The Washington Capitals look to close out the series on home ice as they face the Montreal Canadiens.. It’s time to continue our Stanley Cup Playoffs odds series with a Canadiens-Capitals Game 5 prediction and pick.

Forward Cole Caufield had no playoff experience before the 2021 postseason. He played 20 postseason games that year, getting 12 points (four goals, eight assists). Against the Capitals, he has a team-leading three goals, with one assist, through four games, his four points one fewer than the four of rookie defenseman Lane Hutson (five assists).

Montreal head coach Martin St. Louis was at a loss for words in describing the message he wants to convey to the Canadiens after their 5-2 loss in Game 4 of their first-round playoff series with the W