CANADIENS (6-2-0) at OILERS (3-3-1)
9 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SNW
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook -- Oliver Kapanen -- Ivan Demidov
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Kirby Dach -- Joe Veleno -- Zack Bolduc
Mike Matheson -- Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble -- Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj -- Alexander Carrier
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Marc Del Gaizo, Joshua Roy
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Patrik Laine (lower body), David Reinbacher (broken metacarpal)
Oilers projected lineup
Leon Draisaitl -- Connor McDavid -- Matt Savoie
Andrew Mangiapane -- Ryan Nugent-Hopkins -- Jack Roslovic
Vasily Podkolzin -- Noah Philp -- Trent Frederic
Isaac Howard -- Adam Henrique -- David Tomasek
Mattias Ekholm -- Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse -- Jake Walman
Brett Kulak -- Ty Emberson
Calvin Pickard
Stuart Skinner
Scratched: Curtis Lazar, Troy Stecher
Injured: Zach Hyman (wrist), Mattias Janmark (undisclosed), Kasperi Kapanen (knee), Alec Regula (undisclosed)
Status report
The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate Thursday following a 2-1 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Wednesday. ... Dach will return after missing three games because of a lower-body injury. ... Roy, a forward, will come out of the lineup. ... Savoie has been moved to the Oilers top line ... Kapanen, a forward, was placed on injured reserve Thursday. ... Hyman, a forward who has yet to play this season, is expected to return by Nov. 1.
