CANADIENS (5-9-2) at WILD (10-2-3)
8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Kirby Dach -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Cole Caufield -- Jake Evans -- Alex Newhook
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman -- Lucas Condotta -- Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle -- Mike Matheson
Lane Hutson -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Raphael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)
Wild projected lineup
Kirill Kaprizov -- Marco Rossi -- Mats Zuccarello
Marcus Johansson -- Joel Eriksson Ek -- Matt Boldy
Marcus Foligno -- Frederick Gaudreau -- Ryan Hartman
Yakov Trenin -- Marat Khusnutdinov -- Jakub Lauko
Jake Middleton -- Jared Spurgeon
Zach Bogosian -- Brock Faber
Jon Merrill – Declan Chisholm
Filip Gustavsson
Marc-Andre Fleury
Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Michael Milne
Injured: Jonas Brodin (upper body)
Status report
The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate Thursday. ... Brodin is day to day after the defenseman was injured during a 2-1 overtime loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.
