Blues at Canadiens

BLUES (27-21-2) at CANADIENS (21-22-8)

1 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, BSMW

Blues projected lineup

Pavel Buchnevich -- Robert Thomas -- Jordan Kyrou

Jake Neighbours -- Brayden Schenn -- Kasperi Kapanen

Brandon Saad -- Kevin Hayes -- Sammy Blais

Alexey Toropchenko -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Nathan Walker

Nick Leddy -- Colton Pareyko

Torey Krug -- Matthew Kessel

Marco Scandella -- Calle Rosen

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Nikita Alexandrov, Tyler Tucker

Injured: Justin Faulk (lower body), Mattias Samuelsson (upper body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhoook -- Joel Armia

Tanner Pearson -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson

Michael Pezzetta -- Brandon Gignac -- Joshua Roy

Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle

Jayden Struble -- David Savard

Arber Xhekaj -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Jake Allen

Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Sam Montembeault, Jordan Harris

Injured: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body)

Status report

Binnington is expected to start after Hofer made 33 saves in a 3-1 win at the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday. … Harvey-Pinard, a forward, was injured in an open-ice collision with Armia in the second period of a 3-2 loss to the Dallas Stars on Saturday; there was no further update and Roy was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League following the game. … Allen will start after Montembeault made 36 saves Saturday.