The Carolina Hurricanes take on the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
HURRICANES (33-20-4) at CANADIENS (26-26-5)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, FDSNSO
Hurricanes projected lineup
Taylor Hall — Sebastian Aho — Jackson Blake
Mikko Rantanen — Jack Roslovic — Andrei Svechnikov
Jordan Martinook– Jordan Staal — Seth Jarvis
Eric Robinson — Jesperi Kotkaniemi — Tyson Jost
Jaccob Slavin — Brent Burns
Dmitry Orlov — Jalen Chatfield
Shayne Gostisbehere — Sean Walker
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Riley Stillman
Injured: William Carrier (lower body)
Status report
The Hurricanes will be using new line combinations following a 6-3 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday.
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Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Owen Beck — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier
Lane Hutson — Jayden Struble
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: None
Injured: Kirby Dach (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle), Michael Pezzetta (lower body)
Status report:
Dach will not play; his injury is being evaluated after the center played 13:43 in a 5-2 win at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. … Beck will take his place on the second line after being was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Monday. … Pezzetta took part in the Canadiens optional morning skate Tuesday in a no-contact jersey; the forward will miss his sixth straight game.
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