MONTREAL – Defenseman P.K. Subban and left wing Max Pacioretty will both be in the Montreal Canadiens lineup when they face an injury-ravaged Carolina Hurricanes club Monday night at Bell Centre.

Subban's status was questionable after he missed Sunday's practice with the flu. Pacioretty did practice Sunday after suffering a rib injury in Saturday's 4-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers, but he wanted to test out Monday morning before confirming he will play against Carolina.

Kirk Muller's Hurricanes aren't as lucky, as left wing Jeff Skinner, forward Tim Brent and defensemen Joni Pitkanen and Tim Gleason will all miss the game with various ailments.

"We knew before the season that teams were going to face these kinds of situations, so it's an opportunity for guys to step in and do a job," Muller said. "We can't make any excuses, we've just got to find ways to win."

The Philadelphia Flyers did not skate Saturday morning after arriving late Friday night following a dispiriting 5-3 loss to the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center.

Philadelphia may have lost more than the game; defenseman Kimmo Timonen did not play in the third period with a lower-body injury and his status for Saturday night remains in question.

Though there’s been no confirmation from the Flyers, Brian Boucher should get the start in goal over Ilya Bryzgalov.

The Canadiens also will be playing their backup goaltender with starter Carey Price out because of a stomach flu. Peter Budaj will be seeking his first win of the season in his third start.

MONTREAL – Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will miss the game Saturday night against the Philadelphia Flyers with the stomach flu.

The club has recalled Robert Mayer from the Hamilton Bulldogs of the American Hockey League to back up Peter Budaj.

MONTREAL – Here are the projected lineups for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Saturday night.

MAPLE LEAFS

James van Riemsdyk – Tyler Bozak – Phil Kessel

Nikolai Kulemin – Mikhail Grabovski – Leo Komarov

Matt Frattin – Nazem Kadri – Clarke MacArthur

Colton Orr – Jay McClement – Frazer McLaren

Dion Phaneuf – Korbinian Holzer

John-Michael Liles – Michael Kostka

Cody Franson – Mark Fraser

James Reimer

Ben Scrivens

Injured: Joffrey Lupul, Carl Gunnarsson, Mike Brown

Scratched: David Steckel, Mike Komisarek

CANADIENS

Rene Bourque – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta

Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Erik Cole

Brandon Prust – Alex Galchenyuk – Brendan Gallagher

Travis Moen – Lars Eller – Colby Armstrong

Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin

Josh Gorges – Raphael Diaz

Francis Bouillon – P.K. Subban

Carey Price

Peter Budaj

Injured: Petteri Nokelainen

Scratched: Ryan White, Tomas Kaberle, Yannick Weber

MONTREAL – It will be initiation night at Bell Centre on Wednesday as nine players on either side of the rivalry between the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins will be getting their first taste of it.

For the Canadiens, offseason acquisitions Brandon Prust and Colby Armstrong as well as rookies Alex Galchenyuk and Brendan Gallagher have never felt it, while the Bruins have Chris Bourque and rookies Dougie Hamilton, Ryan Spooner, Lane MacDermid and Jamie Tardif.

“If you look at both teams there are some players who will be facing that for the first time,” Bruins coach Claude Julien said after Wednesday’s morning skate. “All I can say is they’ll figure it out quick enough what’s going to happen here.”

Here are the projected lineups for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Wednesday night.

BRUINS

Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Nathan Horton

Gregory Campbell - Patrice Bergeron - Tyler Seguin

Chris Bourque - Chris Kelly - Rich Peverley

Jamie Tardif - Ryan Spooner - Lane MacDermid

Zdeno Chara - Johnny Boychuk

Dennis Seidenberg - Dougie Hamilton

Andrew Ference - Adam McQuaid

Tuukka Rask

Anton Khudobin

Scratched: Aaron Johnson

Injured: Brad Marchand, Shawn Thornton, Daniel Paille

CANADIENS

Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole

Rene Bourque - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta

Brandon Prust - Alex Galchenyuk - Brendan Gallagher

Travis Moen - Lars Eller - Colby Armstrong

Andrei Markov - Alexei Emelin

Josh Gorges - Raphael Diaz

Francis Bouillon - P.K. Subban

Carey Price

Peter Budaj

Scratched: Ryan White, Yannick Weber, Tomas Kaberle

Injured: Petteri Nokelainen

Here are the projected lineups for the Winnipeg Jets against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Tuesday night.

JETS

Evander Kane – Olli Jokinen – Blake Wheeler

Andrew Ladd – Nik Antropov – Bryan Little

Alexei Ponikarovsky – Alexander Burmistrov – Kyle Wellwood

James Wright – Jim Slater – Chris Thorburn

Tobias Enstrom – Dustin Byfuglien

Ron Hainsey – Mark Stuart

Paul Postma – Grant Clitsome

Ondrej Pavelec

Al Montoya

Scratched: Mark Scheifele, Zach Redmond, Anthony Peluso

Injured: Anttii Miettinen, Zach Bogosian

CANADIENS

Lars Eller – David Desharnais – Erik Cole

Rene Bourque – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta

Brendan Gallagher – Alex Galchenyuk – Brandon Prust

Travis Moen – Ryan White – Colby Armstrong

Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin

Josh Gorges – Raphael Diaz

Tomas Kaberle – Francis Bouillon

Carey Price

Peter Budaj

Scratched: P.K. Subban, Yannick Weber, Mike Blunden

Injured: Max Pacioretty, Petteri Nokelainen

MONTREAL -- Here are the projected lineups the Florida Panthers and Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night at Bell Centre.

