CANADIENS (33-30-9) at PANTHERS (44-25-3)
1 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, NHLN, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhook -- Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Mike Matheson -- Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble -- Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (quad)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Brad Marchand -- Sam Bennett -- Mackie Samoskevich
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer -- Nico Sturm -- Evan Rodrigues
Gustav Forsling -- Seth Jones
Niko Mikkola -- Nate Schmidt
Uvis Balinskis -- Tobias Bjornfot
Sergei Bobrovsky
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Tomas Nosek, Jonah Gadjovich
Injured: Matthew Tkachuk (lower body), Dmitry Kulikov (upper body)
Suspended: Aaron Ekblad
Status report
Marchand made his Panthers debut in a 2-1 win against the Utah Hockey Club on Friday; he began the game at right wing on the second line and moved to left wing during the third period.
