Sabres at Canadiens

SABRES (14-24-8) at CANADIENS (8-32-7)

Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Dylan Cozens -- Victor Olofsson
Rasmus Asplund -- Cody Eakin -- Kyle Okposo
Anders Bjork -- Mark Jankowski -- John Hayden
Rasmus Dahlin -- Henri Jokiharju
Mattias Samuelsson -- Casey Fitzgerald
Robert Hagg -- Mark Pysyk
Craig Anderson
Dustin Tokarski
Scratched: Jacob Bryson
Injured: Jack Quinn (lower body), Will Butcher (upper body), Vinnie Hinostroza (upper body), Zemgus Girgensons (lower body), Colin Miller (upper body), Malcolm Subban (upper body), Casey Mittelstadt (upper body), Drake Caggiula (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nick Suzuki -- Tyler Toffoli
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Paul Byron -- Brendan Gallagher
Joel Armia -- Ryan Poehling -- Cole Caufield
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Kale Clague -- Corey Schueneman
Sam Montembeault
Andrew Hammond
Scratched: Cedric Paquette, Michael Pezzetta, Laurent Dauphin
Injured: Jake Allen (lower body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Mathieu Perreault (lower body), Joel Edmundson (back), Ben Chiarot (lower body)
Status report
Anderson will make his third start in four games. … Mittelstadt has been cleared for contact and practiced in a regular jersey the past two days, but the center but will not play. … Hammond was acquired in a trade with the Minnesota Wild prior to Montreal's 2-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. He will back up Montembault … The Canadiens sent goalie Cayden Primeau to Laval of the American Hockey League after the game Saturday. ... Chiarot sustained an injury against the Blue Jackets and the defenseman was placed on injured reserve Sunday.