Stars at Canadiens

STARS (32-23-3) at CANADIENS (16-36-8)

Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jacob Peterson -- Tyler Seguin -- Luke Glendening
Marián Studenič -- Jamie Benn -- Denis Gurianov
Michael Raffl -- Radek Faksa -- Alexander Radulov
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Ryan Suter -- Jani Hakanpaa
Thomas Harley -- Joel Hanley
Jake Oettinger
Adam Scheel
Scratched: Joel Kiviranta
Injured: Braden Holtby (lower body), Andrej Sekera (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher
Cole Caufield -- Rem Pitlick -- Joel Armia
Paul Byron -- Jake Evans -- Artturi Lehkonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Laurent Dauphin
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Alexander Romanov
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: None
Injured: Josh Anderson (lower body), Ryan Poehling (upper body), Kale Clague (upper body), Andrew Hammond (lower body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Carey Price (knee), Tyler Pitlick (undisclosed)
Status report
Benn, Seguin and Radulov each were on different lines during the Stars morning skate Thursday; they were separated as a line after being on the ice for the first two goals allowed in a 4-0 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. … Allen is expected to return and start after missing 25 games with a lower-body injury. ... Dvorak returns after missing 19 games with an upper-body injury. … Anderson, a forward, will miss his second straight game. … The Canadiens assigned goalie Cayden Primeau and forward Jesse Ylonen to Laval of the American Hockey League on Thursday.