The Montreal Canadiens take on the St. Louis Blues at Enterprise Center this evening. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (33-27-9) at BLUES (37-28-7)
8 p.m. ET; Matrix-MW, Victory+, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (quad)
Status report:
Guhle made the trip but will not play; the defenseman has been out since Jan. 28
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Blues projected lineup
Jake Neighbours — Robert Thomas — Zack Bolduc
Dylan Holloway — Brayden Schenn — Jordan Kyrou
Alexandre Texier — Oskar Sundqvist — Mathieu Joseph
Alexey Toropchenko — Radek Faksa — Nathan Walker
Cam Fowler — Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg — Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter — Tyler Tucker
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Dalibor Dvorsky
Injured: Colton Parayko (knee), Pavel Buchnevich (illness)
Status report:
Sundqvist and Leddy each will play after missing a 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators on Sunday with an undisclosed injury. … Leddy will replace Kessel, a defenseman, and Sundqvist will replace Dvorsky, a forward who made his NHL debut Sunday. … Parayko skated Tuesday but Blues coach Jim Montgomery said the defenseman is not close to returning; he will miss his 10th straight game.
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