The Montreal Canadiens take on the Carolina Hurricanes at Lenovo Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (33-29-9) at HURRICANES (43-24-4)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (quad)
Status report:
The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate following a 6-4 loss at the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.
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Hurricanes projected lineup
Jackson Blake — Sebastian Aho — Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Jack Roslovic
Jordan Martinook — Jordan Staal — Logan Stankoven
Eric Robinson — Mark Jankowski — Andrei Svechnikov
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Jalen Chatfield — Dmitry Orlov
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Tyson Jost
Injured: William Carrier (lower body)
Status report:
Svechnikov will return after missing seven games with an upper-body injury.
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