Game Preview: Montreal Canadiens (40-21-10) vs. Nashville Predators (34-29-9)
7:00 PM ET; Broadcast on FDSNSO, SNE, CITY, TVAS
Canadiens Anticipated Lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Oliver Kapanen — Ivan Demidov
Zachary Bolduc — Jake Evans — Josh Anderson
Joe Veleno — Phillip Danault — Brendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson — Noah Dobson
Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson
Kaiden Guhle — Alexandre Carrier
Jakub Dobes
Jacob Fowler
Unavailable (Scratched): Arber Xhekaj, Samuel Montembeault
Out with Injury: Kirby Dach (upper body), Patrik Laine (lower body), Alexandre Texier (lower body)
Predators Anticipated Lineup
Steven Stamkos — Ryan O’Reilly — Luke Evangelista
Filip Forsberg — Matthew Wood — Jonathan Marchessault
Zachary L’Heureux — Erik Haula — Tyson Jost
Reid Schaefer — Fedor Svechkov — Ozzy Wiesblatt
Brady Skjei — Roman Josi
Nicolas Hague — Nick Perbix
Adam Wilsby — Ryan Ufko
Juuse Saros
Justus Annunen
Unavailable (Scratched): Joakim Kemell, Justin Barron
Injury Report: None
Latest Team Status Update
Texier remains on a day-to-day basis. … Saros was the first goaltender to exit the ice after the morning skate and is projected to be the starter.