Canadiens at Penguins

CANADIENS (26-35-6) at PENGUINS (34-22-10)

Canadiens projected lineup
Rem Pitlick -- Nick Suzuki -- Denis Gurianov
Mike Hoffman -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Chris Tierney -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Alex Belzile -- Anthony Richard
Mike Matheson -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Joel Armia (illness), Kirby Dach (lower body), Christian Dvorak (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Alexander Nylander
Drew O'Connor -- Mikael Granlund -- Rickard Rakell
Danton Heinen -- Jeff Carter -- Josh Archibald
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin -- Jeff Petry
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Jan Rutta
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Chad Ruhwedel
Injured: Ryan Poehling (upper body), Nick Bonino (lacerated kidney), Dmitry Kulikov (lower body)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate Tuesday following an 8-4 to the Colorado Avalanche on Monday. … Barron will return after missing six games with an upper-body injury; he will replace Wideman, a defenseman. ... Montembeault could start after making 16 saves in relief of Allen, who allowed six goals on 15 shots in 23:58 on Monday. ... Pitlick left at 16:48 of the first period Monday after being hit into the boards by Avalanche defenseman Devon Toews; following the game, Montreal coach Martin St. Louis said Pitlick would travel to Pittsburgh. … Kulikov, a defenseman, is week to week after missing the third period of a 3-2 overtime win against the New York Rangers on Sunday. ... Jarry is expected to make his sixth start in eight games.