Canadiens at Kings

CANADIENS (26-30-4) at KINGS (34-20-8)

Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Denis Gurianov
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Joel Edmundson
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Johnathan Kovacevic
Injured: Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Kirby Dach (lower body), Joel Armia (illness), Chris Wideman (upper body)
Kings projected lineup
Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala -- Phillip Danault -- Viktor Arvidsson
Alex Iafallo -- Blake Lizotte -- Gabriel Vilardi
Carl Grundstrom -- Rasmus Kupari -- Arthur Kaliyev
Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty
Sean Durzi -- Matt Roy
Vladislav Gavrikov -- Sean Walker
Pheonix Copley
Joonas Korpisalo
Scratched: Alexander Edler, Jaret Anderson-Dolan, Brendan Lemieux
Injured: Trevor Moore (upper body)
Status report
Allen will make consecutive starts for the first time since Feb. 12-14; he and Montembeault had alternated starts the past six games. ... Edmundson will be a game-time decision after missing 11 games because of a lower-body injury; if he enters the lineup, the Canadiens could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Gavrikov will make his Kings debut after being acquired in a trade with the Columbus Blue Jackets on Wednesday. … Korpisalo, acquired in the same trade, will back up Copley. ... Moore participated in Los Angeles' morning skate Thursday, but the forward will miss his fifth straight game.