Montreal Canadiens at New Jersey Devils (-200, 5)

New Jersey Devils goalie Martin Brodeur didn’t have a hard time earning his seventh shutout of the season and fifth in the last 14 games, in a 2-0 win over the Florida Panthers Wednesday night. Brodeur only had to make 22 saves to avoid a fourth consecutive loss for the Devils.

“Defensively, we played really well,” Brodeur told reporters. “I just had to make a couple saves. We didn't have the luxury of having goals, but we pulled it off.”

New Jersey’s defense might be in full form but the same can’t be said for the offense, which has scored three goals or more only once in the last seven games.

“It was a much better effort than before,” Devils head coach Jacques Lemaire told the New York Post following Wednesday’s win. “I think the guys are at about 80 percent of what we can do. We can play a lot better than we did tonight.”

Montreal has had offensive problems of its own and head coach Jacques Martin is still trying to play with his lines in an effort to spark some scoring opportunities. So far, he hasn’t been very successful.

The under is 8-2 in the last 10 meetings between these two teams.

Pick: Under


Dallas Stars at Edmonton Oilers (+100, 5.5)

The Edmonton Oilers finally thought they were about to put an end to their eight-game losing streak Wednesday night. Edmonton was leading the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 late in the third, but allowed a late regulation goal and an early overtime one to fall 3-2.

“It's definitely pretty frustrating the way we've been losing games lately,” Sam Gagner told reporters after the game. “We had a lot of passion and intensity and played the game the right way. We have to regroup and use our anger the right way and be better.”

The main culprit for the Oilers’ ninth straight defeat was their inefficient penalty kill. All three of Vancouver’s goals came on power plays.

Edmonton might have an easier time using its anger in the right way against the Dallas Stars. The Stars have the 12th-best power play in the league, are in the midst of a 1-9-3 road skid and will have faced the Canucks the night before.

Pick: Oilers