Penguins at Canadiens

PENGUINS (2-0-0) at CANADIENS (1-2-0)

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen -- Jeff Carter -- Kasperi Kapanen
Brock McGinn -- Ryan Poehling -- Josh Archibald
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Jeff Petry
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Jan Rutta
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched:Chad Ruhwedel
Injured:Teddy Blueger (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Sean Monahan -- Nick Suzuki -- Cole Caufield
Jonathan Drouin -- Kirby Dach -- Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Jake Evans -- Mike Hoffman
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched:Rem Pitlick, Michael Pezzetta
Injured:Jake Allen (parental leave), Joel Armia (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Status report
DeSmith will make his first start of the season after Jarry started the previous two games. … Blueger practiced Sunday but the forward did not travel to Montreal and remains day-to-day. … Montembeault will make his second straight start. Primeau was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Monday and will dress as the backup. Defenseman
Corey Schueneman
was assigned to Laval. … Monahan was shifted to the wing on a line with Suzuki and Caufield as the Canadiens changed all four forward lines from their 3-1 loss at the Washington Capitals on Saturday.