Panthers at Canadiens

PANTHERS (58-17-6) at CANADIENS (21-49-11)

Panthers projected lineup
Maxim Mamin -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Carter Verhaeghe
Anthony Duclair -- Sam Bennett -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Noel Acciari -- Patric Hornqvist
Joe Thornton -- Cole Schwindt -- Aleksi Heponiemi
Ben Chiarot -- Brandon Montour
Petteri Lindbohm -- Lucas Carlsson
Robert Hagg -- Matt Kiersted
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Aleksander Barkov, Claude Giroux, Jonathan Huberdeau, MacKenzie Weegar, Gustav Forsling, Mason Marchment
Injured: Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed), Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Jonas Johansson (undisclosed), Anton Lundell (undisclosed), Radko Gudas (undisclosed)
Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Cole Caufield
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Tyler Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Mathieu Perreault -- Ryan Poehling -- Michael Pezzetta
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Chris Wideman
Carey Price
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Kale Clague, William Lagesson, Joel Armia, Laurent Dauphin
Injured: Jake Allen (groin), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Justin Barron (ankle), Paul Byron (lower body)
Status report
The Panthers did not hold a morning skate Friday following a 4-0 win at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday. … Price will start after not dressing the past two games; he saw the doctor who performed surgery on his knee when the Canadiens were in New York this week. ... Gallagher had a therapy day but will play.