CANADIENS (26-32-12) at AVALANCHE (46-20-5)
9 p.m. ET; ALT, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Brendan Gallagher -- Alex Newhook -- Joel Armia
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Colin White -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Michael Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Jayden Struble -- Jordan Harris
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Tanner Pearson, Johnathan Kovacevic
Injured: Joshua Roy (upper body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Valeri Nichushkin -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen
Artturi Lehkonen -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Jonathan Drouin
Miles Wood -- Ross Colton -- Zach Parise
Brandon Duhaime -- Yakov Trenin -- Andrew Cogliano
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson
Jack Johnson -- Sean Walker
Justus Annunen
Alexandar Georgiev
Scratched: Caleb Jones, Joel Kiviranta
Injured: None
Status report
The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate Tuesday. ... Montreal coach Martin St. Louis will return to the bench after being away from the team since March 16 because of family reasons. ... Montembeault will make his third start in four games. ... Annunen will start after signing a two-year contract with the Avalanche on Tuesday.
