Montreal has become one of the NHL's top underdogs in recent years, finishing last season in the penultimate place of the Eastern Conference, winning only 30 of 82 games. And this season, given the draft picks and other player transitions, does not promise to be a pleasant exception for Montreal fans.
Toronto has more successful performances in the regular NHL championships, although in the playoff stages the Leafs are haunted by failures and various curses, as fans say. Nevertheless, with each season the fans' faith in success does not diminish (although the last time Toronto took the Stanley Cup was in 1967, but the last success in the conference or division was only a couple of years ago).
Today, the principal rivals of the NHL meet, so the fight promises to be extremely hard fought, but still we are inclined to the victory of Toronto, which has won all recent face-to-face meetings, but we will back up their victory in a possible overtime.
Prediction: Toronto to win. We recommend the “Match Winner 2” bet, odds 1.58
