PANTHERS (47-23-5) at CANADIENS (28-33-12)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, BSFL
Panthers projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Nick Cousins -- Sam Bennett -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Ryan Lomberg
Steven Lorentz -- Kevin Stenlund -- Kyle Okposo
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov
Anthony Stolarz
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Tobias Bjornfot, Josh Mahura, Jonah Gadjovich
Injured: Carter Verhaeghe (undisclosed), Matthew Tkachuk (illness)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Brendan Gallagher -- Alex Newhook -- Joel Armia
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Colin White -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Jayden Struble -- Jordan Harris
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Johnathan Kovacevic, Tanner Pearson
Injured: Joshua Roy (upper body)
Status report
The Panthers did not hold a morning skate Tuesday following a 6-4 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Monday. ... Verhaeghe is considered day to day after the forward sustained an injury Monday. ... With forwards Verhaghe and Tkachuk out, Cousins and Okposo will play. ... Stolarz will start after making six saves in the third period at Toronto in relief of Bobrovsky, who allowed five goals on 16 shots through the first two periods. … Montembeault will make his fifth start in seven games. … Guhle returns after serving a one-game suspension for slashing Philadelphia Flyers forward Travis Konecny during a 4-1 win Thursday.
