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MTL @ NYI

Thursday, March 20, 2025 · 6:30 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 starter from ESPN's probable-goalie report: Confirmed once the team or a beat reporter confirms it, Expected before that, refreshed every 30 minutes on game days. With no report yet it falls back to the team's most recent starter (Last start). After the game it shows the real starters from the box score. Injuries lists both teams' players on ESPN's injury report (Day-To-Day, Out, Injured Reserve) before puck drop. Head-to-head lists recent meetings with period scores and how the Hard Rock closing total graded.

Informational only. Not betting advice.

Montréal Canadiens
40-31-11 · Away
3 – 4
FINAL / OT
New York Islanders
35-35-12 · Home
Hard Rock Lines Hard Rock closing line
Moneyline
MTL +125 · NYI -145
Puck Line
MTL +1.5 (-210) · NYI -1.5 (+160)
Total
O 5.5 (-130) · U (+105)

Graded: total 7 → OVER W · NYI -1.5 L

Betting Trends Season
MarketTeamLineSeasonL5L10VenueH2Hvs HR Close
Game Total
Over 5.5
 MTLo5.5 60%
40-27
60%
3-2
60%
6-4
67%
22-11
60%
3-2
52%
33-30-4
NYIo5.5 52%
35-32
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
56%
18-14
60%
3-2
52%
33-31-2
Puck Line
cover %
 MTL+1.5 66%
44-23
100%
5-0
100%
10-0
67%
22-11
100%
5-0
-3.18u
39-28
NYI-1.5 27%
18-49
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
28%
9-23
0%
0-5
-7.08u
33-33
Moneyline
win %
 MTL dog +125 49%
33-34
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
46%
15-18
60%
3-2
+11.10u
28-31
NYI fav -145 46%
31-36
40%
2-3
60%
6-4
50%
16-16
40%
2-3
-6.40u
13-15
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-120/u-110 FD 1.5 o-132/u+104 MTL 61%
41-26
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
61%
20-13
40%
2-3
61%
41-26
 1.85 0.87 / 0.99
NYI 43%
29-38
20%
1-4
40%
4-6
38%
12-20
40%
2-3
43%
29-38
 1.45 0.67 / 0.78
2nd Period
over 1.5 (DraftKings)
 DK 1.5 o-180/u+140 FD 1.5 o-168/u+132 MTL 64%
43-24
20%
1-4
30%
3-7
64%
21-12
40%
2-3
58%
39-28
 2.15 1.06 / 1.09
NYI 60%
40-27
40%
2-3
40%
4-6
63%
20-12
40%
2-3
60%
40-27
 1.91 0.96 / 0.96
3rd Period
over 1.5 (FanDuel)
 FD 1.5 o-190/u+148 MTL 66%
44-23
60%
3-2
40%
4-6
70%
23-10
80%
4-1
37%
22-37
 2.06 0.97 / 1.09
NYI 63%
42-25
60%
3-2
70%
7-3
59%
19-13
80%
4-1
57%
35-26
 2.12 1.01 / 1.10
Team Comparison '24-25
MTLNYI
Record (W-L-OTL)40-31-1135-35-12
Points %55.5%50.0%
Goals for / game2.992.73
Goals against / game3.233.17
Shots for / game25.629.5
Shots against / game29.028.7
Power play %20.1%12.6%
Penalty kill %80.9%72.2%
Faceoff %50.8%54.9%
1st period GF / GA0.82 / 1.020.70 / 0.82
2nd period GF / GA1.00 / 1.020.95 / 1.06
3rd period GF / GA1.05 / 1.051.00 / 1.15
Avg game total6.225.90
