Projected Lineups for the Canadiens vs Islanders – 3/20/25

The Montreal Canadiens take on the New York Islanders at UBS Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANADIENS (33-27-7) at ISLANDERS (31-28-8)

7:30 p.m. ET (MSG, 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

Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)

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Islanders projected lineup

Simon Holmstrom — Bo Horvat — Kyle Palmieri
Anders Lee — Jean-Gabriel Pageau — Anthony Duclair
Pierre Engvall — Casey Cizikas — Hudson Fasching
Maxim Tsyplakov — Kyle MacLean — Marc Gatcomb

Adam Pelech — Tony DeAngelo
Noah Dobson — Ryan Pulock
Mike Reilly — Scott Mayfield

Ilya Sorokin
Marcus Hogberg

Scratched: Scott Perunovich, Matt Martin, Adam Boqvist

Injured: Mathew Barzal (lower body), Semyon Varlamov (lower body), Alexander Romanov (illness)

Status report:

Romanov took part in the Islanders morning skate but the defensemen likely will miss his second straight game, coach Patrick Roy said.

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