The Montreal Canadiens take on the Toronto Maple Leafs tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (39-31-9) at MAPLE LEAFS (48-26-4)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SNE, SNO, SNP
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Oliver Kapanen — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — David Savard
Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Joshua Roy, Arber Xhekaj, Ivan Demidov
Injured: Emil Heineman (undisclosed)
Status report
Demidov took part in the Canadiens optional morning skate but will not play; the forward signed a three-year entry level contract Tuesday.
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Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies — Auston Matthews — Mitch Marner
Calle Jarnkrok — John Tavares — William Nylander
Bobby McMann — Max Domi — Nicholas Robertson
Pontus Holmberg — Scott Laughton — Steven Lorentz
Morgan Rielly — Brandon Carlo
Simon Benoit — Chris Tanev
Philippe Myers
Anthony Stolarz
Joseph Woll
Scratched: None
Injured: Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Max Pacioretty (tightness), Jake McCabe (undisclosed), David Kampf (upper body), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (undisclosed)
Status report
Ekman-Larsson, a defenseman, is day to day and will not play after being injured in a 4-3 overtime win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Wednesday. … The Maple Leafs will play with 17 skaters (five defensemen) because of roster limitations under the NHL salary cap. … McCabe took part in Toronto’s optional morning skate after not practicing Friday, but the defenseman will miss his fourth straight game.
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