Montreal Canadiens VS Tampa Bay Lightning Betting Pick & Preview – 03/02/2024

ATS Picks on March 2nd, 2024

The Montreal Canadiens will face off against the Tampa Bay Lightning on March 2, 2024, at 7:00 pm EST. DraftKings Sportsbook has the Canadiens as +205 underdogs and the Lightning as -250 favorites. Currently, the early betting trends show that 22% of money line bets are on the Canadiens, while 78% are on the Lightning. The total opening at 6.5 -105 is evenly split with 0% on the under and 0% on the over. Be sure to tune in for what promises to be an exciting matchup between these two competitive teams.

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NHL

Mar 02, 2024 07:00 PM

Montreal Canadiens

Tampa Bay Lightning

Moneyline Pick Consensus

+211

-263

15% MON

TB 85%

Total Pick Consensus

6.5/-105

6.5/-115

48% UN

OV 52%

Puckline Pick Consensus

+1.5/-112

-1.5/-108

52% MON

TB 48%

Team Records

MON	Team Records	TB
31-27-6	Overall	37-23-4
2-2	Shootout	1-1
7-4	Overtime	4-3
16-12-4	Home	23-8-2
15-15-2	Road	14-15-2
19-16-2	EAS	19-13-4
12-11-4	WES	18-10-0
12-6-0	ATL	8-11-0
7-10-2	MET	11-2-4
5-5-2	CEN	7-6-0
7-6-2	PAC	11-4-0
15-4-6	≤1	9-8-4
11-15-0	≥3	23-8-0
4-6-1	Oct	7-3-0
4-6-2	Nov	5-6-2
9-5-0	Dec	8-3-0
7-5-2	Jan	7-8-1
4-4-0	Feb	7-0-1
3-1-1	Mar	3-3-0
0-0-0	Apr	0-0-0

Team Stats

MON	Team Stats	TB
188	Goals For	224
208	Goals Agst	172
2.92	PP For GM	2.83
.62	PP Goals GM	.73
21.39	PP%	25.97
3.2	PP Agst GM	2.55
.58	PP Agst Goals GM	.47
81.95	PK%	81.60
9.1	PIM GM	8.3
8.2	oPIM GM	9.1

Goalies

C. Primeau		A. Vasilevskiy
6	GP	10
4	GS	10
1-2-1	W-L-T/O	6-4-0
24	Goals Allowed	24
4.38	GAA	2.54
173	Shots Against	256
.861	SV%	.906
0	SO	1
1	Quality Starts	5
.250	QS%	.500
2	Bad Starts	3
136	Goals All.%	92
-6.37	Goals Sv Above Avg	2.08

Recent Starts

Date	Opp	W/L	GA	SA	SV	SV%
3/15/22 ARI	Vejmelka ML N/A	L3-6 TOTAL N/A	4	7	3	.429
2/10/22 WAS	Samsonov ML N/A	L2-5 TOTAL N/A	4	14	10	.714
2/8/22 NJ	Gillies ML N/A	L1-7 TOTAL N/A	7	34	27	.794
1/30/22 CBJ	Korpisalo ML N/A	L3-6 TOTAL N/A	3	7	4	.571
1/29/22 EDM	Skinner ML N/A	L2-7 TOTAL N/A	6	16	10	.625

Date	Opp	W/L	GA	SA	SV	SV%
5/4/22 TOR	Campbell ML N/A	W5-3 TOTAL N/A	3	34	31	.912
5/2/22 TOR	Campbell ML N/A	L0-5 TOTAL N/A	5	32	27	.844
4/29/22 NYI	Sorokin ML N/A	W6-4 TOTAL N/A	4	37	33	.892
4/26/22 CBJ	Merzlikins ML N/A	W4-1 TOTAL N/A	1	21	20	.952
4/24/22 FLA	Bobrovsky ML N/A	W8-4 TOTAL N/A	4	39	35	.897

Open

Current

Book

MON

Consensus

+185

-230

+211

-263

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+200

-250

+230

-290

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Open

Current

Book

MON

Consensus

+1.5 -114

-1.5 +107

+1.5 -114

-1.5 -108

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+1.5 100

-1.5 -110

+1.5 +100

-1.5 -120

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Open

Current

Book

Over

Under

Over

Under

Consensus

6.5 -119

6.5 -104

6.5 -116

6.5 -106

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6.5 -110

6.5 -115

6.5 -105

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6.5 -120

6.5 +100

6.5 -115

6.5 -105

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Betting Trends

MON	Betting Trends	TB
OVERALL		OVERALL
1-2-0	Win/Loss/Tie	1-2-0
3-0-0	ATS W/L/P	1-2-0
3.33	Avg Score	2.67
3.33	Avg Opp Score	3.33
AWAY		HOME
0-3-0	Win/Loss/Tie	0-3-0
2-1-0	ATS W/L/P	0-3-0
2.33	Avg Score	2.33
4	Avg Opp Score	4

