CANADIENS (44-21-10) at DEVILS (39-34-2)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, MSG, 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 — Arber Xhekaj
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Samuel Montembeault, Adam Engstrom, Patrik Laine
Injured: Kirby Dach (upper body), Alexandre Texier (lower body), Alexander Carrier (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer
Jesper Bratt — Jack Hughes — Connor Brown
Lenni Hameenaho — Cody Glass — Nick Bjugstad
Paul Cotter — Marc McLaughlin — Brian Halonen
Jonas Siegenthaler — Dougie Hamilton
Luke Hughes — Johnathan Kovacevic
Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Evgenii Dadonov, Maksim Tsyplakov
Injured: Arseny Gritsyuk (upper body), Stefan Noesen (knee), Zack MacEwen (ACL), Brett Pesce (lower body)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. … Danault and Guhle each missed practice Friday but are expected to play. … Halonen and McLaughlin each was recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Saturday; McLaughlin will make his season debut. … Forwards Dadonov and Tsyplakov each will be a healthy scratch.
