Hurricanes at Canadiens

HURRICANES (47-18-9) at CANADIENS (30-40-6)

Hurricanes projected lineup
Jordan Martinook -- Sebastian Aho -- Martin Necas
Teuvo Teravainen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Stefan Noesen -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Jack Drury -- Derek Stepan -- Seth Jarvis
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Jalen Chatfield
Antti Raanta
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Paul Stastny, Calvin de Haan, Dylan Coghlan
Injured: Max Pacioretty (Achilles), Ondrej Kase (concussion), Andrei Svechnikov (knee surgery)
Canadiens projected lineup
Sean Farrell -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Denis Gurianov -- Jonathan Drouin -- Jesse Ylonen
Joel Armia -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Rem Pitlick
Injured: Kirby Dach (upper body), David Savard (undisclosed), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (undisclosed)
Status report
Raanta will return and start after missing 12 games with a lower-body injury and left after the first period of a 4-3 shootout win in Montreal. … Teravainen returns after missing a 3 2 loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday because of an illness. … The Canadiens held an optional morning skate Saturday. … Montembeault will make his second straight start. … Armia will return after missing 19 games with an upper-body injury. … Harvey-Pinard did not practice Friday and the forward will not play to rest because of some minor injuries, Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said.