The Montreal Canadiens face the Minnesota Wild at Xcel Energy Center tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (5-9-2) at WILD (10-2-3)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Kirby Dach — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Cole Caufield — Jake Evans — Alex Newhook
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Lucas Condotta — Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle — Mike Matheson
Lane Hutson — David Savard
Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Raphael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Status report
- The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate Thursday.
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Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno — Frederick Gaudreau — Ryan Hartman
Yakov Trenin — Marat Khusnutdinov — Jakub Lauko
Jake Middleton — Jared Spurgeon
Zach Bogosian — Brock Faber
Jon Merrill – Declan Chisholm
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Michael Milne
Injured: Jonas Brodin (upper body)
Status report
- Brodin is day to day after the defenseman was injured during a 2-1 overtime loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.
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