Flames at Canadiens projected lineups

Flames at Canadiens projected lineups

FLAMES (6-5-1) at CANADIENS (4-7-1)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SNW

Flames projected lineup

Connor Zary — Nazem Kadri — Andrei Kuzmenko

Blake Coleman — Mikael Backlund — Matt Coronato

Jonathan Huberdeau — Yegor Sharangovich — Anthony Mantha

Ryan Lomberg — Kevin Rooney — Martin Pospisil

Mackenzie Weegar — Daniil Miromanov

Kevin Bahl — Rasmus Andersson

Tyson Barrie — Brayden Pachal

Dustin Wolf

Dan Vladar

Scratched: Jake Bean, Joel Hanley, Justin Kirkland

Injured: None

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach

Alex Newhook — Jake Evans — Juraj Slafkovsky

Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman — Oliver Kapanen — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle

Lane Hutson — David Savard

Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble

Sam Montembeault

Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Patrik Laine (knee), Raphael Harvey-Pinard (broken leg)

Status report

Kuzmenko will remain on the top line; he moved up Sunday after starting on the fourth line in a 4-2 loss to the Edmonton Oilers. … Evans will play on the second line between Newhook and Slafkovsky. … Dvorak moves up to the third line, and Kapanen goes from wing to center on the fourth line. … Barron, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for a second straight game.