CANADIENS (14-13-4) at WILD (13-13-4)
8 p.m.ET; BSWIX, BSNX, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Sean Monahan -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Joel Armia -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Kaiden Guhle -- Justin Barron
Jayden Struble -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Gustav Lindstrom, Cayden Primeau, Mitchell Stephens
Injured: Jordan Harris (lower body), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Alex Newhook (lower body), Tanner Pearson (upper body)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Johansson -- Marco Rossi -- Ryan Hartman
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Pat Maroon
Brandon Duhaime -- Connor Dewar -- Vinni Lettieri
Jake Middleton -- Brock Faber
Alex Goligoski -- Zach Bogosian
Jon Merrill -- Dakota Mermis
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Daemon Hunt
Injured: Mats Zuccarello (upper body), Jared Spurgeon (lower body)
Status report
Spurgeon, a defenseman, will miss his fifth straight game but could play when the Wild host the Boston Bruins on Saturday. … Hartman is a game-time decision with an undisclosed injury. ... Heineman will be making his NHL debut and replace Pezzetta in the lineup.
