The Montreal Canadiens take on the St. Louis Blues in an afternoon matchup on Saturday, January 3. This marks the second meeting between these two teams this season after the Blues took a 4-3 nailbiter just under a month ago.<\/p>\n
My Canadiens vs. Blues predictions and NHL picks<\/a> suggest that the Habs will continue their scorching stretch and winning ways on the road.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Blues prediction<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Blues best bet: Canadiens moneyline (-130)<\/p>\n The Montreal Canadiens<\/a> have won six of their last 10 and have just one regulation loss during that span. They’re up against a struggling St. Louis Blues<\/a> team that scores the fewest goals in the NHL and allows the fourth-most, the perfect recipe for the league’s third-best offense in the Canadiens.<\/p>\n Montreal boasts an elite road record of 12-3-5 and is coming off two huge road wins against the Carolina Hurricanes and the Florida Panthers. Their fifth-ranked power-play also matches up well against the Blues’ 23rd-ranked penalty kill.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Blues same-game parlay<\/p>\n Canadiens forward Ivan Demidov<\/a> is undoubtedly making a statement in the Calder Trophy race, racking up an assist in each game during a five-game point streak (three goals, six assists). Both of his linemates, Juraj Slafkosvky and Oliver Kapanen, were chosen to represent their respective nations at the 2026 Winter Olympics, and the young European trio has been one of the NHL’s best lines over the last few weeks.<\/p>\n Demidov has 12 assists in 15 games dating back to December 2 and is on pace for over 70 points.<\/p>\n Similarly, Lane Hutson<\/a> has certainly been making his case for the Norris Trophy after being notably left off the United States’ Olympic roster. The diminutive blueliner leads all NHL defensemen with 34 assists this season and is on pace to shatter his rookie total for shots on goal. He’s hit the Over in four of his last five. He’s not typically a shoot-first player, so take advantage of this trigger-happy streak while you can.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Blues SGP<\/p>\n Ivan Demidov Over 0.5 assists<\/p>\n Lane Hutson Over 1.5 shots<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Blues odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Canadiens -125 | Blues +105<\/p>\n Puck Line: Canadiens -1.5 (+190) | Blues +1.5 (-230)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 5.5 (-135) | Under 5.5 (+115)<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Blues trend<\/p>\n St. Louis has won three of the last four home meetings against Montreal and four of the last five. Find more NHL betting trends<\/a> for Canadiens vs. Blues.<\/p>\n How to watch Canadiens vs Blues<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Enterprise Center, St. Louis, MO<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Saturday, January 3, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 4:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n TSN2, FDSN Midwest<\/p>\n Canadiens vs Blues latest injuries<\/p>\n Odds are correct at the time of publishing and are subject to change. This article originally appeared on Covers.com<\/a>, read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Montreal Canadiens take on the St. Louis Blues in an afternoon matchup on Saturday, January 3. This…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":388552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[71,265,29,57,5,638,502,264,21,5147,4,1618,534],"class_list":{"0":"post-388551","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-blues","9":"tag-canadiens","10":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","11":"tag-florida-panthers","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-ivan-demidov","14":"tag-lane-hutson","15":"tag-montreal","16":"tag-montreal-canadiens","17":"tag-montrealcanadiens","18":"tag-nhl","19":"tag-oliver-kapanen","20":"tag-st-louis"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115831843557390721","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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