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EL SEGUNDO – Before jetting off to Columbus, the Canadiens made sure to squeeze in a quick on-ice session in California on Monday morning at the Toyota Sports Performance Center. 

Joel Armia, who joined the Habs in Los Angeles on last Friday, partook in his first practice since being recalled from the Laval Rocket. 

Twenty-three players hit the ice.

Forwards
Defensemen
Goalies
17 Josh Anderson
52 Justin Barron
34 Jake Allen
40 Joel Armia
21 Kaiden Guhle
35 Samuel Montembeault
22 Cole Caufield
26 Johnathan Kovacevic
30 Cayden Primeau
28 Christian Dvorak
27 Gustav Lindström
71 Jake Evans
8 Mike Matheson
11 Brendan Gallagher
59 Mattias Norlinder
91 Sean Monahan
47 Jayden Struble
15 Alex Newhook
70 Tanner Pearson
55 Michael Pezzetta
20 Juraj Slafkovsky
14 Nick Suzuki
56 Jesse Ylönen

During his media availability, head coach Martin St-Louis confirmed that Samuel Montembeault will start in net against Columbus.

The team will head to Ohio later today. The Canadiens and Blue Jackets will face each other on Wednesday at Nationwide Arena 7:00 p.m. ET.