Projected Lineups for the Canadiens vs Kings – 2/5/25

The Montreal Canadiens take on the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

CANADIENS (25-23-5) at KINGS (27-17-6)

10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Josh Anderson
Patrik Laine — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher

Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Arber Xhekaj — Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble — David Savard

Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Owen Beck, Logan Mailloux

Injured: Emil Heineman (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)

Status report

The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate Wednesday following a 4-3 win at the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. … Dobes could start after Montembeault made 27 saves against the Sharks.

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Kings projected lineup

Alex Turcotte — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Tanner Jeannot — Trevor Lewis — Akil Thomas

Vladislav Gavrikov — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare — Jordan Spence

Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich

Scratched: Andreas Englund, Kyle Burroughs

Injured: Mikey Anderson (upper body)

Status report

Anderson is day to day and will miss his second straight game; the defenseman is skating on his own to maintain his conditioning.

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