CANADIENS (33-27-9) at BLUES (37-28-7)
8 p.m. ET; Matrix-MW, Victory+, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky
Joshua Roy -- Alex Newhook -- Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Mike Matheson -- Alexandre Carrier
Jayden Struble -- Lane Hutson
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Kaiden Guhle (quad)
Blues projected lineup
Jake Neighbours -- Robert Thomas -- Zack Bolduc
Dylan Holloway -- Brayden Schenn -- Jordan Kyrou
Alexandre Texier -- Oskar Sundqvist -- Mathieu Joseph
Alexey Toropchenko -- Radek Faksa -- Nathan Walker
Cam Fowler -- Nick Leddy
Philip Broberg -- Justin Faulk
Ryan Suter -- Tyler Tucker
Jordan Binnington
Joel Hofer
Scratched: Matthew Kessel, Dalibor Dvorsky
Injured: Colton Parayko (knee), Pavel Buchnevich (illness)
Status report
Guhle made the trip but will not play; the defenseman has been out since Jan. 28. ... Sundqvist and Leddy each will play after missing a 4-1 win against the Nashville Predators on Sunday with an undisclosed injury. ... Leddy will replace Kessel, a defenseman, and Sundqvist will replace Dvorsky, a forward who made his NHL debut Sunday. ... Parayko skated Tuesday but Blues coach Jim Montgomery said the defenseman is not close to returning; he will miss his 10th straight game.
