Hurricanes at Canadiens

HURRICANES (2-0-0) at CANADIENS (0-4-0)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Andrei Svechnikov -- Vincent Trocheck -- Martin Necas
Nino Niederreiter -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jordan Martinook -- Derek Stepan -- Steven Lorentz
Jaccob Slavin -- Ethan Bear
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Ian Cole -- Tony DeAngelo
Frederik Andersen
Antti Raanta
Scratched: Eric Gelinas, Brendan Smith, Seth Jarvis
Injured: None
Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli -- Mathieu Perreault -- Cole Caufield
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- Chris Wideman
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Cedric Paquette, Adam Brooks, Sami Niku
Injured: Paul Byron (hip)
Status report
Defenseman Joel Edmundson is away from the Canadiens on personal leave. ... Evans returns after missing one game because of an upper-body injury. … Suzuki will be the center on the first line. ... Caufield and Toffoli will play on a line with Perreault, who moves from wing to center in his return after being a healthy scratch in a 5-0 loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. … Chiarot will play on a defense pair with Wideman, and Savard will play with Romanov.