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BUF @ MTL

Tuesday, December 17, 2024 · 6:00 PM CT

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Lines

Before puck drop the page uses Hard Rock Bet's latest moneyline, puck line and total; once the game is final it switches to Hard Rock's closing line so you can see how each bet graded. Hard Rock only — no other sportsbook is shown. Hard Rock doesn't post period totals to our feed, so the period table shows DraftKings and FanDuel lines (labelled DK / FD) and grades at DraftKings' number (FanDuel's if DraftKings has none, 1.5 if neither has posted); the 0.5 / 1.5 / 2.5 chips grade at a fixed line instead. vs DK/FD Close is each team's record against past games' DraftKings (else FanDuel) closing period total.

Betting trends

Each team's hit rate at tonight's number: Season (last season until 5 games are played), L5 / L10, Venue (home games for the home team, road games for the visitor) and H2H (meetings this season and last). vs HR Close is the record against each past game's own Hard Rock closing line (moneyline: in the role — favorite or underdog — the team has tonight). Trends only use games played before this one.

Totals and puck lines are graded on the official final score (overtime counts; the shootout winner gets one goal). Period totals use regulation goals of that period only.

Props, goalies, H2H

Player props lists every Hard Rock line for this game with Season / L10 / H2H over rates at that line; after the game the actual stat is shown. Goalies shows each team's most recent starter as the probable starter (confirmed starters are not published in advance). Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Buffalo Sabres
36-39-7 · Away
1 – 6
FINAL
Montréal Canadiens
40-31-11 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
BUF -125 · MTL +105
Puck Line
BUF -1.5 (+180) · MTL +1.5 (-250)
Total
O 6 (-110) · U (-110)

