Coyotes at Canadiens

COYOTES (19-36-4) at CANADIENS (16-35-8)

Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Nick Schmaltz
Lawson Crouse -- Alex Galchenyuk -- Phil Kessel
Matias Maccelli -- Riley Nash --
Hudson Fasching
Nick Ritchie -- Barrett Hayton -- Loui Eriksson
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
J.J. Moser -- Anton Stralman
Vladislav Kolyachonok -- Kyle Capobianco
Scott Wedgewood
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Liam O'Brien
Injured: Christian Fischer (upper body), Conor Timmins (knee), Jay Beagle (lower body), Johan Larsson (lower body), Andrew Ladd (lower body), Antoine Roussel (lower body), Jakob Chychrun (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Rem Pitlick -- Brendan Gallagher
Paul Byron -- Jake Evans -- Artturi Lehkonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Laurent Dauphin -- Joel Armia
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Alexander Romanov
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched:Ben Chiarot, Mathieu Perreault
Injured: Ryan Poehling (upper body), Kale Clague (upper body), Jake Allen (lower body), Andrew Hammond (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Carey Price (knee), Tyler Pitlick (undisclosed)
Status report
The Coyotes did not hold a morning skate Tuesday following a 5-3 win at the Ottawa Senators on Monday. … Chiarot, a defenseman, will not play because of "management's decision," Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said. … Poehling, a forward, is out indefinitely after he was injured in a 4-3 overtime win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. … Edmundson returns after he did not play the second of back-to-back games Sunday; he made his season debut in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Seattle Kraken on Saturday after recovering from a back injury. … Lehkonen did not take part in the morning skate but St. Louis is hopeful he will play after sustaining an upper-body injury in warmups and not playing Sunday. ... Montembeault will make his fifth straight start.