Projected Lineups for the Ducks vs Canadiens – 12/9/24

The Anaheim Ducks take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight at the Bell Centre. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

DUCKS (10-12-3) at CANADIENS (10-14-3)

7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, Prime, Victory+

Ducks projected lineup

Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Alex Killorn
Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry
Brock McGinn — Isac Lundestrom — Brett Leason
Ross Johnston — Jansen Harkins — Sam Colangelo

Cam Fowler — Jacob Trouba
Brian Dumoulin — Radko Gudas
Jackson LaCombe — Olen Zellweger

Lukas Dostal
John Gibson

Scratched: Pavel Mintyukov, Drew Helleson

Injured: Robby Fabbri (lower body), Leo Carlsson (upper body), Trevor Zegras (lower body)

Status report:

• Trouba will play his first game for the Ducks after being acquired in a trade with the New York Rangers on Friday.
• Carlsson is considered day-to-day; the forward will miss his sixth straight game.

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Canadiens projected lineup

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

Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle — Justin Barron
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Jayden Struble, Michael Pezzetta

Injured: None

Status report

• Barron will play after being scratched for a 4-2 loss against the Washington Capitals on Saturday.

More from THW:

• 3 Takeaways From the Canadiens’ 4-2 Loss to Capitals
• Tom Wilson Scores Twice in Capitals’ 4-2 Win Over Canadiens
• Projected Lineups for the Capitals vs Canadiens – 12/7/24