Canadiens at Lightning projected lineups
CANADIENS (42-21-10) at LIGHTNING (46-21-6)
7 p.m. ET; The Spot, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc — Jake Evans — Josh Anderson
Joe Veleno — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Kaiden Guhle — Arber Xhekaj
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Scratched: Samuel Montembeault, Adam Engstrom
Injured: Kirby Dach (upper body), Alexandre Texier (lower body), Alexander Carrier (upper body), Patrik Laine (lower body)
Lightning projected lineup
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Nikita Kucherov
Gage Gonclaves — Brayden Point — Jake Guentzel
Zemgus Girgensons — Yanni Gourde — Pontus Holmberg
Corey Perry — Nick Paul — Scott Sabourin
Darren Raddysh — J.J. Moser
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Charle-Edouard D’Astous
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Jonas Johansson
Scratched: Oliver Bjorkstrand, Steve Santini, Victor Hedman
Injured: Declan Carlile (undisclosed), Maxwell Crozier (core muscle), Dominic James (lower body)
Status report
Carrier, a defenseman, will be out 2-4 weeks. … Anderson will return after missing a 3-1 win at the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday. … Kucherov took part in the Lightning morning skate and will be a game-time decision; the forward has missed two games because of an illness.
