Sharks at Canadiens

SHARKS (1-0-0) at CANADIENS (0-3-0)

Sharks projected lineup
Jonathan Dahlen -- Logan Couture -- Timo Meier
William Eklund -- Tomas Hertl -- Rudolfs Balcers
Matt Nieto -- Nick Bonino -- Kevin Labanc
Andrew Cogliano -- Jasper Weatherby -- Lane Pederson
Mario Ferraro -- Brent Burns
Marc-Edouard Vlasic -- Erik Karlsson
Radim Simek -- Jake Middleton
Adin Hill
James Reimer
Scratched: Alexander Barabanov, Jonah Gadjovich, Santeri Hatakka
Injured: Nikolai Knyzhov (undisclosed), Jeffrey Viel (finger)
Canadiens projected lineup
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Cole Caufield
Jonathan Drouin -- Christian Dvorak -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Adam Brooks -- Brendan Gallagher
Artturi Lehkonen -- Cedric Paquette -- Joel Armia
Alexander Romanov -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- David Savard
Brett Kulak -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Mathieu Perreault, Sami Niku
Injured: Jake Evans (upper body), Joel Edmundson (undisclosed), Paul Byron (hip)
Status report
The Sharks are expected to dress the same lineup they used in a 4-3 win against the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday. ... Hill will make his second straight start. … Hoffman will make his Canadiens debut after missing training camp and the first three games because of a lower body injury … Brooks will also play his first game for Montreal since being claimed on waivers from the Toronto Maple Leafs on Oct. 11. … Evans, a forward, took part in the morning skate after having treatment Monday but will not play.