Canadiens at Golden Knights

CANADIENS (5-2-1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS  (8-0-1) 

10 p.m. SCRIPPS, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard

Josh Anderson -- Alex Newhook -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Tanner Pearson -- Sean Monahan -- Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia

Mike Matheson -- Johnathan Kovacevic 

Kaiden Guhle -- Justin Barron

Arber Xhekaj -- Jordan Harris

Samuel Montembeault

Jake Allen

Scratched: Jesse Ylonen, Gustav Lindstrom, Cayden Primeau

Injured: David Savard (broken left hand), Christian Dvorak (knee)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault

Paul Cotter -- Chandler Stephenson -- Mark Stone

Pavel Dorofeyev -- William Karlsson -- Michael Amadio

William Carrier -- Brett Howden -- Keegan Kolesar

Alec Martinez—Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore

Nicolas Hague -- Kaedan Korczak

Adin Hill

Logan Thompson

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Brayden Pachal 

Injured: Nicolas Roy (undisclosed), Zach Whitecloud (upper body)

Status Report

Dvorak took part in the morning skate but the forward remains out. … Korczak replaces Pachal, a defenseman, on the third pairing. … Roy remains out and the forward is day to day.