Canadiens at Red Wings

CANADIENS (1-0-0) at RED WINGS (0-0-0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Sean Monahan -- Kirby Dach -- Mike Hoffman
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Evgenii Dadonov
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jonathan Drouin
Injured: Joel Armia (upper body), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Red Wings projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Jakub Vrana -- Andrew Copp -- David Perron
Elmer Soderblom -- Michael Rasmussen -- Oskar Sundqvist
Dominik Kubalik -- Joe Veleno -- Adam Erne
Moritz Seider -- Ben Chiarot
Filip Hronek -- Olli Maatta
Robert Hagg -- Gustav Lindstrom
Ville Husso
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Filip Zadina, Pius Suter, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Jake Walman (shoulder), Robby Fabbri (knee)
Status report
Matheson, a defenseman, is expected to be out eight weeks. ... Soderblom will be making his NHL debut, and seven other players will be playing their first game for the Red Wings. … Nedeljkovic will start at the New Jersey Devils on Saturday.