CANADIENS (4-3-2) at BLACKHAWKS (3-6-0)
8 p.m. ET; CHSN, NHLN, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Oliver Kapanen -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Chris Kreider -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson
Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Alexandre Texier
Kirby Dach -- Owen Beck -- Jake Evans
Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson
Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj -- Mike Matheson
Jacob Fowler
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Adam Engstrom
Injured: Nick Suzuki (upper body), Samuel Montembeault (lower body), Ivan Demidov (lower body), Florian Xhekaj (lower body)
Blackhawks projected lineup
Roman Kantserov -- Connor Bedard -- Patrick Kane
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Anton Frondell -- Teuvo Teravainen
Oliver Moore -- Frank Nazar -- Ryan Donato
Cole Smith -- Ryan Greene -- Jordan Greenway
Alex Vlasic -- Ian Cole
Wyatt Kaiser -- Artyom Levshunov
Ethan Del Mastro -- Sam Rinzel
Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom
Scratched: Kevin Korchinski
Injured: Andrew Mangiapane (lower body), Bowen Byram (upper body)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate … Suzuki will be out 2-4 weeks after the first-line center was injured during a 4-3 overtime loss to the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday … Matheson will return after missing four games with a lower-body injury … Byram remains day to day; the defenseman worked out before the Blackhawks’ morning skate in a non-contact jersey and will miss his third straight game.
