The Vancouver Canucks host the Montreal Canadiens at Rogers Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (30-27-6) at CANUCKS (29-23-11)
10 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SNP
Canadiens Projected Lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy — Alex Newhook — Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta — Christian Dvorak — Josh Anderson
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakob Dobes
Scratched: None
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (flu)
Status Report:
The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate. … Laine will miss his second straight game, but the forward could return at the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday; he was on the ice for skating and shooting drills Tuesday. … Roy was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Monday, and forward Owen Beck was sent down.
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Canucks Projected Lineup
Dakota Joshua — Elias Pettersson — Conor Garland
Drew O’Connor — Filip Chytl — Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Jake DeBrusk — Pius Suter — Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Elias Nils Pettersson — Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson — Tyler Myers
Derek Forbort — Victor Mancini
Kevin Lankinen
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Scratched: Nils Aman
Injured: Quinn Hughes (lower body), Thatcher Demko (lower body), Noah Juulsen (lower body)
Status report:
Hughes will miss his fourth consecutive game; the defenseman skated with the Canucks in a non-contact jersey for his first time on the ice since facing the Kraken in a 6-3 loss on March 1.
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