CANADIENS (5-9-2) at WILD (10-2-3)

8 p.m. ET; FDSNWI, FDSNNO, 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

Sam Montembeault

Cayden Primeau

Scratched: Justin Barron, Michael Pezzetta

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

Wild projected lineup

Kirill Kaprizov — Marco Rossi — Mats Zuccarello

Marcus Johansson — Joel Eriksson Ek — Matt Boldy

Marcus Foligno — Frederick Gaudreau — Ryan Hartman

Yakov Trenin — Marat Khusnutdinov — Jakub Lauko

Jake Middleton — Jared Spurgeon

Zach Bogosian — Brock Faber

Jon Merrill – Declan Chisholm

Filip Gustavsson

Marc-Andre Fleury

Scratched: Daemon Hunt, Michael Milne

Injured: Jonas Brodin (upper body)

Status report

The Canadiens did not conduct a morning skate Thursday. … Brodin, a defenseman, is day to day after being injured during a 2-1 overtime loss at the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday.