Utah at Montreal

Nick Schmaltz scored on the power play with 6:48 left in regulation Tuesday at Toronto, and Utah won 3-2 two days after a 6-3 loss at Philadelphia. Three of the nine goals in that Philadelphia game came after the 16-minute mark of the third period, with the Flyers ahead 5-1. Montreal has 21 points in 15 games to Utah's 20 in 16. Jacob Fowler is 7-1-1 with a 2.17 goals-against average and a .925 save percentage. Three of his nine starts finished 1-0, 2-0 and 2-1. The only two starts where he allowed more than three goals were four on 29 shots against Pittsburgh on Saturday and five on 47 against Winnipeg on Tuesday. His second shutout was a 46-save night at St. Louis on October 27. Utah has outshot opponents in five-on-five attempts, 820 to 650 across 16 games, and leads scoring chances 414 to 303. Its 57 goals are fifth in the NHL, and 20 of them came on the power play. Its 54 goals allowed are 24th of 32 despite those chances, so I treat the goals against as running ahead of the play. Our bankroll needs the UNDER to land a little more than half the time. Utah has the chances and Fowler has the shutouts, so back Utah on the moneyline and the UNDER tonight.