Canadiens at Lightning

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By NHL.com @NHLdotcom

CANADIENS (15-16-3) at LIGHTNING (20-11-1)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Jonathan Drouin -- Kirby Dach -- Mike Hoffman
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Anthony Richard -- Jake Evans -- Michael Pezzetta
Joel Edmundson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jordan Harris -- Justin Barron
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Evgenii Dadonov
Injured:Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (lower body), David Savard (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel -- Brayden Point -- Nikita Kucherov
Steven Stamkos -- Nick Paul -- Ross Colton
Patrick Maroon -- Anthony Cirelli -- Alex Killorn
Vladislav Namestnikov -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Victor Hedman -- Zach Bogosian
Ian Cole -- Erik Cernak
Mikhail Sergachev -- Nick Perbix
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Haydn Fleury, Cal Foote, Rudolfs Balcers
Injured: None
Status report
Barron was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League and is expected to make his season debut. ...Gallagher practiced Tuesday in a non-contact jersey and skated Wednesday in a regular jersey but the forward likely will miss his 13th straight game. ...The Lightning held an optional morning skate. It will be their first game since Dec. 21.

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