Cole Caufield didn’t need a point to put four shots on net in Montreal’s win over Chicago. A game later, he helped beat Winnipeg with two assists and no shots at all. If you’re backing the Canadiens against Pittsburgh, that contrast is a useful place to start these Canadiens parlay picks: a productive night and a busy shooting night aren’t always the same thing.
For a hypothetical Montreal win, these three options ask for quite different contributions. Caufield’s three-shot target follows his early-season shooting record. Chris Kreider’s point under asks for Montreal to get its scoring elsewhere, while Ben Kindel needs only one Penguins shot—even if Pittsburgh loses. Compare the individual choices before deciding which, if any, belong with your view of the game.
Canadiens parlay picks: three different contributions
Caufield and Kreider’s records below cover their Canadiens appearances this season, a small sample of 13 games each. Kindel’s cover his Penguins appearances from October 1, 2025 through October 30, 2026, including the playoffs. The all-game records use the same player, club and period as each win or loss column.
| Player & prop | Odds | With this result | All games |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cole Caufield 3+ shots on goal |
−200 | 87.5% 7 of 8 Canadiens wins |
76.9% 10 of 13 appearances |
| Chris Kreider Under 0.5 points |
−180 | 87.5% 7 of 8 Canadiens wins |
76.9% 10 of 13 appearances |
| Ben Kindel 1+ shot on goal |
−750 | 92.0% 46 of 50 Penguins losses |
83.9% 78 of 93 appearances |
These are individual DraftKings prices captured on October 31; they can change. The records describe past games, rather than the chance of a future parlay winning.
Cole Caufield — 3+ shots on goal (−200)
You can back Caufield’s shooting without asking him to score. In the 4–1 win at Chicago, his four shots came with no goals or assists in 16:11. Against Dallas most recently, he scored twice on three shots in 18:21. Those are different scoring nights that both reached this shooting target.
Three shots has accompanied seven of Montreal’s eight wins this season, and the price is much lighter than the −600 for two. So far, those two offers have exactly the same record: Caufield hasn’t finished a Canadiens win on two shots. His one miss was the Winnipeg game, when he recorded two assists but no shots in 15:50. Paying for two shots wouldn’t have rescued that one.
The longer record gives a reason to be careful with that comparison. Across last season and this one, three shots came in 43 of 64 Montreal wins and 69 of 113 appearances overall. Two shots reached 52 of those 64 wins and 87 of the 113 appearances. The extra cushion has mattered over time, even though it hasn’t separated the offers in this season’s eight wins.
The −200 choice leans heavily on Caufield’s current start, with a smaller sample than Kindel’s one-shot history. His average ice time is about 18:45 this season, close to last season’s 18:13; there isn’t a big jump in minutes to explain away the weaker older record. With Nick Suzuki listed out and Alex Newhook expected between Caufield and Juraj Slafkovsky, the current line also deserves attention. The lineup is expected, and the early shooting results don’t prove that this combination will keep producing them.
Chris Kreider — under 0.5 points (−180)
A Canadiens win doesn’t require every forward to find the scoresheet. Kreider went without a point in the wins over Chicago, Winnipeg and St. Louis, playing 11:19, 11:27 and 12:49. Montreal scored enough to win all three while his role stayed modest.
The point under also costs less than his assist under at −390. Both have the same seven-of-eight record in Montreal wins and ten-of-thirteen record overall in this small Canadiens sample. The difference is what you’re asking him to avoid: under 0.5 points needs no goal and no assist, whereas the assist under still allows a goal. There hasn’t been a goal-only appearance to separate those records here.
His latest game is the obvious objection. Kreider picked up an assist in the 5–2 win at Dallas despite playing just 12:23, including 3:26 on the power play. That’s the only miss in these eight Montreal wins, and it shows how a short night can still offer a route to a point.
He also had a goal and an assist in the earlier 6–5 loss to Pittsburgh, in 14:57. That game belongs in his overall history, not the Canadiens-win column, but it makes the limit of this angle clear: a Montreal premise doesn’t make him unable to contribute. His expected second-line assignment and roughly 14-minute season average support examining the under; thirteen games with this club are too few to treat it as an established habit. The −180 price gives you more payout than the assist-only alternative while taking on that extra way to lose.
Ben Kindel — 1+ shot on goal (−750)
Kindel’s low shooting target can clear without Pittsburgh scoring. He put one shot on net in the 5–4 loss at Utah, then three in the latest 4–3 loss to the Mammoth. Both clear one shot, but only the second clears two.
That distinction is expensive. Two shots is available at −175, compared with −750 for one. Over his Penguins history from last season through this one, one shot cleared in 46 of 50 losses; two cleared in 33. The lower target kept thirteen more losing appearances, so the price difference buys a meaningful amount of room in that record. It also offers much less payout for adding another possible failure.
His current usage supports the low target: he’s put a shot on net in all ten appearances this season, including eight Pittsburgh losses. Average ice time has risen from about 14:55 last season to 17:14, and he played 16:32 in the latest Utah game. Those ten appearances aren’t every Penguins game this season; the record covers games he actually played, rather than an assumed nightly place in the lineup.
There are still zeros in the longer history. His latest miss in a Pittsburgh loss was the 3–2 playoff defeat to Philadelphia in April, with no shots in 12:59, including 1:21 on the power play. Against Montreal last December, he recorded seven shots in one loss and just one in another. Those two meetings illustrate why one is easier to live with than two, without promising that another Canadiens win will produce either number.
Choose how you want Montreal to win
Caufield gives you the more demanding shooting option at a lighter price, provided you’re comfortable leaning on a short current-season record that looks stronger than his longer history. Kreider’s under suits a win built through other Canadiens, though his latest assist is a timely challenge to that idea.
Kindel’s one-shot target asks far less of the opponent and has the broader supporting record, but −750 is a substantial price for that room. You can use one route without taking all three. If you combine related selections, use the sportsbook’s actual quoted price; separate records and individual odds don’t establish a combined return or success rate.
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