CANADIENS (4-7-2) at DEVILS (8-5-2)
7 p.m. ET; MSGSN, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Alex Newhook -- Jake Evans -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman -- Lucas Condotta -- Joel Armia
Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Raphael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Ondrej Palat -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Bratt
Paul Cotter -- Erik Haula -- Stefan Noesen
Kurtis MacDermid -- Justin Dowling -- Tomas Tatar
Brenden Dillon -- Dougie Hamilton
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Jonathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes -- Brett Pesce
Jacob Markstrom
Jake Allen
Scratched: None
Injured: Nathan Bastian (jaw), Curtis Lazar (knee)
Status report
Each team held an optional morning skate Thursday. ... Montreal recalled Condotta from Laval of the American Hockey League on Wednesday and loaned center Oliver Kapanen to Timra IK of the Swedish Hockey League. ... The Devils assigned defenseman Simon Nemec to Utica of the American Hockey League on Thursday.
