Oilers at Canadiens

OILERS (8-7-0) at CANADIENS (8-3-2)

Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- James Neal
Dominik Kahun -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Slater Koekkoek -- Kyle Turris -- Alex Chiasson
Josh Archibald -- Jujhar Khaira -- Tyler Ennis
Darnell Nurse -- Tyson Barrie
William Lagesson -- Adam Larsson
Kris Russell -- Evan Bouchard
Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched:Caleb Jones
Injured:Ethan Bear (undisclosed), Zack Kassian (upper body), Gaetan Haas (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Jesse Puljujarvi
Canadiens projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Corey Perry
Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Alexander Romanov
Jake Allen
Carey Price
Scratched:Victor Mete, Paul Byron
Injured:None
Status report
Neal is expected to move to the first line in place of Puljujarvi, a forward who entered COVID-19 protocol Thursday. … Kassian, a forward, has returned to Edmonton and will have more tests there, Oilers coach Dave Tippett said. … Canadiens coach Claude Julien confirmed Allen will start but would not discuss any potential lineup changes.