Panthers at Canadiens

PANTHERS (42-14-6) at CANADIENS (17-36-10)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Claude Giroux
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Anthony Duclair
Mason Marchment -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Noel Acciari -- Patric Hornqvist
Ben Chiarot -- MacKenzie Weegar
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Robert Hagg -- Brandon Montour
Spencer Knight
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched:Petteri Lindbohm, Maxim Mamin, Joe Thornton, Lucas Carlsson
Injured:Anton Lundell (illness), Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Markus Nutivaara, Jonas Johansson (undisclosed)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Rem Pitlick -- Laurent Dauphin
Tyler Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Paul Byron
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Mathieu Perreault, William Lagesson, Justin Barron
Injured:Jonathan Drouin (illness), Brendan Gallagher (non-COVID-19 illness), Carey Price (knee), Kale Clague (upper body), Ryan Poehling (upper body)
Status report
Giroux, Chiarot and Hagg will each make his Panthers debut. Chiarot practiced with Florida for the first time at the morning skate. Traded to the Panthers by the Canadiens a week ago, he remained in Montreal and skated on his own at the Canadiens practice facility in Brossard, Que. … Lundell, a forward, has recovered from a lower-body injury but is sick and not on the trip. … Tyler Pitlick will make his Canadiens debut. ... Drouin, a forward, will not play because of close contact with someone infected with COVID-19.