Canadiens at Coyotes

CANADIENS (7-24-5) at COYOTES (8-24-4)

Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Jonathan Drouin
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Cole Caufield
Alexander Romanov -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Chris Wideman
Cayden Primeau
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Kale Clague, Sami Niku
Injured:Jake Allen (lower body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Tyler Toffoli (hand), Mathieu Perreault (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed)
Suspended: Chris Wideman
COVID-19 protocol: Alex Belzile
Coyotes projected lineup
Andrew Ladd -- Travis Boyd -- Clayton Keller
Lawson Crouse -- Johan Larsson -- Phil Kessel
Antoine Roussel -- Riley Nash -- Christian Fischer
Alex Galchenyuk -- Ryan Dzingel -- Nick Schmaltz
Shayne Gostisbehere -- Dysin Mayo
J.J. Moser -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Victor Soderstrom -- Vladislav Kolyachonok
Ivan Prosvetov
Karel Vejmelka
Scratched: Liam O'Brien, Loui Eriksson
Injured: Jay Beagle (lower body), Barrett Hayton (hand), Carter Hutton (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Kyle Capobianco, Jakob Chychrun, Cam Dineen, Anton Stralman, Scott Wedgewood
Status report
Anderson, out since Dec. 2 with an upper-body injury, practiced Saturday and is expected to play. He has missed 11 games. … Allen, a goalie, will be out about a week after sustaining an injury during the first period against the Boston Bruins on Wednesday. … Paul Byron, a forward who had hip surgery July 30, is expected to join the Canadiens this week, coach Dominique Ducharme said. He has yet to play this season. … Toffoli, a forward, could return later this week. … Primeau likely will start an NHL game for the first time since Dec. 16, when he made 37 saves in a 3-2 shootout win against the Philadelphia Flyers. If he does, Montembeault would start against the Dallas Stars on Tuesday.