Penguins at Canadiens

Penguins at Canadiens

PENGUINS (1-2-0) at CANADIENS (2-1-0)

7:30 p.m. ET; RDS, PRIME, SN-PIT

Penguins projected lineup

Anthony Beauvillier — Sidney Crosby — Bryan Rust

Michael Bunting — Evgeni Malkin — Rickard Rakell

Drew O’Connor — Lars Eller — Rutger McGroarty

Noel Acciari — Kevin Hayes — Cody Glass

Marcus Pettersson — Erik Karlsson

Matt Grzelcyk — Kris Letang

Ryan Graves — Jack St. Ivany

Tristan Jarry

Joel Blomqvist

Scratched: Ryan Shea, Valtteri Puustinen, Jesse Puljujarvi

Injured: Matt Nieto (lower body), Blake Lizotte (upper body), Alex Nedeljkovic (lower body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky

Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Joel Armia

Josh Anderson — Jake Evans — Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman — Christian Dvorak — Oliver Kapanen

Mike Matheson — Kaiden Guhle

Lane Hutson — David Savard

Arber Xhekaj — Justin Barron

Sam Montembeault

Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble

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

Status report

Jarry will make his second start of the season after Blomqvist started the past two games. … Nedeljkovic, a goalie, took part in an optional morning skate. … Montembeault will make his second straight start, and third in four games. … The Canadiens will use the same lineup as they did in a 4-1 win against the Ottawa Senators on Saturday. … Struble took part in the optional morning skate but the defenseman will not play.