Canadiens projected lineup
Mike Hoffman -- Nick Suzuki -- Artturi Lehkonen
Jonathan Drouin -- Ryan Poehling -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Mathieu Perreault -- Cole Caufield
Cedric Paquette -- Laurent Dauphin -- Jesse Ylonen
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Brett Kulak -- Kale Clague
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Corey Schueneman
Injured:Christian Dvorak (lower body), Tyler Toffoli (upper body), Jeff Petry (upper body), Josh Anderson (upper body), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Jake Evans (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol:Brendan Gallagher, Sami Niku
Blues projected lineup
Brandon Saad -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Jordan Kyrou
Pavel Buchnevich -- Ivan Barbashev -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Nathan Walker -- Brayden Schenn -- Oskar Sundqvist
Dakota Joshua -- Logan Brown -- Matthew Peca
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Marco Scandella -- Torey Krug
Scott Perunovich -- Robert Bortuzzo
Charlie Lindgren
Jon Gillies
Scratched:Tyler Bozak
Injured:David Perron (upper body), Robert Thomas (lower body), James Neal (upper body), Klim Kostin (upper body), Ville Husso (lower body), Jake Walman (upper body)
COVID-19 protocol: Jordan Binnington, Justin Faulk
Status report
Armia will return after missing the past two games with an undisclosed injury. ... Petry, a defenseman, participated in the morning skate but will not play. ... Evans, a forward, will not play due to an undisclosed injury and is day to day. ... Toffoli, a forward, will miss approximately eight weeks after having surgery on his hand Wednesday. ... The Blues did not hold a morning skate. ... Perron has practiced for two straight days and could return to the lineup at any time. ... Peca was recalled under emergency conditions from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Friday. ... Husso, a goalie, and Walman, a defenseman, each was put on injured reserve on Friday and will be out a minimum of a week. Bozak, a forward, was removed from COVID-19 protocol and skated with the Blues.
