CANADIENS (4-9-2) AT SABRES (7-7-1)

12:30 p.m. ET; MSG-B, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Kirby Dach — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky

Cole Caufield — Jake Evans — Alex Newhook

Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman — Lucas Condotta — Joel Armia

Kaiden Guhle — Mike Matheson

Lane Hutson — David Savard

Arber Xhekaj — Jayden Struble

Cayden Primeau

Sam Montembeault

Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta

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

Sabres projected lineup

JJ Peterka — Tage Thompson — Alex Tuch

Zach Benson — Dylan Cozens — Jack Quinn

Jordan Greenway — Ryan McLeod — Jason Zucker

Beck Malenstyn — Peyton Krebs — Sam Lafferty

Bowen Byram — Rasmus Dahlin

Jacob Bryson — Owen Power

Dennis Gilbert — Connor Clifton

Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen

Devon Levi

Scratched: Mattias Samuelsson, Henri Jokiharju, Nicolas Aube-Kubel

Injured: None

Status report

The Canadiens split up longtime linemates Suzuki and Caufield at practice Sunday. … Dahlin and Byram were each given a rest day after Buffalo’s 3-2 shootout win against Calgary on Saturday; they will play Monday. … Samuelsson alternated with Gilbert on the left side of the third defense pair during line drills at practice Sunday. He has been scratched the past three games.