Canadiens at Maple Leafs

CANADIENS (24-20-9) AT MAPLE LEAFS (34-13-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Corey Perry -- Eric Staal -- Cole Caufield
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Alex Belzile
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Ben Chiarot
Alexander Romanov -- Jon Merrill
Jake Allen
Cayden Primeau
Scratched:Jonathan Drouin, Michael Frolik, Erik Gustafsson
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (thumb), Carey Price (concussion), Paul Byron (lower body), Shea Weber (upper body), Phillip Danault (concussion)
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Joe Thornton -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Alex Galchenyuk -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Pierre Engvall -- Alex Kerfoot -- Ilya Mikheyev
Wayne Simmonds -- Adam Brooks -- Jason Spezza
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Ben Hutton -- Travis Dermott
Jack Campbell
David Rittich
Scratched:Stefan Noesen, Rasmus Sandin, 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
Belzile will make his NHL regular-season debut. The 29-year old forward played six games with the Canadiens during the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs. ... Danault, a foward, sustained a concussion against the Maple Leafs on Thursday, coach Dominique Ducharme said on Saturday. He is day to day. ... Foligno, a forward, who is day to day, skated for the second-straight day Saturday before the optional morning skate. ... Andersen, a goalie, is expected to play a full game with Toronto of the American Hockey League on Saturday. In an AHL game Thursday, he allowed two goals on 14 shots in 30:52, his first game action since March 19 with the Maple Leafs.