nhl Game Recap
Recap - Devils Defeat Montreal 3-1
New Jersey skated to a 3-1 victory over Montreal on Saturday in NHL action at Bell Centre.
New Jersey was favored by -265 and came through for bettors backing them. The game went UNDER the consensus closing total of 6.5.
New Jersey got goals from Nathan Bastian, Nico Hischier, and Tomas Tatar in the victory. Bastian opened the scoring at 8:24 of the first period.
Akira Schmid stopped 23 of 24 Montreal shots in the victory.
Denis Gurianov scored for the Canadiens, finding the net behind Akira Schmid.
Jake Allen stopped 34 of 36 shots for the Canadiens, but it wasn't enough to earn the victory.
On the power play, New Jersey went 0-for-0, while the Canadiens were 0-for-0 with the man advantage.
Montreal lost the shots on goal battle to New Jersey by a margin of 37-24.
Next game, New Jersey takes its act home to face Carolina looking for another win. For Montreal, they head home to face Colorado.