CANADIENS (40-21-10) at PREDATORS (34-29-9)
7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, SNE, CITY, TVAS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc — Jake Evans — Josh Anderson
Joe Veleno — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Kaiden Guhle — Alexandre Carrier
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Samuel Montembeault
Injured: Kirby Dach (upper body), Patrik Laine (lower body), Alexandre Texier (lower body)
Predators projected lineup
Steven Stamkos — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg — Matthew Wood — Jonathan Marchessault
Zachary L’Heureux — Erik Haula — Tyson Jost
Reid Schaefer — Fedor Svechkov — Ozzy Wiesblatt
Brady Skjei — Roman Josi
Nicolas Hague — Nick Perbix
Adam Wilsby — Ryan Ufko
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Scratched: Joakim Kemell, Justin Barron
Injured: None
Status report
Texier remains day to day. … Saros was the first goaltender off the ice at the morning skate and is expected to start.
