GOLDEN KNIGHTS (12-3-1) at CANADIENS (7-7-2)
7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SCRIPPS
Golden Knights projected lineup
Ivan Barbashev -- Jack Eichel -- Jonathan Marchessault
Brett Howden -- Michael Amadio -- Mark Stone
Pavel Dorofeyev -- William Karlsson -- Paul Cotter
William Carrier -- Nicolas Roy -- Keegan Kolesar
Alec Martinez -- Alex Pietrangelo
Brayden McNabb -- Shea Theodore
Ben Hutton -- Zach Whitecloud
Adin Hill
Logan Thompson
Scratched: Kaedan Korczak, Brayden Pachal, Jonas Rondbjerg
Injured: Nicolas Hague (lower body), Chandler Stephenson (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Alex Newhook -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Juraj Slafkovsky -- Christian Dvorak -- Cole Caufield
Tanner Pearson -- Sean Monahan -- Brendan Gallagher
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Jesse Ylonen
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Kaiden Guhle -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Arber Xhekaj -- Gustav Lindstrom
Cayden Primeau
Jake Allen
Scratched: Sam Montembeault
Injured: Rafael Harvey-Pinard (lower body), Jordan Harris (upper body), David Savard (hand)
Status report
Hill will make his third start in four games after Thompson made 28 saves in a 3-0 loss at the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. … Roy returns after missing nine games because of an undisclosed injury. … Rondbjerg will be scratched after the forward played the previous three games. … Primeau will make his third start, and first since he made 27 saves in a 3-2 overtime win at the Detroit Red Wings on Nov. 9. … Harvey-Pinard is day to day but the forward will not play Thursday. … Pezzetta will play after being scratched Tuesday. … Harris, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game.
