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Sunday,December 28

Benchmark International Arena

5:07 PM ET	Score	Line	OU	Record	ATS	O-U-P	PF	PA	EST Score	EST Line
Canadiens	0	+124		20-12-5	19-18-0	23-14-0	3.3	3.4	2.1	6OV (6.23)
Lightning	0	-148	6.5	21-13-3	18-19-0	18-19-0	3.3	2.6	4.1	-200

Montreal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning Head to Head

2024-25 Recent Results

Date	Opponent	ML	Line	OU	Score	SU	GL	OU	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets
Montreal		DraftKings			Results				Money Line		Spread		OVER Total
Dec 23	at Boston	+100	+1.5 \| -245	6.5	6-2	W	W	O	17%	30%	13%	58%	52%	52%
Dec 21	at Pittsburgh	-105	+1.5 \| -250	6.5	3-4	OTL	W	O	33%	50%	55%	78%	79%	40%
Dec 20	VS Pittsburgh	-130	-1.5 \| +180	6.5	4-0	W	W	U	44%	69%	49%	28%	89%	51%
Dec 18	VS Chicago	-175	-1.5 \| +150	5.5	4-1	W	W	U	48%	76%	51%	48%	63%	72%
Dec 16	VS Philadelphia	-120	-1.5 \| +200	5.5	1-4	L	L	U	48%	62%	57%	28%	85%	77%
Dec 14	VS Edmonton	+114	+1.5 \| -218	6.5	4-1	W	W	U	28%	29%	10%	59%	82%	66%
Dec 13	at NY Rangers	+114	+1.5 \| -218	5.5	4-5	OTL	W	O	30%	41%	22%	69%	58%	76%
Dec 11	at Pittsburgh	+114	+1.5 \| -238	6.5	4-2	W	W	U	40%	31%	12%	68%	53%	38%
Dec 9	VS Tampa Bay	-108	-1.5 \| +225	6.5	1-6	L	L	O	49%	49%	19%	18%	63%	44%
Dec 7	VS St. Louis	-130	-1.5 \| +185	5.5	3-4	L	L	O	56%	70%	51%	38%	82%	69%

2024-25 Recent Results

Date	Opponent	ML	Line	OU	Score	SU	GL	OU	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets	Handle	Bets
Tampa Bay		DraftKings			Results				Money Line		Spread		OVER Total
Dec 27	at Florida	-118	-1.5 \| +215	5.5	4-2	W	W	O	61%	41%	52%	46%	51%	79%
Dec 22	VS St. Louis	-250	-1.5 \| +105	5.5	4-1	W	W	U	57%	79%	73%	67%	82%	78%
Dec 20	VS Carolina	-135	-1.5 \| +205	5.5	6-4	W	W	O	67%	50%	42%	13%	46%	56%
Dec 18	VS Los Angeles	-230	-1.5 \| +120	5.5	1-2	L	L	U	59%	81%	81%	53%	25%	68%
Dec 15	VS Florida	-120	-1.5 \| +200	5.5	2-5	L	L	O	41%	56%	61%	30%	90%	83%
Dec 13	at NY Islanders	-130	-1.5 \| +185	5.5	2-3	OTL	L	U	50%	65%	36%	31%	83%	80%
Dec 11	at New Jersey	-135	-1.5 \| +185	5.5	8-4	W	W	O	69%	67%	62%	26%	86%	81%
Dec 9	at Montreal	-112	+1.5 \| -278	6.5	6-1	W	W	O	51%	51%	81%	82%	63%	44%
Dec 8	at Toronto	-130	-1.5 \| +190	6.5	0-2	L	L	U	43%	49%	80%	32%	78%	62%
Dec 6	VS NY Islanders	-142	-1.5 \| +160	6.5	0-2	L	L	U	62%	74%	58%	33%	41%	30%

Last 5 Head to Head Results

Date	Road/Home	Score	Line	ML	OU	SU	ATS	F/D	H/A	OU
2025 Dec 9	Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens	6 1	+1.5 -1.5	-112 -108	6.5	TAM	TAM	DOG	Road	Over
2025 Feb 9	Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens	5 3	-1.5 +1.5	-198 +164	6.5	TAM	TAM	FAV	Road	Over
2025 Jan 21	Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens	2 3	-1.5 +1.5	-142 +120	6.5	MON	MON	DOG	Home	Under
2024 Dec 29	Montreal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning	5 2	+1.5 -1.5	+170 -205	6.5	MON	MON	DOG	Road	Over
2024 Apr 4	Tampa Bay Lightning Montreal Canadiens	7 4	-1.5 +1.5	-155 +130	6.5	TAM	TAM	FAV	Road	Over

Betting Splits

Sunday,Dec 28	Goal	Handle	Bets	Total	Handle	Bets	Money	Handle	Bets
Montreal Canadiens Tampa Bay Lightning	+1.5 -1.5	19% 81%	59% 41%	6.5 6.5	72% 28%	44% 56%	+124 -148	73% 27%	22% 78%

Makinen Daily Ratings

Sunday, December 28	Final	Line	OU	Score Proj	Eff Line
Montreal Canadiens		+124		2.1	6OV (6.23)
Tampa Bay Lightning		-148	6.5	4.1	-200

Player	Pos	Injury
Canadiens
Alexandre Texier	C	Upper Body - is Questionable Sunday vs Tampa Bay
Phillip Danault	C	Illness - is Questionable Tuesday vs Boston
Jake Evans	C	Lower Body - IR (12/21)
Kirby Dach	C	Foot - IR (11/23)
Patrik Laine	RW	Abdominal - IR (11/17)
Alex Newhook	C	Ankle - IR (11/17)
Kaiden Guhle	D	Lower Body - IR (10/21)

Player	Position	Injury
Lightning
Ryan McDonagh	D	Undisclosed - IR (12/28)
Brandon Hagel	LW	Upper Body - IR (12/20)
Emil Lilleberg	D	Undisclosed - IR (12/16)
Victor Hedman	D	Elbow - IR (12/11)
Erik Cernak	D	Undisclosed - IR (11/24)

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