PANTHERS

Tomas Fleischmann - Stephen Weiss - Scottie Upshall

Jonathan Huberdeau - Peter Mueller - Alex Kovalev

Tomas Kopecky - Shawn Matthias - Mike Santorelli

Jack Skille - Jerred Smithson - George Parros

Brian Campbell - Filip Kuba

Ed Jovanovski - Keaton Ellerby

Dmitry Kulikov - Mike Weaver

Scott Clemmensen

Jose Theodore

Injured: Kris Versteeg, Sean Bergenheim, Marcel Goc, Erik Gudbranson

Scratches: Michael Caruso, Tyson Strachan

The Panthers called up Drew Shore after placing Kris Versteeg on injured reserve with a groin injury. It is unclear who Shore would replace in the lineup, seeing as the Panthers held an optional skate Tuesday morning following their 4-0 loss in Ottawa a night earlier, and coach Kevin Dineen did not speak to the media after practice. These are the lines the Panthers used in the game against the Senators.

CANADIENS

Max Pacioretty - David Desharnais - Erik Cole

Rene Bourque - Tomas Plekanec - Brian Gionta

Brendan Gallagher - Alex Galchenyuk - Brandon Prust

Colby Armstrong - Ryan White - Travis Moen

Andrei Markov - Alexei Emelin

Josh Gorges - Raphael Diaz

Tomas Kaberle - Francis Bouillon

Carey Price

Peter Budaj

Scratched: Lars Eller, Mike Blunden, Yannick Weber

Injured: Petteri Nokelainen

One game after Alex Galchenyuk made his NHL debut in the Habs' opener Saturday, it will be the turn of Brendan Gallagher in Tuesday's game. He will be taking the lineup spot of center Lars Eller, with Galchenyuk sliding to center after playing left wing Saturday. Coach Michel Therrien said he didn’t like Eller's intensity in Saturday's 2-1 loss to the Maple Leafs.

MONTREAL – Here are the opening night lineups for the game Saturday night between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre.

MAPLE LEAFS

Joffrey Lupul – Tyler Bozak – Phil Kessel

Clarke MacArthur – Mikhail Grabovski – Nikolai Kulemin

James van Riemsdyk – Nazem Kadri – Leo Komarov

Mike Brown – Jay McClement – Colton Orr

Dion Phaneuf – Michael Kostka

John-Michael Liles – Cody Franson

Carl Gunnarson – Mike Komisarek

Ben Scrivens

James Reimer

Injured: Jake Gardiner

Scratched: Korbinian Holzer, Mark Fraser

CANADIENS

Max Pacioretty – David Desharnais – Erik Cole

Alex Galchenyuk – Tomas Plekanec – Brian Gionta

Rene Bourque – Lars Eller – Travis Moen

Brandon Prust – Ryan White – Colby Armstrong

Andrei Markov – Alexei Emelin

Tomas Kaberle – Josh Gorges

Francis Bouillon – Raphael Diaz

Carey Price

Peter Budaj

Scratched: Brandon Gallagher, Mike Blunden, Yannick Weber

Montreal Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin was in Toronto on Saturday to meet with the agent for unsigned restricted free agent defenseman P.K. Subban.

Bergevin said on the first day of Canadiens training camp Sunday that he had a face-to-face meeting with Subban and agent Don Meehan and remained hopeful to have the defenseman signed and in camp as soon as possible.

"I went to Toronto yesterday to meet with Donnie and P.K. It was a face-to-face meeting," Bergevin said. "Two things I won't discuss in public are contract negotiations and trades. But the negotiations with P.K. have been respectful on both sides. I have a lot of respect for Donnie Meehan -- he's been doing this for 30 years. We're working on it and we hope to come to an agreement soon."

Subban is coming off his entry-level contract and has expressed his desire to play in Montreal, but said he's also looking for a deal he considers fair. Bergevin suggested the fairness of that contract is where the two parties don't agree.

"The last six months dealing with Donnie, it's been healthy, it's a good discussion," Bergevin said. "Obviously we have different views on this … but all I'll say is our goal is to sign P.K. I believe his goal is to play in Montreal, we just haven't agreed yet."

As teams around the NHL are looking to fill out their rosters over the course of a shortened training camp prior the start of the 2012-13 season, Bergevin quickly shot down a suggestion he may want to trade Subban if the two sides don't agree on a contract soon.

"My goal is to sign P.K. Subban," Bergevin said. "I'm not even thinking of trading P.K. I want him to be a part of the Montreal Canadiens. He's a young defenseman who is developing that we want to have here, and we will do everything possible to come to an agreement."