Projected Lineups for the Red Wings vs Canadiens – 12/21/24

The Detroit Red Wings 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.

RED WINGS (13-15-4) at CANADIENS (13-16-3)

7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, NHLN, FDSNDETX

Red Wings projected lineup

Vladimir Tarasenko — Dylan Larkin — Lucas Raymond
Patrick Kane — Andrew Copp — Alex DeBrincat
Tyler Motte — J.T. Compher — Michael Rasmussen
Joe Veleno — Marco Kasper — Christian Fischer

Ben Chiarot — Moritz Seider
Justin Holl — Jeff Petry
Erik Gustafsson — Albert Johansson

Alex Lyon
Cam Talbot

Scratched: Jonatan Berggren

Injured: Simon Edvinsson (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate; Montreal won 4-3 at Detroit on Friday. … Lyon could start after Talbot made 29 saves Friday.

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Canadiens projected lineup

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

Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle — Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble

Injured: None

Status report

Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis did not confirm who would start in goal; Montembeault made 25 saves in his eighth consecutive start Friday. Primeau has not started since Dec. 1.

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