Projected Lineups for Flames vs Canadiens – 1/7/26

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The Calgary Flames take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

FLAMES (18-20-4) at CANADIENS (23-13-6)

7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, SN

Flames projected lineup

Yegor Sharangovich — Nazem Kadri — Joel Farabee
Jonathan Huberdeau — Morgan Frost — Adam Klapka
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Matt Coronato
Ryan Lomberg — Justin Kirkland — William Stromgren

Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Yan Kuznetsov — Mackenzie Weegar
Joel Hanley — Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf
Devin Cooley

Scratched: Hunter Brzustewicz, Connor Zary

Injured: Jake Bean (undisclosed), Samuel Honzek (upper body), Martin Pospisil (undisclosed), John Beecher (upper body)

Status report

Stromgren will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Calgary of the American Hockey League on Monday; Flames coach Ryan Huska did not say who would be left out of the lineup.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Alexandre Texier
Juraj Slafkovsky — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc — Phillip Danault — Josh Anderson
Sammy Blais — Joe Veleno — Brendan Gallagher

Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Lane Hutson — Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble

Jacob Fowler
Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Owen Beck, Sam Montembeault, Adam Engstrom

Injured: Kirby Dach (broken foot), Alex Newhook (broken ankle), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body)

Status report:

Guhle took part in the Canadiens’ morning skate on Wednesday but will not play; the defenseman practiced with the team on Tuesday for the first time since he was injured on Oct. 18. “It’s coming along,” Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said. “I’m not sure if it will be this week or next week, but he’s getting close.”

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