Canadiens at Stars

CANADIENS (15-15-3) at STARS (19-9-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Mike Hoffman
Anthony Richard -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Joel Edmundson -- Kaiden Guhle
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Evgenii Dadonov
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (lower body), David Savard (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body)
Stars projected lineup
Jason Robertson -- Roope Hintz -- Joe Pavelski
Jamie Benn -- Wyatt Johnston -- Mason Marchment
Joel Kiviranta -- Ty Dellandrea -- Tyler Seguin
Riley Tufte -- Radek Faksa -- Luke Glendening
Miro Heiskanen -- Nils Lundkvist
Ryan Suter -- Colin Miller
Esa Lindell --
Jani Hakanpaa
Jake Oettinger
Scott Wedgewood
Scratched: Joel Hanley
Injured: None
Status report
The Canadiens did not practice Thursday after being unable to fly to Dallas due to weather following a 2-1 overtime loss at the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday. ... Allen will make his third start in four games. ... The Stars are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 6-3 loss to the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. ... Oettinger will make his third straight start.