CANADIENS (48-23-10) at FLYERS (42-27-12)
7 p.m. ET; NBCSP, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alexandre Texier — Alex Newhook — Ivan Demidov
Oliver Kapanen — Zachary Bolduc — Kirby Dach
Jake Evans — Phillip Danault — Josh Anderson
Mike Matheson — Lane Hutson
Jayden Struble — Arber Xhekaj
Kaiden Guhle — Alexandre Carrier
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Joe Veleno, Samuel Montembeault, Brendan Gallagher
Injured: Noah Dobson (upper body), Patrik Laine (lower body)
Flyers projected lineup
Tyson Foerster — Noah Cates — Matvei Michkov
Alex Bump — Denver Barkey — Porter Martone
Garrett Wilson — Luke Glendening — Garnet Hathaway
Carl Grundstrom — Jacob Gaucher — Anthony Richard
Nick Seeler — David Jiricek
Emil Andrae — Noah Juulsen
Hunter McDonald — Oliver Bonk
Samuel Ersson
Aleksei Kolosov
Scratched: Owen Tippett, Travis Konecny, Sean Couturier, Trevor Zegras, Christian Dvorak, Travis Sanheim, Rasmus Ristolainen, Jamie Drysdale, Cam York, Dan Vladar
Injured: Rodrigo Abols (lower body), Nikita Grebenkin (upper body)
Status report
Guhle did not take part in the Canadiens morning skate but coach Martin St. Louis said the defenseman is available to play. … The Flyers did not hold a morning skate following their 3-2 shootout win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Monday. … Bonk, McDonald, Kolosov, Richard and Gaucher were recalled from Lehigh Valley of the American Hockey League. Bonk and McDonald each will make his NHL debut. … Forwards Konecny, Zegras and Tippett, Philadelphia’s top three scorers, will not play. Defensemen Sanheim, York, Drysdale and Ristolainen, their top four in ice time, also are out.
