Canadiens at Oilers

CANADIENS (12-10-1) at OILERS (13-11-0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Sean Monahan -- Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov -- Christian Dvorak -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Rem Pitlick
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Jordan Harris, Chris Wideman
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Mike Hoffman (lower body)
Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Mattias Janmark -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Klim Kostin -- Devin Shore -- Derek Ryan
Dylan Holloway -- Brad Malone -- Tyler Benson
Darnell Nurse -- Cody Ceci
Brett Kulak -- Tyson Barrie
Philip Broberg -- Evan Bouchard
Stuart Skinner
Jack Campbell
Scratched: Ryan Murray, James Hamblin
Injured: Kailer Yamamoto (undisclosed), Evander Kane (wrist surgery), Warren Foegele (undisclosed), Ryan McLeod (undisclosed)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. … Allen will make his third straight start. … Skinner will make his seventh start in 10 games. ... Kane, a forward, went on the ice and did some puck-handling before the morning skate; the forward will miss his 11th straight game.