Oilers at Canadiens

OILERS (21-16-2) at CANADIENS (8-27-7)

Oilers projected lineup
Evander Kane -- Connor McDavid -- Kailer Yamamoto
Warren Foegele -- Leon Draisaitl -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Zach Hyman -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Zack Kassian
Devin Shore -- Ryan McLeod -- Derek Ryan
Darnell Nurse -- Evan Bouchard
Duncan Keith -- Cody Ceci
Kris Russell -- William Lagesson
Stuart Skinner
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Brendan Perlini, Tyler Benson, Slater Koekkoek
Injured: Mike Smith (thumb), Tyson Barrie (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nick Suzuki -- Tyler Toffoli
Laurent Dauphin -- Ryan Poehling -- Mike Hoffman
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Cedric Paquette
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Kale Clague
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Lukas Vejdemo, Cole Caufield, Joel Armia
Injured: Jake Allen (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Christian Dvorak (concussion protocol), Mathieu Perreault (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed)
Status report
Kane will make his Oilers debut and play on a line with McDavid. … Nugent-Hopkins moves to center on the third line. … Barrie, a defenseman, took part in the morning skate, but remains out. … The Canadiens may dress 11 forwards and seven defenseman. Gallagher, Byron, Caufield and Armia, all forwards, will not play. Gallagher and Byron will return from their respective injuries against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Sunday. Caufield and Armia were eligible to enter Canada on Friday but unable to return from Madison, Wisc., because of flight cancellations.