Projected Lineups for Flames vs Canadiens – 11/05/24

The Calgary Flames take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight (Nov. 5) at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

FLAMES (6-5-1) at CANADIENS (4-7-1)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SNW

Flames projected lineup

Connor Zary — Nazem Kadri — Andrei Kuzmenko
Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Matt Coronato
Jonathan Huberdeau — Yegor Sharangovich — Anthony Mantha
Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Martin Pospisil

Mackenzie Weegar — Daniil Miromanov
Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson
Tyson Barrie — Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf
Dan Vladar

Scratched: Jake Bean, Joel Hanley, Justin Kirkland

Injured: None

Status report

• Kuzmenko will remain on the top line; he moved up Sunday after starting on the fourth line in a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. 

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach
Alex Newhook — Jake Evans — Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Oliver Kapanen — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson — David Savard
Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble

Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Raphael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)

Status report

• Evans will play on the second line between Newhook and Slafkovsky.
• Dvorak moves up to the third line, and Kapanen goes from wing to center on the fourth line.
• Barron, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for a second straight game.

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