Canadiens at Jets

CANADIENS (13-33-7) at JETS (23-21-9)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Laurent Dauphin -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Mathieu Perreault
Joel Armia -- Ryan Poehling -- Artturi Lehkonen
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- Alexander Romanov
Kale Clague -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Andrew Hammond
Scratched: Cedric Paquette, Corey Schueneman, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Jake Allen (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee), Paul Byron (undisclosed)
Jets projected lineup
Paul Stastny -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Evgeny Svechnikov
Andrew Copp -- Adam Lowry -- Austin Poganski
Jansen Harkins -- Dominic Toninato -- Kristian Vesalainen
Josh Morrissey -- Dylan DeMelo
Brenden Dillon -- Neal Pionk
Nathan Beaulieu -- Nate Schmidt
Connor Hellebuyck
Eric Comrie
Scratched: Logan Stanley, Adam Brooks
Injured: Nikolaj Ehlers (knee), Cole Perfetti (upper body), Kristian Reichel (undisclosed)
Status report
The Canadiens held an optional morning skate Tuesday. … Montembeault will start. ... Perreault, who played seven seasons in Winnipeg, will face his former team for the first time. ... Armia is expected to return after missing four games with a facial injury; Pezzetta, a forward, will come out. ... Copp returns after missing six games with a concussion; Brooks, a forward, comes out. ... Ehlers, a forward, skated Tuesday in a non-contact jersey. ... The Jets assigned forward CJ Suess and defenseman Dylan Samberg to Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Monday.