Canadiens at Canucks

CANADIENS (15-34-7) at CANUCKS (28-23-6)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Laurent Dauphin -- Brendan Gallagher
Paul Byron - Jake Evans -- Rem Pitlick
Joel Armia -- Ryan Poehling -- Artturi Lehkonen
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- Ben Chiarot
Kale Clague -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Cedric Paquette, Corey Schueneman, Michael Pezzetta, Mathieu Perreault
Injured: Jake Allen (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee), Andrew Hammond (lower body)
Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- J.T. Miller -- Conor Garland
Vasily Podkolzin -- Bo Horvat -- Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander -- Elias Pettersson -- Alex Chiasson
Tyler Motte -- Juho Lammikko -- Matthew Highmore
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Brad Hunt -- Travis Hamonic
Thatcher Demko
Jaroslav Halak
Scratched: Madison Bowey, Sheldon Rempal
Injured:Jason Dickinson (lower body), Kyle Burroughs (upper body), Tucker Poolman (headaches)
Status report
Byron returns after missing four games from getting hit in the head with a stick. ... Drouin, a forward who has missed 17 games, and Dvorak, a forward who has missed 15 games, are wearing non-contact jerseys in practice. ... Allen, a goalie who has missed 20 games, has skated for three straight days but there is no timeline for his return. … Evans returns after missing a 5-2 win at the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday with an upper-body injury. ... Poolman, a defenseman, has resumed practicing but remains day to day and is expected to miss his 15th straight game.