Canadiens at Lightning

CANADIENS (18-39-11) at LIGHTNING (43-18-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Rem Pitlick -- Nick Suzuki -- Cole Caufield
Mike Hoffman -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Paul Byron -- Christian Dvorak -- Joel Armia
Tyler Pitlick -- Ryan Poehling -- Jesse Ylonen
Alexander Romanov -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- Corey Schueneman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Chris Wideman, Mathieu Perreault, Laurent Dauphin, William Lagesson
Injured: Jeff Petry (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Carey Price (knee), Kale Clague (upper body), Michael Pezzetta (upper body)
Lightning projected lineup
Steven Stamkos -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Ondrej Palat -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Brandon Hagel -- Ross Colton -- Nick Paul
Patrick Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Mikhail Sergachev -- Erik Cernak
Cal Foote -- Zach Bogosian
Brian Elliott
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: None
Injured: Ryan McDonagh (upper body)
Status report
Harris will be making his NHL debut. ... Poehling will return after missing nine games with an upper-body injury. ... Allen will make his eighth start in nine games. ... Price, a goalie who has not played this season, participated in the Canadiens' optional morning skate Saturday. ... Gallagher, a forward, practiced Friday wearing a non-contact jersey. ... Elliott is expected to start after Vasilevskiy started the previous three games.