Canadiens at Stars

CANADIENS (7-25-5) at STARS (18-15-2)

Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Jonathan Drouin
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Cedric Paquette
Laurent Dauphin -- Ryan Poehling -- Michael Pezzetta
Alexander Romanov -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Sami Niku
Injured: Jake Allen (lower body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Tyler Toffoli (hand), Mathieu Perreault (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol:Joel Armia, Cole Caufield
Stars projected lineup
Jacob Peterson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Denis Gurianov -- Jamie Benn -- Tyler Seguin
Michael Raffl -- Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening
Rhett Gardner -- Riley Damiani -- Joel Kiviranta
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Ryan Suter -- Miro Heiskanen
Joel Hanley -- Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Braden Holtby
Scratched: None
Injured:Jason Robertson (lower body)
COVID-19 protocol: Alexander Radulov, Andrej Sekera, Tanner Kero
Status report
Forwards Armia and Caufield each entered COVID-19 protocol Tuesday. ... The Canadiens held an optional morning skate Tuesday following a 5-2 loss at the Arizona Coyotes on Monday. ... Forward Alex Belzile was placed on waivers on Monday and is expected to be assigned to Laval of the American Hockey League if he clears. ... Robertson, a forward, will miss his second straight game and is day to day. ... Holtby, a goalie, and Gurianov, a forward, each was removed from COVID-19 protocol Monday. ... Kero, a center, entered COVID-19 protocol Monday. ... Goalie Anton Khudobin and forward Ty Dellandrea each was reassigned to the taxi squad Tuesday; defenseman Thomas Harley was reassigned Monday.