CANADIENS (4-6-1) at PENGUINS (4-7-1)
7 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NHLN, SNE, CITY, TVAS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Emil Heineman
Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Josh Anderson -- Jake Evans -- Brendan Gallagher
Joel Armia -- Christian Dvorak -- Oliver Kapanen
Mike Matheson -- Kaiden Guhle
Lane Hutson -- David Savard
Jayden Struble -- Arber Xhekaj
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Justin Barron
Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Rafael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Penguins projected lineup
Evgeni Malkin -- Sidney Crosby -- Rickard Rakell
Drew O’Connor -- Lars Eller -- Valtteri Puustinen
Michael Bunting -- Cody Glass -- Noel Acciari
Kevin Hayes -- Blake Lizotte -- Jesse Puljujarvi
Matt Grzelcyk -- Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson -- Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves -- Jack St. Ivany
Alex Nedeljkovic
Joel Blomqvist
Scratched: Ryan Shea, Anthony Beauvillier
Injured: Bryan Rust (lower body), Matt Nieto (MCL surgery)
Status report
The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate Saturday. ... Xhekaj will return to the lineup after being scratched for a 6-3 loss at the Washington Capitals on Thursday; Barron, a defenseman, will sit. ... Malkin participated in the Penguins optional morning skate and is expected to play after taking a maintenance day from practice Friday. ... Rust, a forward who is week to week, skated on an individual basis Saturday for the first time since being injured Oct. 26.
