Lightning at Canadiens

LIGHTNING (15-5-4) at CANADIENS (6-17-3)

Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Mathieu Joseph
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Gabriel Fortier
Pat Maroon -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Ross Colton -- Taylor Raddysh
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Cal Foote
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Brian Elliott
Scratched: Fredrik Claesson, Andrej Sustr
Injured: Erik Cernak (undisclosed), Brayden Point (upper body), Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Gemel Smith (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Jonathan Drouin -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Artturi Lehkonen -- Christian Dvorak -- Jake Evans
Mathieu Perreault -- Ryan Poehling -- Cole Caufield
Michael Pezzetta -- Cedric Paquette -- Laurent Dauphin
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Alexander Romanov -- Chris Wideman
Brett Kulak -- Kale Clague
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Corey Schueneman
Injured: Tyler Toffoli (upper body), Joel Armia (undisclosed), Jeff Petry (upper body), Josh Anderson (upper body), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed)
COVID-19 protocol: Brendan Gallagher, Sami Niku
Status report
Claesson, a defenseman, was recalled from Syracuse of the American Hockey League. The Lightning assigned forward Alex Barre-Boulet to Syracuse. … Clague will make his Canadiens debut after he was claimed on waivers from the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. … Dauphin will play his first NHL game since Jan. 10, 2019, with the Arizona Coyotes in a 4-3 overtime win at the Vancouver Canucks. … Schueneman, a defenseman, was recalled from Laval of the AHL. The Canadiens loaned defenseman Mattias Norlinder to Laval.