CANADIENS (24-28-10) at HURRICANES (36-19-6)
7 p.m. ET; BSSO, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhook -- Joel Armia
Tanner Pearson -- Colin White -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Johnathan Kovacevic, Jake Allen
Injured: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body)
Hurricanes projected lineup
Andrei Svechnikov -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Michael Bunting -- Jack Drury -- Martin Necas
Jordan Martinook -- Jordan Staal -- Seth Jarvis
Stefan Noesen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jesper Fast
Jaccob Slavin -- Brent Burns
Brady Skjei -- Brett Pesce
Dmitry Orlov -- Jalen Chatfield
Frederik Andersen
Pyotr Kochetkov
Scratched: Brendan Lemieux, Tony DeAngelo, Spencer Martin
Injured: Antti Raanta (lower body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Thursday. … Montembeault will start after Primeau made 26 saves in a 4-3 shootout loss at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday and Allen made 25 saves in a 4-3 overtime win at the Nashville Predators on Tuesday. ...Andersen will return and start after missing 50 games with a blood-clotting issue; he has not played since Nov. 2. ... Raanta, a goalie, Lemieux, a forward, and DeAngelo, a defenseman, each was placed on waivers Thursday so Carolina can maximize its flexibiliity ahead of the NHL Trade Deadline on Friday.
