The Dallas Stars 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.
STARS (26-13-1) at CANADIENS (20-18-3)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, Victory+
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson — Roope Hintz — Evgenii Dadonov
Jamie Benn — Matt Duchene — Wyatt Johnston
Sam Steel — Mavrik Bourque — Logan Stankoven
Oskar Back — Arttu Hyry — Colin Blackwell
Miro Heiskanen — Ilya Lyubushkin
Esa Lindell — Nils Lundkvist
Thomas Harley — Matt Dumba
Jake Oettinger
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Brendan Smith, Matej Blumel
Injured: Tyler Seguin (hip), Mason Marchment (face)
Status report
The Stars held an optional morning skate Saturday after practicing in Montreal on Friday. … Blumel was recalled from Texas of the American Hockey League on Saturday; the forward will not play against the Canadiens but could enter the lineup at the Ottawa Senators on Sunday.
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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
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble
Injured: None
Status report
Laine could return and replace Pezzetta in the lineup after missing four games because of illness; the two forwards were the only Montreal players who skated Saturday following a 3-2 overtime win at the Washington Capitals on Friday. … Savard did not skate but could return after missing four games because of an upper-body injury; he practiced Thursday but did not travel to Washington. … Struble would likely sit if Savard plays; the defenseman played 5:09 and did not have a shift after the second period Friday.
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