Canadiens at Wild

CANADIENS (8-25-7) at WILD (24-10-3)

Canadiens projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Artturi Lehkonen
Laurent Dauphin -- Christian Dvorak -- Mike Hoffman
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Cedric Paquette
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Cayden Primeau
Michael McNiven
Scratched: Sami Niku
Injured: Jake Allen (lower body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Mathieu Perreault (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Jonathan Drouin (upper body), Sam Montembeault (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Joel Armia, Cole Caufield
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello
Jordan Greenway -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Marcus Foligno
Matt Boldy -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Kevin Fiala
Connor Dewar -- Nico Sturm -- Brandon Duhaime
Alex Goligoski -- Jared Spurgeon
Dmitry Kulikov -- Mathew Dumba
Jon Merrill -- Jordie Benn
Cam Talbot
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Victor Rask, Calen Addison
Injured: Jonas Brodin (upper body), Nick Bjugstad (upper body)
Status report
Talbot returns after missing five games with a lower-body injury. … Forwards Caufield and Armia will travel to Madison, Wisconsin, to skate but will not be able to cross the U.S.-Canada border for another five days. … Anderson and Petry return after each missed one game. … Montembeault, a goalie, did drills by himself Monday.