Canadiens at Sabres

CANADIENS (3--4--0) AT SABRES (4--2--0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Sean Monahan -- Kirby Dach -- Jonathan Drouin
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Evgenii Dadonov
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched:Michael Pezzetta
Injured:Juraj Slafkovsky (upper body), Joel Armia (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Sabres projected lineup
Jeff Skinner -- Tage Thompson -- Alex Tuch
Peyton Krebs -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Victor Olofsson
Vinnie Hinostroza -- Dylan Cozens -- JJ Peterka
Jack Quinn -- Zemgus Girgensons -- Kyle Okposo
Rasmus Dahlin -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Owen Power -- Jacob Bryson
Lawrence Pilut -- Casey Fitzgerald
Eric Comrie
Craig Anderson
Scratched:Rasmus Asplund, Riley Sheahan, Kale Clague
Injured:Mattias Samuelsson (lower body), Henri Jokiharju (upper body)
Status report
Slafkovsky, a forward, will miss a third straight game. … Edmundson, a defenseman, skated in a no-contact jersey. … Montembeault will make his first start since Oct. 17. … Krebs will return to the lineup after being scratched the past two games. … Sabres general manager Kevyn Adams said defensemen Samuelsson will be out "several weeks" and Jokiharju is week to week.