The Montreal Canadiens take on the Calgary Flames at Scotiabank Saddledome tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (30-26-6) at FLAMES (29-23-10)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, SNW
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Owen Beck — 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
Jakob Dobes
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lower body)
Status report
Neither team conducted a morning skate. … Laine will be a game-time decision after missing practice Friday because of the flu. … Anderson and Matheson (therapy day) also did not take part in practice Friday but will play.
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Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau — Nazem Kadri — Matt Coronato
Joel Farabee — Mikael Backlund — Blake Coleman
Yegor Sharangovich — Morgan Frost — Martin Pospisil
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Connor Zary
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Joel Hanley — MacKenzie Weegar
Jake Bean — Brayden Pachal
Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Daniil Miromanov
Injured: None
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