CANADIENS (23-28-8) at PANTHERS (39-16-4)
7 p.m. ET; BSFL, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Joel Armia -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson
Tanner Pearson -- Colin White -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jake Allen
Injured: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Jayden Struble (lower body)
Panthers projected lineup
Carter Verhaeghe -- Aleksander Barkov -- Sam Reinhart
Nick Cousins -- Sam Bennett -- Matthew Tkachuk
Eetu Luostarinen -- Anton Lundell -- Evan Rodrigues
Will Lockwood -- Kevin Stenlund -- Ryan Lomberg
Gustav Forsling -- Aaron Ekblad
Niko Mikkola -- Brandon Montour
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Dmitry Kulikov
Anthony Stolarz
Sergei Bobrovsky
Scratched: Josh Mahura, Steven Lorentz
Injured: Jonah Gadjovich (undisclosed)
Status report
Montembeault will make his second straight start; he made 36 saves in a 4-2 win against the Arizona Coyotes on Tuesday. … Struble, a defenseman, is questionable after missing the past two games. … Stolarz will start after Bobrovsky made 28 saves in a 3-2 win against the Buffalo Sabres on Tuesday. ... Lockwood enters the lineup for the second time since Jan. 19; he replaces Gadjovich, a forward out with a minor injury.
