Canadiens at Sharks

CANADIENS (25-30-4) at SHARKS (18-30-12)

Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Denis Gurianov
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Corey Schueneman
-- David Savard
Kaiden Guhle -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: None
Injured:Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Kirby Dach (lower body), Joel Armia (illness), Chris Wideman (upper body)
Sharks projected lineup
Fabian Zetterlund -- Tomas Hertl -- Andreas Johnsson
Michael Eyssimont -- Logan Couture -- Alexander Barabanov
Nick Bonino -- Nico Sturm -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Noah Gregor -- Steven Lorentz -- Oskar Lindblom
Mario Ferraro -- Erik Karlsson
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Matt Benning
Radim Simek -- Jacob MacDonald
Kaapo Kahkonen
James Reimer
Scratched: Nick Cicek , Kevin Labanc
Injured: Luke Kunin (knee), Markus Nutivaara (lower body), Jonah Gadjovich (upper body)
Status report
Gurianov will make his Canadiens debut after being acquired in a trade with the Dallas Stars on Sunday... Guhle will return after missing 23 games with a leg injury. ... Edmundson, a defenseman, practiced Tuesday but will miss his 11th straight game. ... Allen and Montembeault will alternate starts for the sixth consecutive game. ... Zetterlund and Johnsson each will make his Sharks debut after being acquired in a trade with the New Jersey Devils on Sunday... Simek will return after missing 22 games with an upper-body injury... Kahkonen will make his second straight start after Reimer started the previous two games.