CANADIENS (20-21-7) at PENGUINS (21-17-7)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, CITY, TVAS, CBC
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Sean Monahan -- Joel Armia
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Tanner Pearson -- Lucas Condotta -- Michael Pezzetta
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Jayden Struble -- Kaiden Guhle
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Cayden Primeau, Arber Xhekaj
Injured: Alex Newhook (ankle)
Suspended: Brendan Gallagher
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Drew O’Connor -- Evgeni Malkin -- Colin White
Rickard Rakell -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen
Jansen Harkins -- Noel Acciari -- Jeff Carter
Marcus Pettersson -- Kris Letang
Ryan Graves -- Erik Karlsson
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Alex Nedeljkovic
Scratched: Ryan Shea
Injured: Matt Nieto (knee surgery), John Ludvig (upper body), Reilly Smith (upper body)
Status report
Gallagher, a forward, will begin a five-game suspension for an illegal check to the head against New York Islanders defenseman Adam during a 4-3 win Thursday; Ylonen will enter the lineup with Gallagher out. ... Harris will play in place of Xhekaj, a defenseman. ... Allen will start after Montembeault made 43 saves Thursday. ... Jarry likely will start after Nedeljkovic made 29 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Florida Panthers on Friday.
