Canadiens at Avalanche projected lineups

CANADIENS (17-18-3) at AVALANCHE (24-15-0)

7 p.m. ET; ALT, SNE, CITY, TVAS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach -- Michael Pezzetta

Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia

Lane Hutson -- Mike Matheson

Kaiden Guhle -- Alexandre Carrier

Arber Xhekaj -- Jayden Struble

Jakub Dobes

Sam Montembeault

Scratched: None

Injured: Patrik Laine (illness), David Savard (upper body)

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Mikko Rantanen

Ross Colton -- Casey Mittelstadt -- Jonathan Drouin

Joel Kiviranta -- Parker Kelly -- Logan O’Connor

Oskar Olausson -- Juuso Parsinen -- Jere Innala

Devon Toews -- Cale Makar

Samuel Girard -- Josh Manson

Keaton Middleton -- Sam Malinski

Mackenzie Blackwood

Trent Miner

Scratched: Calvin de Haan

Injured: Scott Wedgewood (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (lower body), Ivan Ivan (upper body), Oliver Kylington (undisclosed), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head), Miles Wood (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. … Laine, a forward, and Savard, a defenseman, did not play in a 4-2 loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday. ... Wedgewood, a goalie, is week to week after leaving a 6-5 overtime win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday.