Projected Lineups for Canadiens vs Flyers – 3/27/25

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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