Canadiens at Bruins

CANADIENS (7-23-4) at BRUINS (19-11-2)

Canadiens projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Drouin -- Christian Dvorak -- Joel Armia
Laurent Dauphin -- Ryan Poehling -- Cole Caufield
Cedric Paquette -- Lukas Vejdemo -- Michael Pezzetta
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Sami Niku -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Alexander Romanov, Jake Evans
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Josh Anderson (upper body), Tyler Toffoli (hand), Mathieu Perreault (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Alex Belzile, Kale Clague
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Craig Smith
Taylor Hall -- Erik Haula -- David Pastrnak
Jake DeBrusk -- Charlie Coyle -- Oskar Steen
Anton Blidh --
Tomas Nosek
-- Curtis Lazar
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Mike Reilly -- Brandon Carlo
John Moore -- Urho Vaakanainen
Linus Ullmark
Tuukka Rask
Scratched: Karson Kuhlman
Injured: Nick Foligno (lower body), Trent Frederic (upper body), Jakub Zboril (torn ACL)
COVID-19 protocol: Connor Clifton , Derek Forbort
Status report
Petry cleared COVID-19 protocol Tuesday and is expected to play. … Evans, a center, and Romanov, a defenseman, each cleared COVID-19 protocol and took part in the Canadiens' morning skate Wednesday, but neither is expected to play Wednesday or at the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday. ... DeBrusk and Nosek each cleared COVID-19 protocol Wednesday and will play. ... Frederic, a center, will miss at least two games after leaving a 7-3 win at the Washington Capitals on Monday. ... Rask signed a one year, $1 million contract Tuesday and is expected to start against the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday.