Ducks at Canadiens

DUCKS (21-16-8) at CANADIENS (8-26-7)

Ducks projected lineup
Trevor Zegras -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Troy Terry
Max Comtois -- Sam Steel -- Vinni Lettieri
Rickard Rakell -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Sam Carrick -- Buddy Robinson
Cam Fowler --
Josh Manson
Hampus Lindholm -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Simon Benoit -- Jamie Drysdale
Anthony Stolarz
John Gibson
Scratched:Josh Mahura, Lukas Dostal, Greg Pateryn
Injured:Max Jones (pectoral muscle), Adam Henrique (lower body), Sonny Milano (upper body), Derek Grant (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nick Suzuki -- Tyler Toffoli
Laurent Dauphin -- Ryan Poehling -- Mike Hoffman
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Lukas Vejdemo -- Cedric Paquette
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Cayden Primeau
Michael McNiven
Scratched:Kale Clague
Injured:Jake Allen (lower body), Sam Montembeault (upper body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Christian Dvorak (concussion protocol), Mathieu Perreault (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol:Cole Caufield, Joel Armia
Status report
Manson returns after missing three games while in NHL COVID-19 protocol. … Primeau will make his third straight start. Montembeault will dress as the backup after missing the past two games because of an upper-body injury. … Forwards Caufield and Armia are working out in Madison, Wisconsin. Because of COVID-19 protocol they are not able to enter Canada before Friday.