Projected Lineups for the Canadiens vs Penguins - 11/2/24 - The Hockey Writers - Projected Lineups

The Montreal Canadiens take on the Pittsburgh Penguins at PPG Paints Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANADIENS (4-6-1) at PENGUINS (4-7-1)

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NHLN, SNE, CITY, TVAS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Emil Heineman
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher
Joel Armia — Christian Dvorak — Oliver Kapanen

Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson — David Savard
Jayden Struble — Arber Xhekaj

Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Justin Barron

Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (broken l

Status report

The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate Saturday.
Xhekaj will return to the lineup after being scratched for a 6-3 loss at the Washington Capitals on Thursday; Barron, a defenseman, will sit.

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Penguins projected lineup

Evgeni Malkin — Sidney Crosby — Rickard Rakell
Drew O’Connor — Lars Eller — Valtteri Puustinen
Michael Bunting — Cody Glass — Noel Acciari
Kevin Hayes — Blake Lizotte — Jesse Puljujarvi

Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves — Jack St. Ivany

Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist

Scratched: Ryan Shea, Anthony Beauvillier

Injured: Bryan Rust (lower body), Matt Nieto (MCL surgery)

Status report

Malkin participated in the Penguins optional morning skate and is expected to play after taking a maintenance day from practice Friday.
Rust, a forward who is week to week, skated on an individual basis Saturday for the first time since being injured Oct. 26.