Blues at Canadiens

BLUES (19-17-3) at CANADIENS (15-21-3)

Blues projected lineup
Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou
Brandon Saad -- Brayden Schenn -- Ivan Barbashev
Jake Neighbours -- Noel Acciari -- Josh Leivo
Alexey Toropchenko -- Nikita Alexandrov -- Tyler Pitlick
Niko Mikkola -- Colton Parayko
Calle Rosen -- Justin Faulk
Steven Santini -- Robert Bortuzzo
Jordan Binnington
Thomas Greiss
Scratched: Logan Brown, Nathan Walker
Injured: Nick Leddy (upper 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 -- Anthony Richard
Joel Edmundson -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Mike Hoffman, Justin Barron
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (leg), Sean Monahan (lower body), Mike Matheson (upper body)
Status report
Leddy will not be in the lineup Saturday; the defenseman played 21:07 in a 5-3 win at the New Jersey Devils on Thursday. ... Santini will make his season debut after being recalled from Springfield of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. ... The Canadiens will dress the same lineup they used in a 4-1 loss to the New York Rangers on Thursday. ... Allen will make his sixth start in eight games.