Updates from morning skate - Oct. 23

Jake Allen will get the start against the Sabres

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By Montreal Canadiens
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BUFFALO - The Canadiens held a morning skate at KeyBank Center ahead of Monday night's game against the Sabres.

Twenty-one players were on the ice for practice:

Forwards
Defensemen
Goalies
40 Joel Armia
52 Justin Barron
34 Jake Allen
17 Josh Anderson
54 Jordan Harris
35 Samuel Montembeault
22 Cole Caufield
26 Johnathan Kovacevic
 
71 Jake Evans
8 Mike Matheson
 
11 Brendan Gallagher
58 David Savard
 
49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard
72 Arber Xhekaj
 
91 Sean Monahan
 
 
15 Alex Newhook
70 Tanner Pearson
 
 
55 Michael Pezzetta
 
 
20 Juraj Slafkovsky
 
 
14 Nick Suzuki
 
 
56 Jesse Ylönen
 
 

Head coach Martin St-Louis confirmed during his pregame press conference that Jake Allen will get the start in goal against the Sabres.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. Fans can watch the game on Sportsnet and RDS, or listen in on the radio on TSN 690 and 98,5 fm.

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