CANADIENS (24-22-5) at DUCKS (21-24-6)
4 p.m. ET; KTTV, Victory+, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach -- Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Lane Hutson -- Mike Matheson
Arber Xhekaj -- Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Owen Beck, Logan Mailloux
Injured: Emil Heineman (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)
Ducks projected lineup
Frank Vatrano -- Ryan Strome -- Troy Terry
Trevor Zegras -- Leo Carlsson -- Alex Killorn
Cutter Gauthier -- Mason McTavish -- Robby Fabbri
Jansen Harkins -- Isac Lundestrom -- Brett Leason
Jackson LaCombe -- Radko Gudas
Pavel Mintyukov -- Jacob Trouba
Brian Dumoulin -- Drew Helleson
John Gibson
Lukas Dostal
Scratched: Ross Johnston, Olen Zellweger
Injured: None
Status report
Beck, a forward, and Mailloux, a defenseman, each was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Rafael Harvey-Pinard, a forward who made his season debut in a 4-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild on Thursday, was returned to Laval. ... McTavish missed practice Saturday for undisclosed reasons, but coach Greg Cronin expects him to play.
