This is an 8* CUSTOMER APPRECIATION THURSDAY PLAY on the Canadiens on the PUCK LINE.

I really liked the Oilers last night, but they came out flat at home to the Jets and fell apart late in a 4-1 loss. Not what I was expecting at all.

Toronto I think is going to suffer a similar sort of letdown here, and Montreal will throw everything it has in trying to pull off a similar upset.

The Habs enter healthier now than any time in the last two months. Clearly, Toronto's numbers on both ends of the ice, but will this longer lay-off help or hinder team chemistry?

It may or may not help Toronto, but the extra few days is just what the doctor ordered for the Habs.

Montreal has the goaltending and defense (allows 2.92 GPG), to keep this one competitive throughout and that's exactly what we're expecting.

In a contest which we see being decided late, or even in extra periods, we're laying the price extra 1.5 goals in our back pocket.

The play is MONTREAL on the PUCK LINE.

Good luck, NP