Starting Goalies from the box score
21 saves on 25 shots · 4 GA · OTL
NYI · Ilya Sorokin
38 saves on 41 shots · 3 GA · W
P1P2P3OTSOGPP
MTL1020411/5
NYI1111252/3
Player Props Hard Rock lines for this game · over rates at each line
MTLPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Cole Caufield G 0.5
o+150
 43% 60% 80%4/5 0 U
Nick Suzuki G 0.5
o+195
 27% 50% 40%2/5 0 U
Patrik Laine G 0.5
o+225
 38% 40% 100%1/1 1 O
Juraj Slafkovský G 0.5
o+225
 20% 40% 0%0/5 0 U
Alex Newhook G 0.5
o+400
 18% 30% 0%0/3 0 U
Mike Matheson G 0.5
o+650
 9% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Josh Anderson G 0.5
o+525
 16% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Christian Dvorak G 0.5
o+475
 12% 20% 25%1/4 0 U
Lane Hutson G 0.5
o+650
 8% 20% 0%0/2 0 U
Brendan Gallagher G 0.5
o+375
 21% 10% 0%0/5 1 O
Joel Armia G 0.5
o+475
 17% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Jake Evans G 0.5
o+650
 18% 10% 0%0/5 0 U
David Savard G 0.5
o+1750
 2% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Alexandre Carrier G 0.5
o+1100
 5% 0% 50%1/2 0 U
Jayden Struble G 0.5
o+1300
 5% 0% 0%0/5 0 U
Emil Heineman G 0.5
o+525
 19% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Joshua Roy G 0.5
o+575
 0% 0% — 1 O
Arber Xhekaj G 0.5
o+1500
 2% 0% 0%0/2 0 U
Cole Caufield PTS 0.5
o-165 / u+125
 67% 80% 100%5/5 0 U
Lane Hutson PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 58% 80% 50%1/2 0 U
Nick Suzuki PTS 0.5
o-195 / u+145
 63% 70% 100%5/5 1 O
Patrik Laine PTS 0.5
o+105 / u-135
 51% 60% 100%1/1 2 O
Juraj Slafkovský PTS 0.5
o-120 / u-110
 47% 60% 60%3/5 0 U
Mike Matheson PTS 0.5
o+130 / u-175
 35% 30% 80%4/5 0 U
Nick Suzuki A 0.5
o+100 / u-130
 52% 60% 100%5/5 1 O
Lane Hutson A 0.5
o+100 / u-135
 52% 60% 50%1/2 0 U
Cole Caufield A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 37% 50% 60%3/5 0 U
Patrik Laine A 0.5
o+230 / u-325
 24% 40% 0%0/1 1 O
Juraj Slafkovský A 0.5
o+165 / u-230
 33% 40% 60%3/5 0 U
Mike Matheson A 0.5
o+170 / u-230
 31% 20% 80%4/5 0 U
Juraj Slafkovský SOG 1.5
o-160 / u+120
 42% 80% 20%1/5 5 O
Patrik Laine SOG 1.5
o-170 / u+125
 60% 60% 100%1/1 4 O
Nick Suzuki SOG 1.5
o-180 / u+130
 64% 60% 60%3/5 3 O
Mike Matheson SOG 1.5
o-135 / u+100
 55% 50% 60%3/5 5 O
Cole Caufield SOG 2.5
o-140 / u+105
 57% 50% 80%4/5 3 O
Brendan Gallagher SOG 1.5
o-110 / u-120
 57% 40% 80%4/5 5 O
Samuel Montembeault SV 25.5
o-125 / u-105
 42% 40% 100%4/4 21 U
NYIPropLineSeasonL10H2HActual
Kyle Palmieri G 0.5
o+190
 30% 40% 60%3/5 0 U
Anders Lee G 0.5
o+210
 33% 20% 40%2/5 0 U
Jean-Gabriel Pageau G 0.5
o+325
 19% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Bo Horvat G 0.5
o+155
 29% 20% 60%3/5 2 O
Pierre Engvall G 0.5
o+525
 11% 20% 33%1/3 0 U
Noah Dobson G 0.5
o+400
