Canadiens at Penguins projected lineups

CANADIENS (1-0-0) at PENGUINS (1-0-0)

7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, SNE, TVAS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Chris Kreider

Juraj Slafkovsky -- Alex Newhook -- Ivan Demidov 

Alexandre Texier -- Phillip Danault -- Kirby Dach

Zachary Bolduc -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson

Mike Matheson -- Noah Dobson

Lane Hutson -- Alexandre Carrier

Jayden Struble -- Arber Xhekaj

Jakub Dobes

Samuel Montembeault

Scratched: Florian Xhekaj, Adam Engstrom

Injured: Kaiden Guhle (adductor), Oliver Kapanen (lower body)

Penguins projected lineup   

Nick Robertson -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell

Egor Chinakhov -- Tommy Novak -- Evgeni Malkin

Filip Hallander -- Hendrix Lapierre -- Ville Koivunen

Connor Dewar -- Ben Kindel -- Andrei Kuzmenko

Declan Carlile -- Erik Karlsson

Trevor van Riemsdyk -- Kris Letang

Samuel Girard -- Kaedan Korczak

Arturs Silovs

Sergei Murashov

Scratched: Ilya Solovyov, Elmer Soderblom 

Injured: Justin Brazeau (lower body), Ryan Graves (knee), Bryan Rust (upper body), Blake Lizotte (lower body)

Status report

Montreal will use the same lineup from a 3-2 win in its season opener against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Tuesday. ... Kuzmenko will make his Penguins debut after taking a leave of absence on Sept. 24 following the death of his father, Alexander. ... Kindel could return from a lower-body injury that held him out of Pittsburgh's 7-0 season-opening win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. He took full contact in practice on Thursday and Friday and was activated from injured reserve Saturday. ... Lizotte said he is available to play after sustaining a lower-body injury Wednesday, but Penguins coach Dan Muse said no decision has been made on the forward's status. Lizotte participated in an optional morning skate Saturday after missing practice the previous two days. ... Rust, a forward, also took part in the morning skate but is week to week. ... Penguins forward David Gustafsson was designated non-roster and will be placed on waivers.