Maple Leafs at Canadiens

MAPLE LEAFS (32-13-3) at CANADIENS (10-33-7)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitch Marner
Alex Kerfoot -- John Tavares -- William Nylander
Ilya Mikheyev -- David Kampf -- Ondrej Kase
Pierre Engvall -- Jason Spezza -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Timothy Liljegren
Rasmus Sandin -- Justin Holl
Petr Mrazek
Jack Campbell
Scratched:Travis Dermott, Ilya Lyubushkin
Injured:None
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Laurent Dauphin -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Paul Byron
Michael Pezzetta -- Ryan Poehling -- Artturi Lehkonen
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- Alexander Romanov
Kale Clague -- Chris Wideman
Sam Montembeault
Andrew Hammond
Scratched:Cedric Paquette
Injured:Joel Armia (undisclosed), Jake Allen (lower body), Christian Dvorak (upper body), Mathieu Perreault (lower body), David Savard (ankle), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Joel Edmundson (back), Carey Price (knee)
COVID-19 protocol:Corey Schueneman
Status report
Mrazek will start the first of back-to-back games for the Maple Leafs, who play at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday. … Lyubushkin is expected to join the Maple Leafs in Columbus on Tuesday. The defenseman was acquired in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes on Saturday. … Forward Ryan Dzingel, acquired by the Maple Leafs along with Lyubushkin, was placed on waivers Sunday and was claimed by the San Jose Sharks on Monday. ... Montembeault took shots from forwards Paquette and Perreault during an optional morning skate to prepare for his fourth start in five games.