Graded: total 7 → OVER W · MTL +1.5 W

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 6
 BUFo6 58%
15-11-5
75%
3-1-1
56%
5-4-1
50%
5-5-3
40%
2-3
58%
15-11-5
MTLo6 56%
15-12-3
33%
1-2-2
50%
4-4-2
40%
6-9-2
40%
2-3
54%
15-13-2
Puck Line
cover %
 BUF-1.5 23%
7-24
0%
0-5
0%
0-10
23%
3-10
20%
1-4
-5.82u
15-16
MTL+1.5 50%
15-15
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
59%
10-7
80%
4-1
-6.37u
14-16
Moneyline
win %
 BUF fav -125 36%
11-20
0%
0-5
0%
0-10
39%
5-8
40%
2-3
-1.13u
6-5
MTL dog +105 37%
11-19
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
47%
8-9
60%
3-2
-5.75u
9-19
Period Totals grade at DK/FD line 0.5 1.5 2.5 · Hard Rock posts no period totals — DraftKings / FanDuel shown (closing)
PeriodDK / FDTeamSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs DK/FD CloseAvg goalsGF / GA
1st Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-125/u-105 FD 1.5 o-118/u-108 BUF 58%
18-13
60%
3-2
50%
5-5
54%
7-6
40%
2-3
58%
18-13
 1.81 1.06 / 0.74
MTL 57%
17-13
80%
4-1
70%
7-3
47%
8-9
40%
2-3
57%
17-13
 1.80 0.73 / 1.07
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-180/u+140 FD 1.5 o-176/u+138 BUF 68%
21-10
80%
4-1
50%
5-5
85%
11-2
80%
4-1
65%
20-11
 2.16 0.87 / 1.29
MTL 63%
19-11
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
65%
11-6
80%
4-1
60%
18-12
 2.13 0.90 / 1.23
3rd Period
over 1.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 1.5 o-210/u+160 BUF 61%
19-12
80%
4-1
60%
6-4
54%
7-6
80%
4-1
39%
9-14
 2.13 0.94 / 1.19
MTL 87%
26-4
80%
4-1
80%
8-2
82%
14-3
80%
4-1
44%
10-13
 2.37 1.00 / 1.37
Team Comparison '24-25
BUFMTL
Record (W-L-OTL)36-39-740-31-11
Points %48.2%55.5%
Goals for / game3.282.99
Goals against / game3.523.23
Shots for / game27.825.6
Shots against / game28.929.0
Power play %18.8%20.1%
Penalty kill %76.3%80.9%
Faceoff %47.7%50.8%
1st period GF / GA1.12 / 0.830.82 / 1.02
2nd period GF / GA1.02 / 1.301.00 / 1.02
3rd period GF / GA1.05 / 1.301.05 / 1.05
Avg game total6.806.22
Starting Goalies from the box score
15 saves on 21 shots · 6 GA · L
20 saves on 21 shots · 1 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
BUF0100210/5
MTL2400273/6
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
BUFPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Tage Thompson G 0.5
o+145
 54% 40% 40%2/5 0 U
Jason Zucker G 0.5
o+325
 23% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Alex Tuch G 0.5
o+230
 29% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Dylan Cozens G 0.5
o+275
 19% 20% 20%1/5 1 O
Jiri Kulich G 0.5
o+350
 19% 20% — 0 U
Nicolas Aube-Kubel G 0.5
o+750
 7% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Beck Malenstyn G 0.5
o+750
 7% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Bowen Byram G 0.5
o+650
 10% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Jack Quinn G 0.5
o+300
 8% 10% 50%1/2 0 U
JJ Peterka G 0.5
o+240
 21% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Owen Power G 0.5
o+525
 13% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Zach Benson G 0.5
o+325
 16% 10% 0%0/4 0 U
Connor Clifton G 0.5
o+1500
 0% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Dennis Gilbert G 0.5
o+2250
 0% 0% — 0 U
Henri Jokiharju G 0.5
o+1000
 4% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Ryan McLeod G 0.5
o+475
 19% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Mattias Samuelsson G 0.5
o+1100
 6% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Peyton Krebs G 0.5
o+525
 10% 0% 20%1/5 0 U
Tage Thompson PTS 0.5
o-160 / u+120
 73% 60% 80%4/5 0 U
Jason Zucker PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-155
 55% 50% 0%0/2 0 U
Bowen Byram PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 45% 50% 100%1/1 0 U
Zach Benson PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-180
 32% 50% 0%0/4 0 U
Alex Tuch PTS 0.5
o-130 / u-105
 61% 40% 75%3/4 0 U
Dylan Cozens PTS 0.5
o+115 / u-150
 36% 40% 60%3/5 1 O
JJ Peterka PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-125
 52% 30% 40%2/5 1 O
