Coyotes at Canadiens

COYOTES (1-2-0) at CANADIENS (2-2-0)

Coyotes projected lineup
Lawson Crouse -- Travis Boyd -- Clayton Keller
Nick Ritchie -- Barrett Hayton -- Dylan Guenther
Matias Maccelli -- Jack McBain -- Zack Kassian
Liam O'Brien -- Nick Bjugstad -- Christian Fischer
J.J. Moser -- Troy Stecher
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Josh Brown
Dysin Mayo -- Juuso Valimaki
Connor Ingram
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Patrik Nemeth, Conor Timmins
Injured: Andrew Ladd (knee), Jakob Chychrun (ankle/wrist), Nick Schmaltz (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Sean Monahan
Evgenii Dadonov -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Kirby Dach -- Josh Anderson
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Jake Evans -- Mike Hoffman
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Rem Pitlick, Michael Pezzetta, Corey Schueneman
Injured:Joel Armia (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Status report
Ingram will start and make his season debut for the Coyotes, who did not hold a morning skate Thursday. ... Allen will start after missing a 3-2 overtime win against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday, when his wife gave birth to the couple's third child. … Montreal will dress the same lines and defense pairs it used Monday.