Canadiens at Oilers

CANADIENS (14-34-7) at OILERS (30-21-4)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Laurent Dauphin -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Mathieu Perreault -- Artturi Lehkonen
Joel Armia -- Ryan Poehling -- Michael Pezzetta
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- Alexander Romanov
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Cedric Paquette, Kale Clague
Injured: Jake Allen (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (undisclosed), Andrew Hammond (lower body), Jake Evans (upper body)
Oilers projected lineup
Warren Foegele -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Evander Kane -- Leon Draisaitl -- Kailer Yamamoto
Devin Shore -- Ryan McLeod -- Derek Ryan
Tyler Benson -- Brad Malone
Darnell Nurse -- Evan Bouchard
Duncan Keith -- Cody Ceci
William Lagesson --
Philip Broberg
Markus Niemelainen
Mike Smith
Mikko Koskinen
Scratched: Colton Sceviour, Kyle Turris
Injured: Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (upper body), Kris Russell (undisclosed), Zack Kassian (fractured jaw), Jesse Puljujarvi (lower body), Tyson Barrie (upper body)
Status report
Hammond sustained an injury in a 5-4 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Thursday and the goalie was placed on injured reserve Friday. The Canadiens recalled Primeau from Laval of the American Hockey League. … Evans also sustained an injury against the Flames and the defenseman is day to day. … Broberg was recalled from Bakersfield of the AHL and is expected to be in the lineup. ... The Oilers will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen against the Canadiens, according to coach Jay Woodcroft.