Canadiens at Bruins

CANADIENS (28-37-6) at BRUINS (54-11-5)

Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Drouin -- Kirby Dach -- Denis Gurianov
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Johnathan Kovacevic -- Justin Barron
Joel Edmundson -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Jesse Ylonen
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Sean Monahan (lower body), Christian Dvorak (lower body), Jordan Harris (lower body), Joel Armia (upper body), Josh Anderson (lower body), Paul Byron (hip)
Bruins projected lineup
Brad Marchand -- Patrice Bergeron -- Jake DeBrusk
Pavel Zacha -- David Krejci -- David Pastrnak
Tyler Bertuzzi -- Charlie Coyle -- Trent Frederic
A.J. Greer -- Tomas Nosek -- Garnet Hathaway
Matt Grzelcyk -- Charlie McAvoy
Hampus Lindholm -- Dmitry Orlov
Jakub Zboril -- Connor Clifton
Jeremy Swayman
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Brandon Carlo, Jakub Lauko
Injured: Taylor Hall (lower body), Nick Foligno (lower body), Derek Forbort (lower body)
Status report
Evans is expected to return after missing 28 games with a lower-body injury; he was on the third line during the Canadiens morning skate Thursday. ... Harris, a defenseman who has missed seven games, took part in the morning skate but will not play. ... Allen will make his first start since allowing six goals on 15 shots and being pulled in the second period of an 8-4 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on March 13. ... Swayman will alternate starts with Ullmark for the 15th straight game. ... Zboril will enter the lineup for Carlo, a defenseman; Bruins coach Jim Montgomery said he wants to give Zboril more playing time heading toward the playoffs.