Canadiens at Penguins

CANADIENS (5-15-2) at PENGUINS (10-6-4)

Canadiens projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nick Suzuki -- Cole Caufield
Tyler Toffoli -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Joel Armia
Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Sami Niku -- Mattias Norlinder
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Cedric Paquette
Injured: Brett Kulak (lower body), Mike Hoffman (upper body), Mathieu Perreault (eye), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Chris Wideman (upper body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Evan Rodrigues
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Dominik Simon -- Brian Boyle -- Danton Heinen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched: Sam Lafferty, Mark Friedman
Injured: Evgeni Malkin (knee), Bryan Rust (lower body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. ... The Canadiens dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen in a 4-1 loss at the Buffalo Sabres on Friday. ... Rust could miss a second straight game after being a late scratch for a 1-0 loss at the New York Islanders on Friday.