Flames at Canadiens

FLAMES (7-2-3) at CANADIENS (3-10-1)

Flames projected lineup
Johnny Gaudreau -- Elias Lindholm -- Matthew Tkachuk
Blake Coleman -- Sean Monahan -- Andrew Mangiapane
Dillon Dube -- Mikael Backlund -- Trevor Lewis
Milan Lucic -- Brad Richardson -- Tyler Pitlick
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
Oliver Kylington -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched:Walker Duehr, Michael Stone, Juuso Valimaki
Injured:Brett Ritchie (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Tyler Toffoli
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Alex Belzile
Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- David Savard
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Sami Niku, Mattias Norlinder, Adam Brooks
Injured:Jonathan Drouin (head), Paul Byron (hip), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Mathieu Perreault (eye), Cedric Paquette (undisclosed)
Status report
Markstrom will make his seventh straight start. … Monahan skated on the second line in place of Dube, who moves to wing on the third line. … Poehling will make his season debut after being recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Norlinder was recalled from his conditioning stint with Laval but will not play. The defenseman could make his NHL debut at the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday.