Panthers at Canadiens

PANTHERS (21-20-5) at CANADIENS (19-23-3)

Panthers projected lineup
Anton Lundell -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Nick Cousins -- Eetu Luostarinen --
Grigori Denisenko
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Givani Smith
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Alex Lyon
Scratched:Casey Fitzgerald, Chris Tierney, Colin White
Injured:Anthony Duclair (achilles), Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Spencer Knight (undisclosed)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Hoffman -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Kirby Dach -- Evgenii Dadonov
Rem Pitlick -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched:Chris Wideman
Injured:Jake Allen (upper body), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Joel Armia (upper body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Ghule (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Sean Monahan (foot)
Status report
Bobrovsky will make his sixth straight start and the Panthers will dress the same lineup they used in a 5-4 overtime loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. … Montembeault will make his sixth straight start. … The Canadiens will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the fourth time in five games.