MAPLE LEAFS (43-23-9) at CANADIENS (29-34-12)
7 p.m. ET; CBC, TVAS, SN
Maple Leafs projected lineup
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Auston Matthews -- Max Domi
Bobby McMann -- John Tavares -- Mitchell Marner
Matthew Knies -- Pontus Holmberg -- William Nylander
Connor Dewar -- David Kampf -- Ryan Reaves
Morgan Rielly -- Ilya Lyubushkin
Simon Benoit -- Jake McCabe
Mark Giordano -- TJ Brodie
Ilya Samsonov
Joseph Woll
Scratched: Martin Jones, Noah Gregor, Nicholas Robertson, Conor Timmins
Injured: Calle Jarnkrok (hand), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Matt Murray (hip), Timothy Liljegren (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Brendan Gallagher -- Alex Newhook -- Joel Armia
Tanner Pearson -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Michael Pezzetta -- Colin White -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Mike Matheson -- Jonathan Kovacevic
Jayden Struble -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Justin Barron
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Jesse Ylonen
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (upper body), Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Joshua Roy (upper body)
Status report
Marner returns after missing 12 games because of a high ankle sprain. He practiced on a line with Tavares and McMann on Friday, with Nylander moving to the third line. … Robertson, a forward, will be left out of the lineup. … Samsonov is expected to make his third start in four games. ... Guhle and Xhekaj, each a defensemen, will not play; Guhle is day to day with Xhekaj still being evaluated. ... Kovacevic will enter the lineupb after being a healthy scratch the past two games and five of the past six. … Barron will play after being recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on an emergency basis Saturday. … Pearson will play after being a healthy scratch the past six games. ... Montembeault will start for the third time in four games.
