Canadiens at Maple Leafs

CANADIENS (24-19-9) at MAPLE LEAFS (33-13-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Josh Anderson -- Phillip Danault -- Cole Caufield
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jake Evans
Tomas Tatar -- Eric Staal -- Corey Perry
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Ben Chiarot
Alexander Romanov -- Jon Merrill
Jake Allen
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Jonathan Drouin, Michael Frolik
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (thumb), Carey Price (concussion), Paul Byron (lower body), Shea Weber (upper body)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Joe Thornton -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Alex Galchenyuk -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- Alex Kerfoot -- Stefan Noesen
Pierre Engvall -- Jason Spezza -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Travis Dermott
Jack Campbell
David Rittich
Scratched: Adam Brooks , Ben Hutton, Timothy Liljegren, Michael Hutchinson
Injured: Frederik Andersen (lower body), Riley Nash (lower body), Zach Bogosian (shoulder), Zach Hyman (MCL), Nick Foligno (upper body)
Status report
Montreal did not conduct a morning skate following a 5-1 loss at the Ottawa Senators on Wednesday. ... Weber, a defenseman, will be out at least through the weekend, Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme said. ... Tatar will return after missing five games with a lower-body injury. ... Price, a goalie, will skate on his own in Montreal and not travel to Toronto. ... Noesen will make his Maple Leafs debut. ... Foligno, a forward, is day to day after leaving in the second period of a 3-2 overtime loss at Montreal on Monday. ... Andersen, a goalie, was scheduled to play half a game with Toronto of the American Hockey League on Thursday.