Canadiens at Canucks

CANADIENS (3-0-2) at CANUCKS (2-4-0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Jonathan Drouin -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Corey Perry -- 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: Joel Armia (concussion)
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
Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers
Jordie Benn
-- Nate Schmidt
Olli Juolevi --
Brogan Rafferty
Braden Holtby
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Zack MacEwen, Loui Eriksson
Injured: Alexander Edler (upper body), Jalen Chatfield (upper body), Travis Hamonic (upper body), Jayce Hawryluk (undisclosed), link-placeholder-48
Status report
Perry could make his Canadiens debut after skating in Armia's spot in practice Friday and being promoted from the taxi squad Saturday. Byron didn't practice Friday and is a game-time decision after the forward was hit in the foot by a slap shot by Weber and leaving the game during Montreal's 7-3 win against Vancouver on Thursday. If Byron can't play, Mete could dress as a seventh defenseman. … The Canucks haven't updated the status of defensemen Edler, who missed the game Thursday, or Chatfield, who was injured in the game Thursday. Benn could make his season debut after being out because of COVID-19 protocol until he practiced Wednesday.