Kraken at Canadiens

KRAKEN (22-12-4) at CANADIENS (16-21-3)

Kraken projected lineup
Andre Burakovsky -- Matty Beniers -- Jordan Eberle
Jaden Schwartz -- Alex Wennberg -- Jared McCann
Eeli Tolvanen -- Yanni Gourde -- Oliver Bjorkstrand
Brandon Tanev -- Ryan Donato -- Daniel Sprong
Vince Dunn -- Adam Larsson
Jamie Oleksiak -- Justin Schultz
Carson Soucy -- Will Borgen
Martin Jones
Philipp Grubauer
Scratched:Cale Fleury, Morgan Geekie
Injured:Joonas Donskoi (upper body), Chris Driedger (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Jonathan Drouin -- Mike Hoffman
Joel Edmundson -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched:Justin Barron, Anthony Richard
Injured:Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (leg), Sean Monahan (lower body), Mike Matheson (upper body), Jake Allen (upper body)
Status report
Jones will start his fifth straight game and seventh in the past nine. … Donato will play after being scratched the past two games. He'll replace Geekie, a forward. … The Canadiens held an optional morning skate. … Primeau was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis to backup Montembeault. Allen, a goalie who had started the previous two games, is considered day to day. ... Hoffman will play after being scratched the previous two games. … Barron will be scratched for the third straight game. The rookie defenseman played four straight games after he was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Dec. 27.