Canadiens at Devils

CANADIENS (19-40-11) at DEVILS (24-40-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Rem Pitlick
Mike Hoffman -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Joel Armia -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Laurent Dauphin -- Ryan Poehling -- Jesse Ylonen
Joel Edmundson -- Alexander Romanov
Jordan Harris -- David Savard
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Mathieu Perreault, William Lagesson
Injured: Justin Barron (undisclosed), Paul Byron (undisclosed), Jeff Petry (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Carey Price (knee), Kale Clague (upper body), Michael Pezzetta (upper body)
Devils projected lineup
Yegor Sharangovich -- Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt
Tomas Tatar -- Pavel Zacha -- Dawson Mercer
Janne Kuokkanen -- Jesper Boqvist -- Fabian Zetterlund
A.J. Greer -- Michael McLeod -- Andreas Johnsson
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Damon Severson
Ryan Graves -- Dougie Hamilton
Ty Smith -- P.K. Subban
Andrew Hammond
Nico Daws
Scratched: Jon Gillies, Colton White, Mason Geertsen
Injured: Nathan Bastian (hip), Jimmy Vesey (lower body), Mackenzie Blackwood (heel), Jonathan Bernier (lower body)
Status report
Allen will make his 10th start in 11 games. … Price is on the two-game road trip to continue practicing with the Canadiens in his bid to return from knee surgery before the end of the season; the goalie will not play during the trip, which concludes at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. … Zetterlund and Greer each will play after being recalled from Utica of the American Hockey League on Wednesday.