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Canadiens vs. Lightning Odds & Betting Predictions - April 29, 2026

Canadiens at Lightning

11:00 pm • ESPN2

Montreal Canadiens

3-2
3
3 - 2

Tampa Bay Lightning

2-3
2

Canadiens at Lightning Odds

Spread, Total, Moneyline

MatchupOpenSpreadTotalMoneyline
Canadiens
3-2
+1.5
+1.5-190
o5.5-122
+135
Lightning
2-3
u5.5
-1.5+160
u5.5+101
-158
location pinWednesday 11:00 p.m.
April 29, 2026
Benchmark International ArenaTampa
Canadiens vs. Lightning Expert Picks
Player Prop Savant
Player Prop Savant
Last 30d: 154-110-3 (+37.1u)
Under 6.5 (Live)+220
1.65u
Picks Office
Picks Office
Last 30d: 199-177-12 (+10.9u)
MTL +135 (Live)
1.35u
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Top Shelf Action 🥃
Top Shelf Action 🥃
Last 30d: 293-292-11 (+30.4u)
I.Demidov u1.5 SOG+115
0.45u
#EV 4.13% Pinny -107 BO -110
Allan Lem
Allan Lem
Last 30d: 26-32-0 (-6.5u)
I.Demidov u1.5 SOG+120
0.21u
B.Hagel u3.5 SOG-160
0.8u
Top Shelf Action 🥃
Top Shelf Action 🥃
Last 30d: 293-292-11 (+30.4u)
Under 1.5 (1P)-106
0.77u
#EV 3.1% Pinny -118 Circa -125 BM -121 BO -126
Dana Forden
Last 30d: 29-30-0 (+6.1u)
I.Demidov u1.5 SOG+130
$1.00
I am going to keep going back to this one. Between playoffs and regular season he has been under this line in 47/86 games, and an away game vs Tampa Bay is a very tough matchup. Historically in the first 4 games of the opening round of the playoffs powerplays actually become more prevalent, which should have helped Demidov, but later in the series some of those powerplays start going away. In game 5 of the opening round historically it has had the same amount of powerplays as a regular season game.
B.Hagel u3.5 SOG-154
$1.00
Hagel had a career year when it comes to shots/game this season and was still under 3.5 shots in 47/75(62.7%) of games. And both his attempted shots and actual shots are down quite a bit so far in this series. Despite 4 tight games Tampa Bay has not leaned on their top dogs as much as you'd expect. Hagel played 30.1% of even strength minutes in the regular season and 30.7% in this series, and that includes 3 overtime games.
Ryan Minion
Ryan Minion
Last 30d: 268-335-9 (-8.8u)
MTL o2.5-115
$1.00
The Degenerates
The Degenerates
Last 30d: 97-88-7 (+6.4u)
MTL +142
1.42u
Ryan Minion
Ryan Minion
Last 30d: 268-335-9 (-8.8u)
MTL +142
$1.42
Sandy Plashkes
Sandy Plashkes
Last 30d: 105-99-3 (+6.4u)
MTL +150
1.5u

Canadiens vs. Lightning Previews & Analysis

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Canadiens vs. Lightning Public Betting Percentages

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Canadiens

Public

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Lightning

20%

Bets%

80%

Money%

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Betting Trends

  • Lightning are 2-3 in their last 5 games.
  • Lightning are 0-5 in their last 5 games against the spread
  • Lightning are 0-2 in their road games against the spread
  • The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Lightning' last 5 games
  • The totals have gone OVER in 1 of Lightning' 3 last games at home

Matchup History

Against the Spread (ATS) History

overallhomeawayfavoriteunderdog
Lightning		0-50-30-20-510-1
Canadiens		5-02-03-011-315-0

Over/Under History

overallhome o/uaway o/ufavorite o/uunderdog o/u
Lightning		1-41-20-21-45-6
Canadiens		1-40-21-221-211-4

Straight-Up (ML) History

overallhomeawayfavoriteunderdog
Lightning		2-1N/AN/A2-37-4
Canadiens		3-1N/AN/A22-203-2

Last 5 Matchups

dateopponentscorespreadover/undermoneyline
Apr 26th@MTLW 3-2-1.5 LU 5.5TB -119
Apr 24th@MTLL 2-3-1.5 LU 6.5MTL -118
Apr 21stMTLW 3-2-1.5 LU 6TB -185
Apr 19thMTLL 3-4-1.5 LO 6.5MTL -179
Apr 15thNYRL 2-4-1.5 LU 6.5NYR +103

Canadiens vs. Lightning Injury Updates

Canadiens Injuries

  • Brendan Gallagher
    RW

    Gallagher is day-to-day with undisclosed

    Day-to-Day

  • Patrik Laine
    RW

    Laine is out with abdomen

    Out

  • Noah Dobson
    D

    Dobson is out with thumb

    Out

Lightning Injuries

  • Nick Paul
    LW

    Paul is day-to-day with illness

    Day-to-Day

  • Victor Hedman
    D

    Hedman is out with personal

    Out

  • Pontus Holmberg
    F

    Holmberg is out with upper body

    Out

  • Charle-Edouard D'Astous
    D

    D'Astous is day-to-day with undisclosed

    Day-to-Day

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Team Stats

3
Goals
2
5
Assists
2
4
Penalties
2
24
Shots
40
37
Hits
23
33
Faceoffs Won
17

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Canadiens at Lightning Team Totals

MatchupOverUnder
Canadiens
3-2
N/A
N/A
Lightning
2-3
N/A
N/A