The third period struggles haven't cost them a game, yet. Washington leads the best-of-7 series 2-0 heading to Montreal for Game 3 at Bell Centre on Friday (7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN, TNT, truTV, MNMT, MAX).

Goals have been hard to come by through two games of this Capitals-Canadiens series, and our NHL betting picks expect that theme to continue even as the venue shifts to Montreal tonight.

If the answer is “no,” that’s OK. Montreal nearly backed its way into the playoffs and the Washington Capitals hit a rough patch of their own. Still, this matchup brings a whole bunch of juice — the most prolific goal scorer of all time, the East’s top team and the return of postseason hockey to one of the sport’s true epicenters.