Golden Knights at Canadiens

GOLDEN KNIGHTS (10-2-0) at CANADIENS (5-5-1)
7 p.m. ET; CITY, TVAS, ATTSN-RM, ESPN+, SN NOW

Golden Knights projected lineup
Chandler Stephenson -- Jack Eichel -- Mark Stone
Reilly Smith -- William Karlsson -- Jonathan Marchessault
Michael Amadio -- Brett Howden -- Phil Kessel
William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Nicolas Hague -- Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Logan Thompson
Scratched:Paul Cotter, Ben Hutton, Jake Leschyshyn
Injured:None
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Mike Hoffman -- Sean Monahan -- Jonathan Drouin
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Jordan Harris
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched:Johnathan Kovacevic, Rem Pitlick, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Mike Matheson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Evgenii Dadonov (undisclosed)
Status report
The Golden Knights held a morning skate after not practicing Friday. … Hill will start after Thompson started the first two games of Vegas' five-game road trip. … Hoffman will play on a line with Monahan and Drouin after he was a healthy scratch the past two games. … Wideman returns after being a healthy scratch Thursday (3-2 overtime loss at the Winnipeg Jets). Kovacevic, a defenseman, will be out of the lineup for the first time this season. … Matheson, a defenseman, was on the ice before the morning skate but is not expected to play.