Canadiens at Sharks

CANADIENS (1-6-0) at SHARKS (4-2-0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli -- Mathieu Perreault -- Cole Caufield
Artturi Lehkonen -- Cedric Paquette -- Joel Armia
Ben Chiarot -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Sami Niku -- Brett Kulak
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Adam Brooks, Chris Wideman
Injured: Paul Byron (hip), Joel Teasdale (undisclosed), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Josh Brook (undisclosed), Jake Evans (undisclosed)
Sharks projected lineup
Jonathan Dahlen -- Logan Couture -- Timo Meier
William Eklund -- Tomas Hertl -- Rudolfs Balcers
Andrew Cogliano -- Nick Bonino -- Kevin Labanc
Lane Pederson -- Jasper Weatherby -- Jonah Gadjovich
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Jake Middleton -- Erik Karlsson
Radim Simek -- Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Adin Hill
James Reimer
Scratched: Alexander Barabanov
Injured: Matt Nieto (lower body), Nikolai Knyzhov (upper body), Jeffrey Viel (finger)
Status report
Evans, a center, will miss his second straight game. ... Nieto was injured blocking a shot in a 3-1 loss to the Nashville Predators on Tuesday and the forward is day to day.