DUCKS (36-27-3) at CANADIENS (36-19-10)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, KCOP-13, Victory+
Ducks projected lineup
Chris Kreider — Leo Carlsson — Cutter Gauthier
Mason McTavish — Mikael Granlund — Beckett Sennecke
Jeffrey Viel — Ryan Poehling — Alex Killorn
Frank Vatrano — Tim Washe — Jansen Harkins
Jackson LaCombe — Jacob Trouba
Olen Zellweger — John Carlson
Pavel Mintukov — Ian Moore
Lukas Dostal
Ville Husso
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Drew Helleson
Injured: Troy Terry (upper body), John Carlson (lower body)
Suspended: Radko Gudas
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc — Jake Evans — Kirby Dach
Josh Anderson — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — Alexandre Carrier
Jacob Fowler
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Arber Xhekaj, Joe Veleno, Alexandre Texier, Samuel Montembeault
Injured: Patrik Laine (lower body)
Status report
The Ducks held an optional morning skate following a 2-0 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday; Dostal will likely start after Husso made 27 saves. … Carlson will make his debut with Anaheim; he hasn’t played since Feb. 5 before being traded by the Washington Capitals. … The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate following a 4-2 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Saturday; Fowler will start after Dobes made 17 saves. … Gallagher is expected to play; Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said the 33-year-old forward would be back in the lineup after making him a healthy scratch Saturday for the first time since he made his NHL debut on Jan. 22, 2013. It is unknown who Gallagher would replace; Texier, a forward, played the past two games after being a healthy scratch the previous five.
