Canadiens at Flames

CANADIENS (11-10-1) at FLAMES (10-9-3)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Evgenii Dadonov -- Christian Dvorak -- Joel Armia
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Sean Monahan -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Rem Pitlick
Joel Edmundson -- Kaiden Guhle
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Arber Xhekaj
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Johnathan Kovacevic, Chris Wideman
Injured: Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Mike Hoffman (lower body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Elias Lindholm -- Tyler Toffoli
Dillon Dube -- Nazem Kadri -- Andrew Mangiapane
Adam Ruzicka -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman
Milan Lucic -- Trevor Lewis -- Brett Ritchie
Noah Hanifin -- Rasmus Andersson
MacKenzie Weegar -- Chris Tanev
Nikita Zadorov -- Michael Stone
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Kevin Rooney, Connor Mackey
Injured: None
Status report
Hoffman, a forward, was placed on injured reserve and the Canadiens recalled Pitlick from Laval of the American Hockey League earlier Thursday; Pitlick will play if he arrives in Calgary on time ... Gallagher is out and is being evaluated; the forward will remain on Montreal's four-game road trip. ... Monahan will play after taking a maintenance day Wednesday. ... The Flames held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Markstrom will start after Vladar started the previous two games.