The Montreal Canadiens tackle the Vancouver Canucks tonight on the Bell Centre. Listed here are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com employees writers, unbiased correspondents, and others.
7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, Prime
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk — J.T. Miller — Brock Boeser
Phillip Di Giuseppe — Pius Suter — Conor Garland
Danton Heinen — Teddy Blueger — Kiefer Sherwood
Nils Hoglander — Max Sasson — Jonathan Lekkerimaki
Quinn Hughes — Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy — Noah Juulsen
Derek Forbort — Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Arturs Silovs
Scratched: Erik Brannstrom, Guillaume Brisebois
Injured: Thatcher Demko (again spasms), Elias Pettersson (higher physique), Filip Hronek (higher physique), Dakota Joshua (decrease physique)
Standing report
Hughes can be a game-time resolution; he’s missed the previous 4 video games with an upper-body damage. … Pettersson, who has additionally missed the previous 4 video games, took half in an elective morning skate, however the ahead is unlikely to play. … Joshua, a ahead, was positioned on injured reserve retroactive to Jan. 3. … Lekkerimaki will play for the primary time since Nov. 19 after he was recalled from Abbotsford of the American Hockey League on an emergency foundation. … Demko took half within the morning skate and is a risk to decorate because the backup goalie; he final performed Jan. 2.
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Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Joel Armia
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Michael Pezzetta
Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle — Alexandre Provider
Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: None
Injured: Patrik Laine (sickness), David Savard (higher physique)
Standing report
The Canadiens didn’t maintain a morning skate.
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