Canadiens at Ducks

CANADIENS (26-31-4) at DUCKS (20-34-8)

Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Denis Gurianov
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Kaiden Guhle -- Joel Edmundson
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: None
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Kirby Dach (lower body), Joel Armia (illness), Chris Wideman (upper body), Justin Barron (upper body)
Ducks projected lineup
Ryan Strome -- Trevor Zegras -- Jakob Silfverberg
Max Jones -- Mason McTavish -- Troy Terry
Frank Vatrano -- Isac Lundestrom -- Jayson Megna
Max Comtois -- Derek Grant -- Sam Carrick
Cam Fowler -- Nathan Beaulieu
Simon Benoit -- Kevin Shattenkirk
Colton White -- Scott Harrington
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Brett Leason, Brock McGinn , Andrej Sustr
Injured: Anthony Stolarz (lower body), Urho Vaakanainen (lower body), Adam Henrique (lower body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Friday. ... Montembeault could start after Allen made 30 saves in a 3-2 loss at the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday. ... Barron, a defenseman, left after taking a hit from Kings forward Carl Grundstrom in the first period Thursday and did not return. ... The Ducks acquired McGinn, a forward, in a trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins and Sustr, a defenseman, forward Nikita Nesterenko and a fourth-round pick in the 2025 NHL Draft in a trade with the Minnesota Wild for defenseman John Klingberg, each Friday.
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