Panthers at Canadiens

PANTHERS (37-31-7) at CANADIENS (30-39-6)

Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Matthew Tkachuk
Ryan Lomberg -- Eric Staal -- Sam Reinhart
Givani Smith -- Colin White -- Nick Cousins
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Alex Lyon
Mack Guzda
Scratched: Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Sam Bennett (undisclosed), Sergei Bobrovsky (non-COVID illness)
Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Denis Gurianov -- Jonathan Drouin -- Jesse Ylonen
Sean Farrell -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Chris Wideman, Rem Pitlick
Injured: Joel Armia (upper body), Kirby Dach (upper body)
Status report
The Panthers did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 overtime win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. ... Lyon will start again after making 38 saves Wednesday. ... Montembeault is expected to start. … Savard did not take part in the Canadiens morning skate Thursday and will be a game-time decision because of an undisclosed injury; Wideman, a defenseman, would enter the lineup if Savard can't play. … Dach, a center, will miss his second straight game is out at least a week. … Armia, a forward, took part in the morning skate wearing a non-contact jersey and will miss his 19th consecutive game.