This is a 10* on OVER

Those pesky Habs won’t go away and are now just a win away from the Stanley Cup Finals. They came in as massive underdogs in this semifinal series with Vegas, who tied for the most points in the league during the regular season (and had the best goal differential). The series started with Vegas easily taking Game 1 and most figured Montreal’s magical run was done for. Not so fast. They’ve won three of the last four games. What continues to impress us is not just the fact the Canadiens have won 10 of their last 12 games, but they’ve never trailed in 9 of those 10 wins. Now we also had Vegas as our Game of the Year in Game 4, which they won. They are not going quietly into the night. While no game in this series has had more than five goals scored, we are going to predict this one will. Six of the Golden Knights top seven goal scorers have failed to put the puck in the net (even one time) in this series. This was the third highest scoring team in the league in the regular season. Each team has had a game where they scored four times. So both are capable of big offensive nights. Montreal’s penalty killing, which is 28 for its last 28, is due to give one up. Note four of the five games in the series have seen EXACTLY five goals scored. We just need one more to get over the hump here and we’ll take our chances. Play on OVER

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