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BROSSARD – After losing in overtime the night before, Martin St-Louis' troops returned to practice on Sunday to prepare for their next contest.

Before the full squad hit the ice, Jesse Ylönen and Joshua Roy helped goalie coach Eric Raymond run through some shooting drills with Jake Allen and Cayden Primeau. Roy is fresh off his NHL debut on Saturday night, in which he played 13:03 against the Edmonton Oilers.

Here’s a list of players who took part in the practice:

Forwards
Defensemen
Goalies
40 Joel Armia
52 Justin Barron
34 Jake Allen
22 Cole Caufield
21 Kaiden Guhle
35 Samuel Montembeault
71 Jake Evans
54 Jordan Harris 
30 Cayden Primeau
11 Brendan Gallagher
26 Johnathan Kovacevic
49 Rafaël Harvey-Pinard
8 Mike Matheson
91 Sean Monahan
58 David Savard
 
55 Michael Pezzetta
47 Jayden Struble
 
89 Joshua Roy
 
20 Juraj Slafkovsky
 
13 Mitchell Stephens
14 Nick Suzuki
56 Jesse Ylönen

Tanner Pearson did some on-ice work with director of player development Adam Nicholas before the main skate. Josh Anderson, for his part, was not at practice. The team had announced on Saturday that he is day-to-day with a lower-body injury and he did not play against the Oilers.

After practice, St-Louis announced that Allen would get the start in goal against Colorado on Monday.

Kirby Dach took a moment to show his support for PWHL Montreal. The team plays its first game at Place Bell on Tuesday evening.

The Canadiens take on the Colorado Avalanche at the Bell Centre on Monday in what will be the team's annual Pride Night. For tickets to the game, click here.