Devils at Canadiens

DEVILS (42-16-6) at CANADIENS (26-33-6)

Devils projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Nico Hischier -- Dawson Mercer
Timo Meier -- Jack Hughes -- Jesper Boqvist
Ondrej Palat -- Erik Haula -- Jesper Bratt
Miles Wood -- Michael McLeod -- Nathan Bastian
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton
Ryan Graves -- John Marino
Brendan Smith -- Damon Severson
Akira Schmid
Vitek Vanecek
Scratched: Curtis Lazar, Kevin Bahl
Injured: Jonathan Bernier (hip), Mackenzie Blackwood (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Hoffman -- Jonathan Drouin -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Chris Tierney -- Denis Gurianov
Michael Pezzetta -- Alex Belzile -- Anthony Richard
Mike Matheson -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: None
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Sean Monahan (foot), Kirby Dach (lower body), Joel Armia (illness), Justin Barron (upper body), Christian Dvorak (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body)
Status report
Lazar took part in the morning skate and could make his Devils debut after being acquired in a trade with the Vancouver Canucks on March 3. … Allen will make his fifth start in seven games. … The Canadiens will use the same lineup as in a 4-3 shootout loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday.