Canadiens at Blues

CANADIENS (4-4-0) at BLUES (3-3-0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Sean Monahan -- Kirby Dach -- Joel Armia
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Rem Pitlick, Jonathan Drouin, Evgenii Dadonov
Injured: Mike Matheson (lower body), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Blues projected lineup
Brayden Schenn -- Ryan O'Reilly -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Jordan Kyrou -- Robert Thomas -- Pavel Buchnevich
Jake Neighbours -- Logan Brown -- Ivan Barbashev
Nathan Walker -- Alexey Toropchenko -- Noel Acciari
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Nick Leddy -- Justin Faulk
Torey Krug -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Calle Rosen, Tyler Pitlick
Injured: Brandon Saad (upper body), Marco Scandella (hip), Scott Perunovich (shoulder)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate. ... Armia will make his season debut after being out with an upper-body injury. ...Slafkovsky returns after missing three games with an upper-body injury. . ... Bortuzzo returns after being a healthy scratch in a 6-2 loss to the Nashville Predators on Thursday. ... Buchnevich (lower-body injury) was activated off injured reserve; he has not played since the season opener. Forward
Josh Leivo
was sent to Springfield of the American Hockey League ... The Blues are changing their top two lines and all three defensive pairings. Berube said he wants a puck mover on each defense pairing.