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CANADIENS (2-0-1) at CANUCKS (1-3-0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Joel Armia -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Tyler Toffoli
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jake Evans -- Paul Byron
Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Alexander Romanov
Carey Price
Jake Allen
Scratched: Victor Mete
Injured: None
Canucks projected lineup
J.T. Miller -- Elias Pettersson -- Brock Boeser
Tanner Pearson -- Bo Horvat -- Nils Hoglander
Antoine Roussel -- Adam Gaudette -- Jake Virtanen
Tyler Motte -- Jay Beagle -- Brandon Sutter
Alexander Edler -- Jalen Chatfield
Quinn Hughes -- Travis Hamonic
Nate Schmidt -- Tyler Myers
Braden Holtby
Thatcher Demko
Scratched:Olli Juolevi, Zack MacEwen, Jordie Benn
Injured:Jayce Hawryluk (undisclosed), Micheal Ferland (head)
Status report
Toffoli will play his first game against his former team; he played 10 games for the Canucks last season after being acquired in a trade with the Los Angeles Kings and signed a four-year contract with the Canadiens on Oct. 12, 2020. ... Chatfield is expected to make his NHL debut. ... Juolevi, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for the first time this season. … Benn, a defenseman, has been removed from COVID-19 protocol and practiced for the first time this season on Wednesday but won't play.