The Montreal Canadiens take on the Ottawa Senators tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (25-26-5) at SENATORS (29-23-4)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Lane Hutson — Jayden Struble
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate Saturday; Montembault and Dobes were the only players on the ice. … Heineman will return after missing 14 games with an upper-body injury, sustained when he was struck by a car as a pedestrian in Salt Lake City on Jan. 13, the day before a game at the Utah Hockey Club.
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Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Ridly Greig — Drake Batherson
Matthew Highmore — Zack Ostapchuk — Michael Amadio
Noah Gregor — Adam Gaudette — Cole Reinhardt
Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo
Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Travis Hamonic, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Josh Norris (middle body), Shane Pinto (upper body)
Status report
Tkachuk and Sanderson each will be a game-time decision after playing in the 4 Nations Face-Off. … Jensen will be a game-time decision because of an undisclosed injury. … Centers Norris and Pinto each will not dress; Norris will miss his fifth straight game and Pinto will miss his third in a row.
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