CANADIENS (25-31-11) at OILERS (40-21-4)
9 p.m. RDS, TSN2, SNW
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhook -- Joel Armia
Brendan Gallagher -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Colin White -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Michael Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Tanner Pearson, Jayden Struble, Jesse Ylonen
Injured: None
Oilers projected lineup
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Connor McDavid -- Zach Hyman
Ryan McLeod -- Leon Draisaitl -- Warren Foegele
Evander Kane -- Adam Henrique-- Connor Brown
Mattias Janmark -- Sam Carrick -- Corey Perry
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Troy Stecher
Brett Kulak -- Cody Ceci
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Derek Ryan
Injured: Vincent Desharnais (undisclosed)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate. … Pezetta comes in for Pearson, a forward, and Kovacevic replaces Struble, a defenseman. … Stecher replaces Desharnais, a defenseman, who is listed as day to day but is practicing with the Oilers.
