Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers Game 3: NHL Playoff Betting

Montreal Canadiens vs Philadelphia Flyers Game 3

Down 0-2 in their NHL playoff betting Eastern Conference Final series, the Montreal Canadiens play host to the Philadelphia Flyers in Game 3. Hockey betting odds for this one actually favor the home club, despite the fact that Philly has actually shut out the Habs two straight games. Sports Betting breaks down the NHL betting for this crucial game.

The story so far in this series has been the special teams and the goaltending of Michael Leighton. Philadelphia has not allowed a power play goal and has been deadly on their man advantage opportunities. Daniel Briere and Simon Gagne are leading the Flyers offense against a supposedly tough Montreal defense. Jaroslav Halak was god-like in earlier rounds, but right now he’s looking human and Philly is even making him look bad.

Philadelphia has been virtually unbeatable at home, but they’ve also won some big road games as well, including games 5 and 7 of the Bruins series. As for Montreal, they are a mere 3-3 at home so far this postseason. However, they have won their last two at home and did play better in game 2 than in game 1.
Still, Montreal has to put more pressure on the Philly goaltender and create more traffic in front of him. Sports Betting has the NHL odds as -125 on the moneyline for the Canadiens and +105 for the Flyers.

Until Montreal can score a goal in this series, you would have to go with the hot hand and the team that has shut them down so far in Philadelphia. Take the Flyers on the NHL betting money line in game 3.
The hockey total betting for this matchup is set at 5. It may seem low, but again, Montreal has simply not been able to mount any offense, whatsoever. While it’s not as strong a play as the moneyline, we would lean towards the under in light of the Habs scoring troubles.

If the Canadiens are to get back in to this series, they will need leading goal scorer Mike Cammalleri to start lighting the lamp again. He leads all NHL playoff scorers and must return to form if Montreal is going to have a chance in either game 3 or the series.

On the injury front, Philadelphia will probably wait to bring Ian Laperriere back into the fold. Meanwhile, no one knows if Montreal will insert game 2 healthy scratches Ryan O’Byrne or Benoit Pouliot.

source: blog.sportsbetting.com