The Montreal Canadiens take on the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
CANADIENS (4-8-2) at MAPLE LEAFS (8-5-2)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach
Alex Newhook — Jake Evans — Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Lucas Condotta — Joel Armia
Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
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 will dress the same lineup they used in 5-3 loss at the New Jersey Devils on Thursday.
- The Maple Leafs will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 3-1 win against the Detroit Red Wings on Friday.
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Maple Leafs projected lineup
Matthew Knies — Max Domi — Mitch Marner
Max Pacioretty — John Tavares — William Nylander
Nicholas Robertson — Pontus Holmberg — Bobby McMann
Steven Lorentz — David Kampf — Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly — Oliver Ekman-Larsson
Jake McCabe — Chris Tanev
Simon Benoit — Conor Timmins
Joseph Woll
Anthony Stolarz
Scratched: Philippe Myers, Matt Benning
Injured: Auston Matthews (upper body), Calle Jarnkrok (lower body), Connor Dewar (upper body), Jani Hakanpaa (lower body), Dakota Mermis (upper body)
Status report
- Matthews skated for the first time since being injured; the center will miss his third straight game but coach Craig Berube said, “He’s going in the right direction. He’s feeling better.” Matthews was placed on injured reserve Friday.
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