Canadiens at Coyotes

CANADIENS (14-15-2) at COYOTES (10-15-4)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Kirby Dach -- Jonathan Drouin
Mike Hoffman -- Christian Dvorak -- Evgenii Dadonov
Anthony Richard -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Chris Wideman -- Jordan Harris
Joel Edmundson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Michael Pezzetta
Injured:Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (lower body), David Savard (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body)
Coyotes projected lineup
Clayton Keller -- Travis Boyd -- Nick Schmaltz
Matias Maccelli -- Nick Bjugstad -- Lawson Crouse
Nick Ritchie -- Jack McBain -- Christian Fischer
Barrett Hayton -- Zack Kassian
Jakob Chychrun -- Shayne Gostisbehere
J.J. Moser -- Josh Brown
Patrik Nemeth -- Troy Stecher
Juuso Valimaki
Karel Vejmelka
Connor Ingram
Scratched:Jan Jenik
Injured: Liam O'Brien (upper body)
Status report: Richard was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Sunday. ... Rem Pitlick, a forward, was assigned to Laval. ... Savard, a defenseman who last played Dec. 3, was placed on injured reserve. ... Matheson, a defenseman, stayed in Montreal for a medical follow up and is out indefinitely. ... O'Brien, a forward injured against the New York Islanders on Friday, is week to week.