Devils at Canadiens

DEVILS (2-1-1) AT CANADIENS (3-1-1)

7:15 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSGSN2

Devils projected lineup

Tyler Toffoli -- Jack Hughes -- Timo Meier

Ondrej Palat – Nico Hischier -- Jesper Bratt

Dawson Mercer -- Erik Haula -- Alexander Holtz

Curtis Lazar -- Michael McLeod -- Nate Bastian

Jonas Siegenthaler -- Dougie Hamilton

Kevin Bahl -- John Marino

Brendan Smith -- Luke Hughes

Vitek Vanecek

Akira Schmid

Scratched: Chris Tierney, Cal Foote

Injured: Tomas Nosek (lower body), Colin Miller (lower body)

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 -- Jesse Ylonen

Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron

Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj -- Gustav Lindstrom

Cayden Primeau

Samuel Montembeault

Scratched: Jake Allen, Joel Armia

Injured: David Savard (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (upper body), Christian Dvorak (knee)

Status report

Haula and Hischier practiced Monday and should be able to play, Devils coach Lindy Ruff said at an optional morning skate. Haula missed one game with an upper-body injury. ... Savard, a defenseman, is out indefinitely with an injury sustained during a 3-1 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Monday. ... Lindstrom was recalled on an emergency basis from Laval of the American Hockey League. ... Primeau could make his first start of the season after Allen made 36 saves in his second straight start Monday.