How To Bet On Montreal Canadiens

Having won 24 Stanley Cups, the Montreal Canadiens are easily the most decorated NHL franchise. Only the New York Yankees, with 27 World Series titles, have won more championship trophies than the Canadiens, who once could arguably be considered the most successful sports franchise in the world. But it’s been 25 years since they last won hockey’s Holy Grail with a 1993 triumph over the Los Angeles Kings and, unfortunately for Habs fans, the wait looks like it’s going to carry on. 

Founded in 1909, the Canadiens are an original NHL team. They are the only team that was part of the NHL’s first season in 1917-18 that has maintained continuous membership in the league and never undergone a name change. The Canadiens won an NHL-record five straight Stanley Cups from 1956-60, and they also won four Cups in a row from 1976-79. Between the 1910s and 1990s, Montreal won the Stanley Cup at least once in every decade.

We can’t stress enough how important it is to pay close attention the Habs’ next game. And we don’t just mean on a superficial level. You want to analyze all the data to make the best bet.

Have a look at their home record, to find out if they’ve been successful in recent encounters with the opposing team. Montreal’s Bell Centre is considered to be among the tougher buildings in the NHL for a road team to win and in fact, the Canadiens have endured just two losing seasons at home since 1940. 

Are the Habs on a hot streak at home or having trouble finding the goal on the road? All of these statistics are crucial to ensuring you’re making the right wager at the most opportune time. 

The Montreal Canadiens’ regular-season schedule is a great reference point to plan ahead. Have a look down the line to see where you think the Habs might go hot or cold. By doing all of the legwork, you’ll be on the right track to coming up with a betting strategy that works for you. There’s no right or wrong way to analyze the Habs’ season schedule, as long as you actually put in the time and effort to make the proper calcuations. You’ll notice your winning percentage rise remarkably if you put in the required diligence.

Is Montreal’s next opponent a high-scoring team, and might an over bet on the total be in order? Are the Canadiens or their opposition playing the second game of back to backs, and could possibily be tired and looking to deploy their back-up goalie? Maybe the Habs are at the end of a long road trip, or perhaps catching a visiting team in a similar predicament? All of these factors should be examined and weighed before a wager is placed on a Canadiens game.

While the Habs haven’t been a Stanley Cup contender in a long time, it’s still important for a variety of reasons to stay in touch with where they sit in the standings. The NHL’s Atlantic Division houses four of the league’s so-called “Original Six” teams – dubbed this because they were the six NHL teams in existence when the league doubled in size from six to 12 teams.

What that means from a wagering standpoint is that you can count on plenty of old-school rivalry games in the Atlantic Division, when form charts often go out the window. That includes the NHL’s most storied rivalry, the Canadiens and the Toronto Maple Leafs, who have been butting heads since 1917, the NHL’s first season. The Canadiens and Boston Bruins have been doing battle since 1924, and no two NHL teams have clashed more often in Stanley Cup action. Montreal and Detroit first met on the NHL ice in 1926.