07. "His skill level is unbelievable," said Grubauer, who was acquired in a trade with Washington in June. "He can make a difference out there."
OUTLOOK: Not much was expected of the Avalanche this time a year ago. With good reason ' they were coming off a 48-point season. They won't be overlooked again after clinching a playoff spot during their final game of the season, before losing to the Predators in the first round. The line of captain Gabriel Landeskog, MacKinnon and Mikko Rantanen was put together on Oct. 28 and combined for 225 points in the final 72 games. "We have to remember how much hard work we put into that and know we aren't going to catch anybody sleeping," Landeskog said. "Everybody knows we're a good team and here to stay."
PREVIEW
Habs, Avs aim to correct miscues ahead of matchup

Two teams coming off disappointing losses meet Wednesday, and both are trying to figure things out on special teams.

The Montreal Canadiens can't seem to score on the power play and suddenly the Colorado Avalanche are struggling to consistently kill penalties. Something has to give when the teams play at Pepsi Center in Denver on Wednesday night.

Montreal (17-12-5) lost to Boston 4-0 on Monday night in a game right winger Brendan Gallagher called "one of the worst of my career" afterward. The Canadiens had won six of their previous eight games, they were rested but were outshot 35-22 by a Bruins team playing the second of back-to-back games.

Every team has off nights but Montreal has had a season-long struggle of scoring with the man advantage. The Canadiens haven't had a power-play goal in their last 25 chances and have only scored 14 all season.

"It's just the little things," Gallagher told Sportsnet after Monday's loss. "We have to win puck battles. It's not a strategic problem. It's just work ethic, compete. We have to find a way to get the puck. We didn't have enough control of the puck in the zone to put into practice anything that we've worked on or talked about. It's as simple as that. It's not strategic."

Colorado's issues might be more strategic than anything. The Avalanche were one of the top penalty-killing teams in the first two months but have struggled lately. They have allowed at least one power-play goal in six of the last seven games, including two to the New York Islanders on Monday.

Colorado (18-10-6) has gone 1-3-1 in its last five games and has allowed seven power-play goals in that stretch.

"It looks to me like we're just not as quick as we were earlier," Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said after Monday's loss. "We had some problems with clears for a while but that wasn't a problem tonight. They score on a flank shot. We're not blocking enough shots; we're not in the shooting lanes enough. That's two of the last three that have come from the flank on one-timers. We're taking too many penalties, too."

Coaches claim the goaltender is the team's best penalty killer and the Avalanche haven't gotten that from No. 1 stopper Semyon Varlamov. He has allowed 21 goals in his last five starts and was pulled from two of those games.

His goals-against average over the last five games is 5.32, but he won't get the chance to improve on that Wednesday. Philipp Grubauer will start in net against Montreal.

Colorado is also expected to get back forward Alexander Kerfoot after a four-game absence with an upper-body injury.

"It looks like he should be good to play," Bednar told hockeybuzz.com after Tuesday's practice. "I just have to get confirmation (from the medical staff) that he's in for sure."

The Canadiens made a roster move ahead of their six-game road trip with the recall of 20-year-old defenseman Victor Mete. Mete played 23 games before being sent to the AHL to build his confidence after some struggles.

Montreal sent Noah Juulsen down to make room for Mete.


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