Canadiens at Panthers

CANADIENS (27-35-6) at PANTHERS (33-27-7)

Canadiens projected lineup
Rem Pitlick -- Nick Suzuki -- Denis Gurianov
Mike Hoffman -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Chris Tierney -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Alex Belzile -- Anthony Richard
Mike Matheson -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Joel Armia (illness), Kirby Dach (lower body), Christian Dvorak (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body)
Panthers projected lineup
Eetu Luostarinen -- Aleksander Barkov -- Anthony Duclair
Carter Verhaeghe -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Ryan Lomberg -- Anton Lundell -- Sam Reinhart
Nick Cousins -- Eric Staal -- Colin White
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Marc Staal -- Brandon Montour
Josh Mahura -- Radko Gudas
Sergei Bobrovsky
Mack Guzda
Scratched: Casey Fitzgerald
Injured: Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Givani Smith (face)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. … Bobrovsky will make his 11th straight start. ... Guzda will be the backup after being recalled from Charlotte of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. The Panthers reassisgned goalie
Alex Lyon
to the AHL in order to get playing time.