Canadiens at Hurricanes

CANADIENS (23-27-4) at HURRICANES (35-10-8)

Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov -- Kirby Dach -- Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Drouin -- Christian Dvorak -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Alex Belzile -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- David Savard
Johnathan Kovacevic - Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Rem Pitlick
Injured: Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Teuvo Teravainen -- Sebastian Aho -- Seth Jarvis
Andrei Svechnikov -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Jesper Fast
Derek Stepan -- Paul Stastny -- Stefan Noesen
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Calvin de Haan -- Jalen Chatfield
Antti Raanta
Frederik Andersen
Scratched: Dylan Coghlan
Injured: Ondrej Kase (concussion), Max Pacioretty (torn Achilles)
Status report
Monahan, a center who has missed 29 games, participated in the Canadiens morning skate in a non-contact jersey for the first time since he was injured Dec. 5. ... Montembeault will start after Allen started the previous two games. ... Raanta is expected to start after Andersen started the previous two games.