The forward, who has missed the last three games due to a lower-body injury and an illness, is not fully recovered and will sit out a fourth straight game.
"He's still a little bit sick, he's not well enough to play tonight," head coach Claude Julien said of he 22-year-old. "That's probably the only thing that's holding him back right now.
The Habs bench boss also announced that he would make one change to his lineup, with Jakub Jerabek drawing in in place of Victor Mete.
"He's adapted well to the North American style in a short time," Julien said of Jerabek, who has averaged just over 16 minutes of ice time and has recorded a plus-4 differential in five NHL games this season. "He's a smart player, he sees the ice well and he defends well. The biggest thing for him in training camp was getting used to playing this style of play, compared to what he's been used to his whole career. He's done a great job of adapting."
The game begins at 7:30 p.m. and Carey Price will be between the pipes in his seventh straight start for the Canadiens.
