Projected Lineups for the Canadiens vs Ducks – 2/2/25

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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John Gibson
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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