Owen Power PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 45% 30% 25%1/4 1 O
Jason Zucker A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 39% 40% 0%0/2 0 U
Bowen Byram A 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 36% 40% 100%1/1 0 U
Zach Benson A 0.5
o+250 / u-375
 20% 40% 0%0/4 0 U
Dylan Cozens A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 23% 30% 60%3/5 0 U
Owen Power A 0.5
o+140 / u-185
 36% 30% 25%1/4 1 O
Alex Tuch A 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 45% 20% 50%2/4 0 U
Tage Thompson A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 35% 20% 60%3/5 0 U
JJ Peterka A 0.5
o+200 / u-275
 38% 20% 20%1/5 1 O
Jiri Kulich SOG 1.5
o-175 / u+130
 81% 90% — 1 U
Tage Thompson SOG 3.5
o+105 / u-140
 35% 50% 60%3/5 0 U
Owen Power SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 55% 50% 25%1/4 1 U
Jason Zucker SOG 2.5
o+145 / u-195
 26% 40% 50%1/2 2 U
Alex Tuch SOG 2.5
o-105 / u-125
 39% 30% 25%1/4 2 U
JJ Peterka SOG 2.5
o+100 / u-130
 41% 30% 80%4/5 0 U
Dylan Cozens SOG 2.5
o+125 / u-170
 42% 20% 40%2/5 3 O
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen SV 24.5
o-115 / u-115
 52% 50% 50%1/2 15 U
MTLPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Patrik Laine G 0.5
o+190
 50% 50% — 3 O
Nick Suzuki G 0.5
o+210
 30% 40% 40%2/5 0 U
Cole Caufield G 0.5
o+155
 43% 40% 20%1/5 0 U
Joel Armia G 0.5
o+450
 13% 20% 25%1/4 1 O
Alex Newhook G 0.5
o+400
 17% 20% 0%0/3 0 U
Emil Heineman G 0.5
o+525
 21% 20% 100%1/1 0 U
Mike Matheson G 0.5
o+600
 7% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Josh Anderson G 0.5
o+500
 17% 10% 20%1/5 1 O
Jake Evans G 0.5
o+650
 17% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
Kirby Dach G 0.5
o+425
 7% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Lane Hutson G 0.5
o+550
 3% 10% 0%0/1 0 U
Juraj Slafkovský G 0.5
o+300
 7% 10% 0%0/5 1 O
David Savard G 0.5
o+1400
 0% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Brendan Gallagher G 0.5
o+375
 23% 0% 20%1/5 0 U
Christian Dvorak G 0.5
o+500
 7% 0% 50%1/2 0 U
Kaiden Guhle G 0.5
o+1000
 8% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Justin Barron G 0.5
o+1200
 6% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Arber Xhekaj G 0.5
o+1100
 0% 0% 33%1/3 0 U
Nick Suzuki PTS 0.5
o-180 / u+135
 63% 80% 40%2/5 2 O
Cole Caufield PTS 0.5
o-165 / u+120
 67% 80% 20%1/5 2 O
Lane Hutson PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 50% 80% 100%1/1 2 O
Patrik Laine PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 50% 60% — 3 O
Mike Matheson PTS 0.5
o+110 / u-150
 46% 40% 40%2/5 0 U
Juraj Slafkovský PTS 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 37% 30% 20%1/5 2 O
Lane Hutson A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 47% 70% 100%1/1 2 O
Nick Suzuki A 0.5
o+105 / u-140
 50% 60% 20%1/5 2 O
Cole Caufield A 0.5
o+150 / u-200
 30% 60% 0%0/5 2 O
Mike Matheson A 0.5
o+145 / u-195
 43% 30% 40%2/5 0 U
Juraj Slafkovský A 0.5
o+180 / u-250
 33% 30% 20%1/5 1 O
Patrik Laine A 0.5
o+210 / u-300
 17% 20% — 0 U
Mike Matheson SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 61% 80% 60%3/5 5 O
Nick Suzuki SOG 1.5
o-195 / u+145
 73% 80% 100%5/5 0 U
Cole Caufield SOG 2.5
o-160 / u+120
 53% 70% 40%2/5 2 U
Brendan Gallagher SOG 1.5
o-135 / u+105
 60% 50% 60%3/5 0 U
Patrik Laine SOG 2.5
o-125 / u-105
 50% 40% — 5 O
Juraj Slafkovský SOG 1.5
o-120 / u-110
 37% 40% 60%3/5 2 O
Samuel Montembeault SV 26.5
o-110 / u-120
 39% 50% 0%0/1 20 U

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Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Nov 11, 2024 at BUF MTL 7–5 1–13–23–2 12 6.5 O MTL
Feb 21, 2024 at MTL MTL 2–3 1–01–30–0 5 — BUF
Jan 4, 2024 at MTL MTL 1–6 0–01–20–4 7 — BUF
Dec 9, 2023 at BUF MTL 3–2 SO 0–02–00–2 5 — MTL
Oct 23, 2023 at BUF MTL 3–1 1–10–02–0 4 — MTL
Mar 27, 2023 at BUF MTL 4–3 SO 1–11–21–0 7 — MTL
Nov 22, 2022 at MTL MTL 2–7 1–31–10–3 9 — BUF
Oct 27, 2022 at BUF MTL 3–2 1–00–12–1 5 — MTL
Feb 23, 2022 at MTL MTL 4–0 1–01–02–0 4 — MTL
Feb 13, 2022 at MTL MTL 3–5 0–13–20–2 8 — BUF