Canadiens at Predators

CANADIENS (15-19-3) at PREDATORS (15-14-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Mike Hoffman -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Anthony Richard
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Johnathan Kovacevic, Joel Armia, Evgenii Dadonov
Injured: Sean Monahan (lower body), Mike Matheson (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (leg)
Predators projected lineup
Filip Forsberg -- Juuso Parssinen -- Colton Sissons
Yakov Trenin -- Ryan Johansen -- Matt Duchene
Nino Niederreiter -- Cody Glass -- Mikael Granlund
Mark Jankowski -- Tommy Novak -- Tanner Jeannot
Ryan McDonagh -- Roman Josi
Mattias Ekholm -- Alexandre Carrier
Jeremy Lauzon -- Roland McKeown
Juuse Saros
Kevin Lankinen
Scratched: Dante Fabbro
Injured: Cole Smith (upper body), Mark Borowiecki (upper body)
Status report
Savard will return to the lineup after missing 13 games with an upper-body injury; he will replace Kovacevic, a defenseman. ... Richard will take the place of Armia, a forward. ... Montembeault will make his second start in three games. ... McKeown, recalled Monday from Milwaukee of the American Hockey League, will replace Fabbro, a defenseman. ... Saros will start for the eighth time in nine games.