The Montreal Canadiens take on the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (24-22-5) at DUCKS (21-24-6)
4 p.m. ET; KTTV, Victory+, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
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Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Arber Xhekaj — Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Owen Beck, Logan Mailloux
Injured: Emil Heineman (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)
Status report
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Beck, a forward, and Mailloux, a defenseman, each was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Rafael Harvey-Pinard, a forward who made his season debut in a 4-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, was returned to Laval.
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Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano — Ryan Strome — Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras — Leo Carlsson — Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier — Mason McTavish — Robby Fabbri
Jansen Harkins — Isac Lundestrom — Brett Leason
Jackson LaCombe — Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov — Jacob Trouba
Brian Dumoulin — Drew Helleson
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Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Olen Zellweger
Injured: None
Status report
McTavish missed practice Saturday for undisclosed reasons, but coach Greg Cronin expects him to play.
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