AVALANCHE (28-12-3) at CANADIENS (17-18-7)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, SN, ALT
Avalanche projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Valeri Nichushkin -- Ross Colton -- Logan O'Connor
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Johansen -- Joel Kiviranta
Kurtis MacDermid -- Fredrik Olofsson -- Jason Polin
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sam Malinski
Alexandar Georgiev
Ivan Prosvetov
Scratched: Caleb Jones
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Pavel Francouz (lower body), Artturi Lehkonen (upper body), Bowen Byram (lower body), Miles Wood (illness)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Joshua Roy -- Sean Monahan -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Mitchell Stephens -- Jesse Ylonen
Kaiden Guhle -- Michael Matheson
Jayden Struble -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Jonathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Cayden Primeau, Justin Barron
Injured: Josh Anderson (lower body), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper body)
Status report
Georgiev is expected to make his fourth straight start. It will be his 14th consecutive game, including 13 starts. … Allen will make his first start in five games since he made 32 saves in a 6-1 loss against the Buffalo Sabres on Jan. 4. … Pearson, a forward, worked out prior to the optional morning skate.
