Wild at Canadiens

WILD (47-21-7) at CANADIENS (20-45-11)

Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Kevin Fiala -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Matt Boldy
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Nick Bjugstad
Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Mitchell Chaffee
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Jonas Brodin -- Dmitry Kulikov
Jordie Benn -- Alex Goligoski
Cam Talbot
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: None
Injured: Mathew Dumba (upper body), Jordan Greenway (upper body), Jon Merrill (upper body), Tyson Jost (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Marcus Foligno
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Mathieu Perreault -- Paul Byron
Laurent Dauphin -- Ryan Poehling -- Tyler Pitlick
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Jordan Harris -- Chris Wideman
Carey Price
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: William Lagesson, Corey Schueneman, Joel Armia
Injured: Jake Evans (illness), Jake Allen (groin), Justin Barron (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist)
Suspended: Michael Pezzetta
Status report
Chaffee will make his NHL debut; he was recalled from Iowa of the American Hockey League on Monday after Foligno, a forward, entered COVID-19 protocol. ... Talbot will start, the 15th consecutive game he and Fleury have alternated starts. … Armia, a forward, has taken personal leave to attend to a family matter in Finland. … Price will make his second start in three games; he made 17 saves in a 3-0 loss to the New York Islanders on Friday in his season debut.