Projected Lineups for the Canadiens vs Bruins – 12/01/24

The Montreal Canadiens take on the Boston Bruins at TD Garden tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANADIENS (8-12-3) at BRUINS (11-11-3)

3 p.m. ET; NESN, SN, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Alex Newhook
Juraj Slafkovsky — Christian Dvorak — Brenden Gallagher
Joshua Roy — Kirby Dach — Josh Anderson
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle — Justin Barron
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Cayden Primeau
Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble

Injured: None

Status report

• Primeau is expected to after Montembeault made 24 saves in a 4-3 loss at the New York Rangers on Saturday.

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Bruins projected lineup

Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak
Brad Marchand — Elias Lindholm — Justin Brazeau
Trent Frederic — Charlie Coyle — Tyler Johnson
John Beecher — Mark Kastelic — Cole Koepke

Mason Lohrei — Charlie McAvoy
Parker Wotherspoon — Brandon Carlo
Nikita Zadorov — Andrew Peeke

Jeremy Swayman
Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Marc McLaughlin, Jordan Oesterle

Injured: Hampus Lindholm (lower body)

Status report

• McLaughlin, a forward, could potentially return for the Bruins after being a healthy scratch the past two games.

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