Canadiens at Kings

CANADIENS (9-9-2) at KINGS (12-3-3)

4 p.m. ET; BSW, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Alex Newhook -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher

Cole Caufield -- Christian Dvorak -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Tanner Pearson -- Sean Monahan -- Josh Anderson

Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen

Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron

Kaiden Guhle -- Johnathan Kovacevic

Jayden Struble -- Gustav Lindstrom

Jake Allen

Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Cayden Primeau, Mattias Norlinder, Joel Armia

Injured: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Jordan Harris (lower body)

Kings projected lineup

Quinton Byfield -- Anze Kopitar -- Adrian Kempe

Kevin Fiala -- Phillip Danualt -- Trevor Moore

Alex Laferriere -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Arthur Kaliyev

Carl Grundstrom -- Trevor Lewis -- Jaret Anderson-Dolan

Mikey Anderson -- Drew Doughty

Vladislav Gavrikov -- Matt Roy

Andreas Englund -- Jordan Spence

Pheonix Copley

Cam Talbot

Scratched: Jacob Moverare

Injured: Viktor Arvidsson (lower body), Blake Lizotte (undisclosed)

Status report

The Canadiens continue to alternate their three goalies; Allen's turn is next after Primeau made 31 saves in a 3-2 shootout win at the San Jose Sharks on Friday and Montembeault made 30 saves in a 4-3 win at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. ... Armia, a forward, was recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Friday. He hasn’t played for Montreal since Nov. 9. ... Copley is expected to start after Talbot made 29 saves in a 5-2 win at Anaheim on Friday. ... Xhekaj, a defenseman, was placed on injured reserve Friday retroactive to Nov. 16.