MON	Betting Trends	TB
OVERALL		OVERALL
1-4-0	Win/Loss/Tie	2-3-0
4-1-0	ATS W/L/P	2-3-0
2.6	Avg Score	3
3.4	Avg Opp Score	3.4
AWAY		HOME
1-4-0	Win/Loss/Tie	1-4-0
3-2-0	ATS W/L/P	1-4-0
3.2	Avg Score	3
4.2	Avg Opp Score	4.8

MON	Betting Trends	TB
OVERALL		OVERALL
2-8-0	Win/Loss/Tie	5-5-0
7-3-0	ATS W/L/P	5-5-0
2.9	Avg Score	3.2
3.8	Avg Opp Score	3.7
AWAY		HOME
2-8-0	Win/Loss/Tie	6-4-0
6-4-0	ATS W/L/P	5-5-0
2.9	Avg Score	4.3
4.4	Avg Opp Score	3.7

Head to Head

Date	TM	ML	Tot	1st	2nd	3rd	OT	SC
12/31/23	MON TB	+166 -203	Ov6.5 Un6.5	0 0	2 2	1 2		3 4
11/07/23	TB MON	-135 +111	Ov7.0 Un7.0	4 0	0 0	1 3		5 3
03/21/23	TB MON	-255 +207	Ov6.5 Un6.5	0 2	1 1	1 0		2 3
03/18/23	MON TB	+252 -316	Ov6.5 Un6.5	1 1	2 1	0 3		3 5
12/28/22	MON TB	+293 -374	Ov6.0 Un6.0	0 2	0 1	1 1		1 4
12/17/22	TB MON	-253 +208	Ov6.5 Un6.5	2 0	2 0	1 1		5 1
04/02/22	MON TB	+244 -304	Ov6.5 Un6.5	0 2	3 2	1 0	0 0	5 4
12/28/21	MON TB	+239 -303	Ov6.0 Un6.0	1 2	1 1	2 1	0 1	4 5
12/07/21	TB MON	-233 +191	Ov5.5 Un5.5	1 0	0 2	2 0		3 2
07/07/21	MON TB	+197 -240	Ov5.0 Un5.0	0 0	0 1	0 0		0 1

Teams Last 10

Date	TM	ML	Tot	1st	2nd	3rd	SC
03/11/25	MON VAN	+107 -126	Ov4.3 Un4.3	2 0	1 0	1 2	3 2
03/08/25	MON CGY	+29 -35	Ov0.4 Un0.4	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
03/01/25	MON BUF	+97 -117	Ov3.9 Un3.9	0 0	2 1	1 0	2 1
02/25/25	CAR MON	-118 +98	Ov1.8 Un1.8	0 1	0 0	0 0	0 1
02/22/25	MON OTT	+180 -213	Ov9.7 Un9.7	5 4	4 0	0 0	9 4
02/09/25	TB MON	-281 +236	Ov14.7 Un14.7	5 2	5 2	2 2	11 7
02/08/25	NJ MON	-122 +104	Ov3.7 Un3.7	1 0	1 0	1 0	2 0
02/05/25	MON LA	+85 -101	Ov0.9 Un0.9	0 0	0 0	0 1	0 1
02/04/25	MON SJ	-201 +169	Ov9.2 Un9.2	0 1	3 1	3 1	6 4
02/02/25	MON ANA	-152 +129	Ov7.6 Un7.6	3 0	0 3	0 1	3 4

Date	TM	ML	Tot	1st	2nd	3rd	SC
03/11/25	TB CAR	+98 -115	Ov4.3 Un4.3	0 1	0 2	1 1	1 3
03/08/25	BOS TB	+63 -78	Ov0.4 Un0.4	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 0
03/06/25	BUF TB	+253 -306	Ov10.7 Un10.7	5 3	3 5	0 2	8 10
03/04/25	CBJ TB	+170 -203	Ov11.9 Un11.9	2 4	2 4	0 4	4 11
03/03/25	TB FLA	+89 -104	Ov2.7 Un2.7	0 0	0 1	0 0	0 1
03/01/25	TB WAS	-86 -83	Ov3.6 Un3.6	1 0	0 0	1 1	2 1
02/27/25	CGY TB	+86 -104	Ov1.4 Un1.4	0 0	0 0	0 0	0 1
02/25/25	EDM TB	-55 -64	Ov1.9 Un1.9	0 0	0 1	0 0	0 1
02/23/25	SEA TB	+136 -164	Ov2.2 Un2.2	0 0	0 0	0 1	0 1
02/09/25	TB MON	-281 +236	Ov14.7 Un14.7	5 2	5 2	2 2	11 7