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ST. LOUIS – The Canadiens were on the ice at Enterprise Center ahead of Saturday’s meeting with the Blues.

The team did not practice yesterday after arriving in Missouri in the early hours of Friday morning.

Twenty-three players took to the ice for morning skate:

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

Quick hits

  • Christian Dvorak will make his season debut, confirmed head coach Martin St-Louis on Saturday. The forward last played on March 7, before undergoing season-ending knee surgery. Last season, Dvorak posted 10-18-28 totals in 68 games.
  • Samuel Montembeault will start for the Habs.
  • Rafael Harvey-Pinard did not practice. He is listed as day-to-day (lower body).
  • Michael Pezzetta will be reinserted into the lineup in favor of Jesse Ylönen. 
  • Sean Monahan is riding a four-game goal streak heading into tonight’s game.

Game time is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. Fans can catch the action on Citytv or TVA Sports, or listen in on the radio on TSN 690 or 98,5 fm.