Canadiens at Senators

CANADIENS (12-33-7) at SENATORS (19-26-5)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Laurent Dauphin -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Mathieu Perreault
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Artturi Lehkonen
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- Alexander Romanov
Kale Clague -- Chris Wideman
Andrew Hammond
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Cedric Paquette, Corey Schueneman
Injured: Joel Armia (face), Jake Allen (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (undisclosed)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Adam Gaudette
Zach Sanford -- Nick Paul -- Connor Brown
Alex Formenton -- Chris Tierney -- Tyler Ennis
Parker Kelly -- Colin White -- Austin Watson
Dylan Gambrell
Nick Holden -- Artem Zub
Erik Brannstrom -- Josh Brown
Victor Mete
Matt Murray
Anton Forsberg
Injured:Thomas Chabot (non-COVID-19 illness), Shane Pinto (upper body), Drake Batherson (ankle), Josh Norris (shoulder), Nikita Zaitsev (non-COVID-19 illness)
Status report
Perreault returns after missing 22 games with a lower-body injury. ... Byron, a forward, will not play after leaving a 4-0 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Wednesday. ... Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis said he will use seven defensemen for warmups and will decide between Clague and Schueneman for the sixth spot; Schueneman was removed from NHL COVID-19 protocol Friday. … White will make his season debut following shoulder surgery; he was injured in a collision with Toronto Maple Leafs forward David Kampf in a preseason game Oct. 4.