Canadiens at Red Wings

CANADIENS (5-6-1) at RED WINGS (7-3-2)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Evgenii Dadonov -- Sean Monahan -- Jonathan Drouin
Mike Hoffman -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Arber Xhekaj
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Chris Wideman
Injured:Mike Matheson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Suspended: Josh Anderson
Red Wings projected lineup
Pius Suter -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond
Dominik Kubalik -- Andrew Copp -- David Perron
Adam Erne -- Michael Rasmussen -- Austin Czarnik
Elmer Soderblom -- Joe Veleno --
Matt Luff
Ben Chiarot -- Moritz Seider
Olli Maatta -- Filip Hronek
Jordan Oesterle -- Gustav Lindstrom
Ville Husso
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Robert Hagg
Injured: Jake Walman (shoulder), Robby Fabbri (knee), Tyler Bertuzzi (upper body), Oskar Sundqvist (upper body), Filip Zadina (lower body)
Status report
Dadonov expects to return after missing four games with an undisclosed injury and replaces Anderson, a forward who will serve the first of a two-game suspension for boarding Vegas Golden Knights defenseman Alex Pietrangelo in a 6-4 loss Saturday. ... Kovacevic is in for Wideman, a defenseman. ... Zadina, a forward, is out 6-8 weeks. ... Walman, a defenseman, and forwards Bertuzzi, Fabbri and Sundqvist each took part in the Red Wings morning skate Tuesday; Sundqvist is day to day and hoping to return against the New York Rangers on Thursday after one more full practice. Bertuzzi and Walman each could return in 7-10 days, Detroit coach Derek Lalonde said; Walman had offseason surgery and Bertuzzi has been out since the second game of the season.