Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Game preview, predictions, and odds | November 9, 2024

The Montreal Canadiens are on the road to play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET.

Montreal is coming off a 5–3 loss to New Jersey on Thursday. Toronto, meanwhile, will play the Canadiens in the second half of a back-to-back as the Maple Leafs play Detroit on Friday night.

Canadiens vs Maple Leafs: Head-to-head & key numbers

• Toronto is 314-348-88-19 against Montreal
• The Maple Leafs are allowing 2.78 goals per game before Friday's game.
• Montreal is 1-4-1 on the road
• Toronto is averaging 3.07 goals per game before Friday's game
• The Canadiens are allowing 4.07 goals per game
• The Maple Leafs are 5-2 at home before Friday's game
• Montreal is averaging 2.7 goals per game

Montreal Canadiens vs Toronto Maple Leafs: Preview

Montreal is on a four-game losing streak and hasn't played good hockey lately. The Habs' goaltending has been an issue as Montreal will likely start Sam Montembeault who's 3-6-1 with a 3.46 goals-against average and a .892 save percentage.

The Canadiens are led by Nick Suzuki who has 13 points, Cole Caufield who has 11 points, Mike Matheson who has nine, and Juraj Slafkovsky eight.

Toronto, meanwhile, will play Detroit on Friday night but before that beat the Boston Bruins 4–0 at home without Auston Matthews who is dealing with a minor injury.

The Maple Leafs will start Joseph Woll who's 1-2 with a 2.70 GAA and a .892 SV% as Toronto is surprisingly going with Stolarz on Friday night.

Canadiens vs Maple Leafs: Prediction

Even though Toronto is on a back-to-back, this still is a good for the Maple Leafs to get the win here.

Montreal has been playing terribly as of late and can't get a big save in net. The Maple Leafs' offense, meanwhile, is one of the best in the NHL as Toronto should score plenty here to get a big win at home.

Prediction: Maple Leafs 4, Canadiens 2