The Montreal Canadiens take on the Philadelphia Flyers today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (33-28-9) at FLYERS (28-36-9)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, 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
Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (quad)
Status report:
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. … Dobes will start after Montembeault started the previous five games. … Guhle is with the Canadiens on their road trip but the defenseman will miss his 21st straight game.
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Flyers projected lineup
Tyson Foerster — Noah Cates — Bobby Brink
Matvei Michkov — Sean Couturier — Travis Konecny
Olle Lycksell — Ryan Poehling — Jakob Pelletier
Nicolas Deslauriers — Rodrigo Abols — Owen Tippett
Cam York — Travis Sanheim
Nick Seeler — Jamie Drysdale
Egor Zamula — Emil Andrae
Samuel Ersson
Ivan Fedotov
Scratched: Aleksei Kolosov
Injured: Garnett Hathaway (upper body), Rasmus Ristolainen (upper body)
Status report:
The Flyers did not announce a starting goalie but Ersson was the first goalie off the ice after their morning skate. … Hathaway took part in the morning skate but it’s unclear if the forward will play; he has been out since Feb. 27. … Brad Shaw will coach his first game for Philadelphia after John Tortorella was fired Thursday.
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