CANADIENS (33-17-9) at SHARKS (29-25-4)
10 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Alex Newhook — Jake Evans — Zachary Bolduc
Josh Anderson — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Lane Hutson — Noah Dobson
Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle
Jayden Struble — Alexandre Carrier
Jakub Dobes
Samuel Montembeault
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Joe Veleno, Alexandre Texier
Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
Will Smith — Macklin Celebrini — Collin Graf
William Eklund — Michael Misa — Tyler Toffoli
Philipp Kurashev — Alexander Wennberg — Kiefer Sherwood
Barclay Goodrow — Zack Ostapchuk — Adam Gaudette
Dmitry Orlov — John Klingberg
Mario Ferraro — Shakir Mukhamadullin
Sam Dickinson — Vincent Desharnais
Yaroslav Askarov
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Pavol Regenda, Timothy Liljegren, Ryan Reaves
Injured: Ty Dellandrea (lower body)
Status report
The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate. … Gaudette was on the fourth line during the Sharks morning skate and could enter the lineup after being a healthy scratch the past three games; Regenda, a forward, would be a healthy scratch if Gaudette plays.
