CANADIENS (8-9-2) at SHARKS (3-15-1)
3:30 p.m. ET; NBCSCA, 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
Cayden Primeau
Jake Allen
Scratched: Sam Montembeault, Mattias Norlinder
Injured: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Jordan Harris (lower body)
Sharks projected lineup
William Eklund -- Tomas Hertl -- Fabian Zetterlund
Filip Zadina -- Mikael Granlund -- Anthony Duclair
Mike Hoffman -- Luke Kunin -- Givani Smith
Nico Sturm -- Ryan Carpenter -- Jacob MacDonald
Mario Ferraro -- Ty Emberson
Nikita Okhotiuk -- Kyle Burroughs
Calen Addison -- Marc-Edouard Vlasic
Mackenzie Blackwood
Kaapo Kahkonen
Scratched: Jan Rutta, Nikolai Knyzhov
Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Alexander Barabanov (broken finger), Matt Benning (undisclosed), Kevin Labanc (upper body)
Status report: Neither team held a morning skate on Friday. ... Primeau will start after Montembeault made 30 saves in a 4-3 win at the Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday. ... Blackwood will start after making 10 saves in relief of Kahkonen in a 7-1 loss at the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday.
