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CANADIENS (6-20-3) at PENGUINS (14-8-5)

Canadiens projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Drouin -- Ryan Poehling -- Joel Armia
Mathieu Perreault -- Laurent Dauphin -- Cole Caufield
Michael Pezzetta -- Cedric Paquette -- Jesse Ylonen
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Alexander Romanov -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Kale Clague
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Corey Schueneman, Chris Wideman
Injured: Christian Dvorak (lower body), Tyler Toffoli (upper body), Josh Anderson (upper body), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Jake Evans (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Brendan Gallagher, Sami Niku
Penguins projected lineup
Evan Rodrigues -- Sidney Crosby -- Kasperi Kapanen
Jason Zucker -- Jeff Carter -- Danton Heinen
Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock McGinn
Dominik Simon -- Brian Boyle -- Sam Lafferty
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- John Marino
Mike Matheson -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched:Mark Friedman, Drew O'Connor
Injured:Evgeni Malkin (lower body), Bryan Rust (lower body), Jake Guentzel (upper body)
Status report
Evans, a forward who has missed one game, is questionable to play, Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme said. … Petry could return after missing four games with an upper-body injury. … Wideman, a defenseman, won't play to attend the birth of his child. … Malkin, a second-line center when healthy, wore a no-contact jersey during an optional morning skate. He has not played this season after having knee surgery June 4. … Forwards Guentzel and Rust each skated on his own for a second straight day but remain week to week.