Projected Lineups for Kraken vs Canadiens – 10/29/24

The Seattle Kraken take on the Montreal Canadiens tonight (Oct. 29) at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

KRAKEN (4-4-1) at CANADIENS (4-4-1)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, KONG, KHN

Kraken projected lineup

Jared McCann — Matty Beniers — Jordan Eberle
Eeli Tolvanen — Chandler Stephenson — Andre Burakovsky
Jaden Schwartz — Shane Wright — Oliver Bjorkstrand
Tye Kartye — Yanni Gourde — Brandon Tanev

Ryker Evans — Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak — Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura — Will Borgen

Joey Daccord
Philipp Grubauer

Scratched: Cale Fleury, John Hayden

Injured: Vince Dunn (undisclosed)

Status report:

• Fleury, a defenseman, and Hayden, a center, each was recalled from Coachella Valley of the American Hockey League on Monday as depth for the Kraken’s five-game road trip.

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Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky — Alex Newhook — Joel Armia
Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Christian Dvorak — Oliver Kapanen

Mike Matheson — Logan Mailloux
Lane Hutson — David Savard
Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble

Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Justin Barron (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (upper body), Patrik Laine (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)

Status report

• Slafkovsky will return after missing three games because of an upper-body injury.
• Harvey-Pinard took part in the morning skate Tuesday. The forward skated in a noncontact jersey.
• Guhle and Barron skated as a defense pair; neither will play Tuesday but each is expected to join Montreal for its upcoming two-game road trip, at the Washington Capitals on Thursday and the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday.