Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Evgenii Dadonov
Mike Hoffman -- Jonathan Drouin -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Corey Schueneman -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: None
Injured: Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (knee), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Kirby Dach (lower body), Joel Armia (illness), Chris Wideman (upper body)
Flyers projected lineup
Scott Laughton -- Kevin Hayes -- Wade Allison
James van Riemsdyk -- Morgan Frost -- Owen Tippett
Olle Lycksell -- Noah Cates -- Joel Farabee
Nicolas Deslauriers -- Patrick Brown
Ivan Provorov -- Travis Sanheim
Cam York -- Rasmus Ristolainen
Nick Seeler -- Tony DeAngelo
Justin Braun
Carter Hart
Samuel Ersson
Scratched: Felix Sandstrom, Kieffer Bellows
Injured: Sean Couturier (back), Tanner Laczynski (lower body), Zack MacEwen (jaw), Travis Konecny (upper body)
Status report
Tierney was claimed on waivers from the Florida Panthers on Thursday. ... Guhle took part in the Canadiens morning skate Friday wearing a regular jersey after practicing in a non-contact jersey Thursday; the defenseman has missed 21 games. ... Dach, a center, is not with the team after testing showed his illness-like symptoms were related to a lower-body injury. ... Allen will start for the fourth time in six games. ... Wideman will miss his third straight game; the defenseman is week to week. ... Konecny will miss his second straight game; Flyers coach John Tortorella said the forward still was being evaluated. ... Hart will make his 10th start in 12 games. ... Philadelphia is expected to dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ,,, MacEwen and Laczynski each took part in the Flyers morning skate Friday but Tortorella said there was no timetable for either forward to return. MacEwen has missed nine games and Laczynski 35. ... Couturier, a center who is recovering from Oct. 27 back surgery and has not played this season, skated on his own Thursday.
