Maple Leafs at Canadiens

MAPLE LEAFS (28-11-7) at CANADIENS (19-24-3)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting - Auston Matthews -- William Nylander
Calle Jarnkrok -- John Tavares -- Mitch Marner
Bobby McMann -- David Kampf -- Pierre Engvall
Zach Aston-Reese -- Alex Kerfoot -- Wayne Simmonds
Morgan Rielly -- Timothy Liljegren
Mark Giordano -- Justin Holl
Rasmus Sandin -- Conor Timmins
Ilya Samsonov
Matt Murray
Scratched: Jordie Benn, Dryden Hunt
Injured: Jake Muzzin (neck), Victor Mete (upper body), Nicholas Robertson (shoulder), TJ Brodie (rib), Pontus Holmberg (illness)
Canadiens projected lineup
Rem Pitlick -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Kirby Dach -- Evgenii Dadonov
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Jesse Ylonen
Alex Belzile -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Jordan Harris -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Mike Matheson -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Jake Allen (upper body), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Joel Armia (upper body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Sean Monahan (foot)
Status report
Jarnkrok took part in the Maple Leafs' optional morning skate Saturday and is expected to play after missing practice for maintenance Friday. … Samsonov will make his second consecutive start. ... Caufield, a forward, will have shoulder surgery and is out for the rest of the season. … The Canadiens will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the fifth time in six games. … Belzile was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Saturday and Drouin, a forward, was placed on injured reserve retroactive to Monday. … Montembeault will make his seventh straight start.