Canadiens at Panthers

CANADIENS (18-37-11) at PANTHERS (44-15-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Rem Pitlick -- Joel Armia
Paul Byron -- Christian Dvorak -- Laurent Dauphin
Mathieu Perreault -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Chris Wideman
William Lagesson -- Corey Schueneman
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Justin Barron, Jordan Harris
Injured: Jeff Petry (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Carey Price (knee), Kale Clague (upper body), Ryan Poehling (upper body), Tyler Pitlick (upper body), Michael Pezzetta (upper body)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Claude Giroux
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Sam Bennett -- Anthony Duclair
Mason Marchment -- Eetu Luostarinen -- Sam Reinhart
Ryan Lomberg -- Noel Acciari -- Joe Thornton
Ben Chiarot -- MacKenzie Weegar
Gustav Forsling -- Radko Gudas
Robert Hagg -- Brandon Montour
Sergei Bobrovsky
Spencer Knight
Scratched: Maxim Mamin, Petteri Lindbohm, Lucas Carlsson
Injured: Markus Nutivaara (undisclosed), Aaron Ekblad (lower body), Anton Lundell (lower body), Patric Hornqvist (undisclosed), Jonas Johansson (undisclosed)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate Tuesday. ... Lundell, who has missed nine games, took part in the Panthers' morning skate Tuesday and the forward could return by the weekend, according to coach Andrew Brunette. ... Hornqvist skated on his own Tuesday and the forward will miss his second straight game after being injured during a 4-3 shootout win at the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.