 14% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Simon Holmstrom G 0.5
o+260
 22% 20% 0%0/5 1 O
Casey Cizikas G 0.5
o+525
 6% 10% 25%1/4 0 U
Anthony Duclair G 0.5
o+300
 16% 10% 0%0/4 1 O
Ryan Pulock G 0.5
o+850
 7% 10% 0%0/3 0 U
Tony DeAngelo G 0.5
o+600
 10% 10% — 0 U
Marc Gatcomb G 0.5
o+700
 17% 10% — 0 U
Maxim Tsyplakov G 0.5
o+475
 13% 10% 0%0/2 0 U
Mike Reilly G 0.5
o+1000
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Scott Mayfield G 0.5
o+1600
 4% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Adam Pelech G 0.5
o+800
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Hudson Fasching G 0.5
o+650
 0% 0% 0%0/3 0 U
Kyle MacLean G 0.5
o+800
 5% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Anders Lee PTS 0.5
o-105 / u-130
 49% 50% 40%2/5 1 O
Jean-Gabriel Pageau PTS 0.5
o+120 / u-165
 41% 50% 20%1/5 1 O
Kyle Palmieri PTS 0.5
o-145 / u+110
 51% 40% 60%3/5 0 U
Bo Horvat PTS 0.5
o-170 / u+130
 50% 40% 60%3/5 2 O
Noah Dobson PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 43% 40% 80%4/5 2 O
Simon Holmstrom PTS 0.5
o-115 / u-115
 42% 40% 0%0/5 1 O
Tony DeAngelo PTS 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 45% 30% — 2 O
Anthony Duclair PTS 0.5
o+135 / u-185
 24% 10% 0%0/4 1 O
Jean-Gabriel Pageau A 0.5
o+220 / u-300
 27% 50% 20%1/5 1 O
Anders Lee A 0.5
o+225 / u-325
 25% 30% 0%0/5 1 O
Noah Dobson A 0.5
o+125 / u-165
 32% 30% 80%4/5 2 O
Bo Horvat A 0.5
o+140 / u-190
 29% 20% 20%1/5 0 U
Tony DeAngelo A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 35% 20% — 2 O
Simon Holmstrom A 0.5
o+160 / u-220
 25% 20% 0%0/5 0 U
Kyle Palmieri A 0.5
o+155 / u-210
 31% 10% 20%1/5 0 U
Anthony Duclair A 0.5
o+275 / u-400
 11% 0% 0%0/4 0 U
Bo Horvat SOG 2.5
o-165 / u+125
 62% 70% 60%3/5 5 O
Anders Lee SOG 2.5
o+120 / u-160
 46% 50% 80%4/5 1 U
Anthony Duclair SOG 1.5
o+100 / u-130
 43% 50% 50%2/4 1 U
Tony DeAngelo SOG 1.5
o-150 / u+115
 55% 50% — 4 O
Noah Dobson SOG 2.5
o-125 / u-105
 55% 50% 60%3/5 2 U
Simon Holmstrom SOG 1.5
o-110 / u-120
 35% 50% 40%2/5 1 U
Kyle Palmieri SOG 2.5
o+110 / u-145
 31% 40% 80%4/5 1 U
Jean-Gabriel Pageau SOG 1.5
o+105 / u-140
 50% 40% 80%4/5 0 U
Ilya Sorokin SV 23.5
o-105 / u-125
 68% 60% 100%1/1 38 O
Head-to-Head last 10 meetings
DateWhereScoreP1P2P3TotalHR CloseWinner
Dec 3, 2024 at MTL NYI 1–2 OT 0–01–10–0 3 5.5 U MTL
Oct 19, 2024 at NYI NYI 4–3 SO 2–10–11–1 7 6 O NYI
Apr 11, 2024 at NYI NYI 3–2 OT 0–11–01–1 5 — NYI
Jan 25, 2024 at MTL NYI 3–4 0–31–02–1 7 — MTL
Dec 16, 2023 at MTL NYI 3–5 0–00–43–1 8 — MTL
Apr 12, 2023 at NYI NYI 4–2 2–11–11–0 6 — NYI
Feb 11, 2023 at MTL NYI 3–4 OT 1–11–01–2 7 — MTL
Jan 14, 2023 at NYI NYI 2–1 2–00–00–1 3 — NYI
Apr 15, 2022 at MTL NYI 3–0 0–00–03–0 3 — NYI
Feb 20, 2022 at NYI NYI 2–3 SO 0–11–11–0 5 — MTL