The Bell Centre will play host to a Canadian clash between the Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens on Monday, January 12.<\/p>\n
With Vancouver reeling along a six-game losing skid and struggling at both ends of the ice, my top Canucks vs. Canadiens predictions and NHL picks<\/a> are calling for Montreal to win comfortably on home ice tonight.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canucks vs Canadiens prediction<\/p>\n Canucks vs Canadiens best bet: Canadiens -1.5 (+130)<\/p>\n The Vancouver Canucks<\/a> are in a 0-6 free fall with 28 goals against and have now allowed the third most per game (3.57) for the season.<\/p>\n On the opposite bench, the Montreal Canadiens<\/a> are set to rebound after a 4-0 home loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday. With the Habs averaging the seventh-most goals per game (3.31), I\u2019m anticipating the injury-riddled Canucks struggling to keep pace.<\/p>\n Montreal is also turning to Jakub Dobes<\/a> in net, and he\u2019s been watching a lot more than playing of late. This is the perfect opponent for the second-year goalie to turn things around.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n The Canucks have scored the sixth-fewest goals per game, including the fourth-fewest goals per 60 minutes at 5-on-5, after all.<\/p>\n Canucks vs Canadiens same-game parlay<\/p>\n With a favorable matchup, this is a bounce-back spot for both Dobes and the Habs. The Canucks have averaged 27.0 shots per game this season, and an impressive 30.5 during the highlighted six-game losing skid.<\/p>\n Canadiens star Lane Huston<\/a> has registered two or more shots in six of his past 10 games while averaging a monster 25:27 of ice time (3:41 with the man advantage). He\u2019s also paced his defense with an impressive 57.0 Corsi For percentage and 56.8% shot share at 5-on-5 during the stretch.<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n Canucks vs Canadiens SGP<\/p>\n Jakub Dobes Over 22.5 saves<\/p>\n Lane Hutson Over 1.5 shots on goal<\/p>\n Canucks vs Canadiens odds<\/p>\n Moneyline: Canucks +155 | Canadiens -180<\/p>\n Puck Line: Canucks +1.5 (-150) | Canadiens -1.5 (+130)<\/p>\n Over\/Under: Over 6.5 (+100) | Under 6.5 (-120)<\/p>\n Canucks vs Canadiens trend<\/p>\n The Vancouver Canucks have failed to cover the puck line in six of their past nine games. Find more\u00a0NHL betting trends<\/a> for Canucks vs. Canadiens.<\/p>\n How to watch Canucks vs Canadiens<\/p>\n Location<\/p>\n Bell Centre, Montreal, QC<\/p>\n Date<\/p>\n Monday, January 12, 2026<\/p>\n Puck drop<\/p>\n 7:30 p.m. ET<\/p>\n TV<\/p>\n Prime Video<\/p>\n Canucks vs Canadiens 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 Bell Centre will play host to a Canadian clash between the Vancouver Canucks and Montreal Canadiens on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":403794,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5103],"tags":[265,93,5,909,502,264,21,5147,4,27],"class_list":{"0":"post-403793","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-montreal-canadiens","8":"tag-canadiens","9":"tag-detroit-red-wings","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-jakub-dobes","12":"tag-lane-hutson","13":"tag-montreal","14":"tag-montreal-canadiens","15":"tag-montrealcanadiens","16":"tag-nhl","17":"tag-vancouver-canucks"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115883535562189796","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403793","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=403793"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/403793\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/403794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=403793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=403793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=403793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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