Canadiens at Rangers

CANADIENS (17-23-3) at RANGERS (24-12-7)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Jesse Ylonen
Evgenii Dadonov -- Kirby Dach -- Joel Armia
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Jonathan Drouin
Joel Edmundson -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Justin Barron
Cayden Primeau
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Jake Allen, Mike Hoffman
Injured: Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Ghule (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Mike Matheson (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Carey Price (knee)
Rangers projected lineup
Alexis Lafreniere
-- Mika Zibanejad -- Kaapo Kakko
Artemi Panarin -- Vincent Trocheck -- Vitali Kravtsov
Barclay Goodrow -- Filip Chytil -- Jimmy Vesey
Sammy Blais -- Jake Leschyshyn -- Jonny Brodzinski
Ryan Lindgren -- Adam Fox
K'Andre Miller -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Harpur -- Braden Schneider
Igor Shesterkin
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Libor Hajek, Ryan Carpenter
Injured: Chris Kreider (upper body), Julien Gauthier (upper body)
Status report
Evans, a forward, was injured in a 2-1 loss at the New York Islanders on Saturday. Pezzetta or Hoffman, a forward, will take his place in the lineup. … Primeau is expected to start after Montembeault made 36 saves Saturday. ... Carpenter, a forward, was recalled from Hartford of the American Hockey League on Sunday. ... Gauthier was placed on injured reserve after being hurt in the Rangers' 2-1 overtime win against the Dallas Stars on Thursday. … Kreider has skated on his own but the forward is expected to miss his third straight game. … Lindgren, Kravtsov and Panarin didn't practice Saturday because of a flu bug but each is expected to play Sunday, coach Gerard Gallant said.