Canadiens at Capitals

CANADIENS (1-1-0) AT CAPITALS (0-2-0)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Sean Monahan -- Kirby Dach -- Mike Hoffman
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Evgenii Dadonov
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jonathan Drouin
Injured: Joel Armia (upper body), Mike Matheson (abdominal strain), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Capitals projected lineup
Alex Ovechkin -- Dylan Strome -- Connor Brown
Anthony Mantha -- Evgeny Kuznetsov -- T.J. Oshie
Marcus Johansson -- Lars Eller -- Aliaksei Protas
Conor Sheary -- Nic Dowd -- Garnet Hathaway
Martin Fehervary -- John Carlson
Dmitry Orlov -- Nick Jensen
Erik Gustafsson -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Darcy Kuemper
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Joe Snively, Connor McMichael, Matt Irwin
Injured: Nicklas Backstrom (hip), Tom Wilson (lower body), Carl Hagelin (hip, eye)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate following a 3-0 loss at the Detroit Red Wings on Friday. … Guhle left the loss to Detroit in the first period with an upper-body injury, but returned midway through the second and finished the game. … Strome moves up to center on the first line and Kuznetsov moves down to the second line for Washington. Oshie moves up to the second line, Mantha moves to left wing and Protas drops from the second line to the third.