Oilers at Canadiens projected lineups

Oilers at Canadiens projected lineups

OILERS (9-7-2) at CANADIENS (6-10-2)

7:30 p.m. ET; PRIME, RDS

Oilers projected lineup

Ryan Nugent-Hopkins — Connor McDavid — Zach Hyman

Vasily Podkolzin — Leon Draisaitl — Corey Perry

Adam Henrique — Mattias Janmark — Connor Brown

Jeff Skinner — Derek Ryan

Mattias Ekholm — Evan Bouchard

Travis Dermott — Josh Brown

Brett Kulak — Ty Emberson

Troy Stecher

Calvin Pickard

Stuart Skinner

Scratched: None

Injured: Darnell Nurse (upper body), Viktor Arvidsson (undisclosed)

Canadiens projected lineup

Juraj Slafkovsky — Nick Suzuki — Kirby Dach

Cole Caufield — Jake Evans — Alex Newhook

Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman — Lucas Condotta — 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

Nurse will miss 5-10 days, Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said after the morning skate. The defenseman was injured on an illegal check to the head by Ryan Reaves in the second period of a 4-3 overtime loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday. Reaves was suspended five games. … Josh Brown will play after being recalled from Bakersfield of the American Hockey League on Sunday, and the Oilers will dress seven defensemen and 11 forwards. … Savard returns after he was a last-minute scratch because of an upper-body injury for a 5-1 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. … Laine, a forward, was on the ice before an optional morning skate.