The Montreal Canadiens tackle the Tampa Bay Lightning at Amalie Area tonight. Listed below are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com workers writers, impartial correspondents, and others.
5 p.m. ET; FDSNSUN, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Patrik Laine
Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Kaiden Guhle — Alexandre Provider
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble, Cayden Primeau
Injured: None
Standing report
Neither group held a morning skate.
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Lightning projected lineup
Jake Guentzel — Brayden Level — Nikita Kucherov
Brandon Hagel — Anthony Cirelli — Conor Geekie
Gage Goncalves — Nick Paul — Mitchell Chaffee
Zemgus Girgensons — Luke Glendening — Cam Atkinson
Victor Hedman — Darren Raddysh
Ryan McDonagh — Erik Cernak
Emil Lilleberg — Nick Perbix
Jonas Johansson
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Declan Carlile
Injured: J.J. Moser (higher physique), Michael Eyssimont (decrease physique)
Standing report
Eyssimont, a ahead, is questionable to play. … Guentzel left within the third interval in a 6-2 win in opposition to the New York Rangers on Saturday; coach Jon Cooper stated the transfer was precautionary.
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