Maple Leafs at Canadiens

MAPLE LEAFS (0-0-0) at CANADIENS (0-0-0)

Maple Leafs projected lineup
Michael Bunting -- Auston Matthews -- Mitchell Marner
William Nylander -- John Tavares -- Denis Malgin
Pierre Engvall -- Alex Kerfoot -- Calle Jarnkrok
Zach Aston-Reese -- David Kampf -- Nicolas Aube-Kubel
Morgan Rielly -- TJ Brodie
Jake Muzzin -- Justin Holl
Mark Giordano -- Rasmus Sandin
Matt Murray
Ilya Samsonov
Scratched: Timothy Liljegren (hernia), Jordie Benn (groin)
Injured: None
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Sean Monahan -- Kirby Dach -- Mike Hoffman
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick -- Jake Evans -- Evgenii Dadonov
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Chris Wideman
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jonathan Drouin
Injured: Joel Armia (upper body), Mike Matheson (lower body), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Status report
Samsonov, Brodie, Giordano, Muzzin, Bunting, Aube-Kubel and Kampf each was on the ice for the Maple Leafs' optional morning skate Wednesday. … Slafkovsky, Guhle and Xhekaj each will play his first NHL game. ... Dach, Monahan, Dadonov and Kovacevic each will make his Canadiens debut. … Matheson was not on the ice for the morning skate; Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes said the defenseman had an MRI and results are not expected until Friday.