Wild at Canadiens

WILD (1-1-0) at CANADIENS (1-0-1)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, BSN, BSWIX

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov -- Ryan Hartman -- Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson 

Marcus Foligno -- Marco Rossi -- Frederick Gaudreau

Patrick Maroon -- Connor Dewar -- Brandon Duhaime

Jonas Brodin -- Brock Faber

Jacob Middleton -- Dakota Mermis

Jon Merrill -- Calen Addison

Marc-Andre Fleury

Filip Gustavsson

Scratched: None

Injured: Matthew Boldy (upper body), Alex Goligoski (lower body), Mason Shaw (ACL), Jared Spurgeon (upper body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson

Josh Anderson -- Alex Newhook -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Tanner Pearson -- Sean Monahan -- Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen

Mike Matheson -- David Savard

Kaiden Guhle -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Arber Xhekaj -- Jordan Harris

Sam Montembeault

Jake Allen

Scratched: Cayden Primeau, Justin Barron

Injured: Kirby Dach (lower body), Christian Dvorak (knee)

Status report

Fleury is expected to start after Gustavsson started the Wild's first two games. ... Minnesota will dress 11 forwards and six defensemen due to NHL salary cap restraints and Goligoski, a defenseman, being injured during practice Monday. ... The Canadiens held an optional morning skate Tuesday. ... Newhook will move to center on the second line after Dach was injured in a 3-2 win against the Chicago Blackhawks on Saturday. ... Harvey-Pinard said Monday he would play on the first line, which would likely move Anderson to the second line. ... Pezzetta will make his season debut. … Montembeault will start his second straight game after making 28 saves Saturday.