Canucks at Canadiens

CANUCKS (4-6-3) at CANADIENS (6-6-1)

Canucks projected lineup
Tanner Pearson -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Ilya Mikheyev -- Elias Pettersson -- Andrei Kuzmenko
Vasily Podkolzin -- Bo Horvat -- Conor Garland
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Jack Studnicka
Quinn Hughes -- Luke Schenn
Oliver Ekman-Larsson -- Tyler Myers
Jack Rathbone -- Ethan Bear
Thatcher Demko
Spencer Martin
Scratched: Riley Stillman, Nils Hoglander, Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Curtis Lazar (undisclosed), Travis Dermott (concussion), Tucker Poolman (migraines)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Kirby Dach
Evgenii Dadonov -- Christian Dvorak -- Brendan Gallagher
Mike Hoffman -- Sean Monahan -- Jonathan Drouin
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Jake Evans -- Joel Armia
Kaiden Guhle -- David Savard
Joel Edmundson -- Arber Xhekaj
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Chris Wideman, Michael Pezzetta
Injured: Mike Matheson (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb)
Suspended:Josh Anderson
Status report
Demko will start after Martin made 37 saves in a 6-4 win at the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday. ... The Canadiens did not hold a morning skate following a 3-2 shootout win at the Detroit Red Wings on Tuesday. ... Montembeault could start after Allen made 41 saves Tuesday. ... Slafkovsky will have a phone hearing with the NHL Department of Player Safety after boarding Red Wings forward Matt Luff on Tuesday.