The Montreal Canadiens tackle the Los Angeles Kings at Crypto.com Area tonight. Listed below are the projected/anticipated lineups sourced from NHL.com workers writers, unbiased correspondents, and others.
10:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, TSN2, RDS
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Josh Anderson
Patrik Laine — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Michael Pezzetta — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Lane Hutson — Mike Matheson
Arber Xhekaj — Alexandre Service
Jayden Struble — David Savard
Jakub Dobes
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Owen Beck, Logan Mailloux
Injured: Emil Heineman (higher physique), Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)
Standing report
The Canadiens didn’t conduct a morning skate Wednesday following a 4-3 win on the San Jose Sharks on Tuesday. … Dobes might begin after Montembeault made 27 saves towards the Sharks.
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Kings projected lineup
Alex Turcotte — Anze Kopitar — Adrian Kempe
Warren Foegele — Phillip Danault — Trevor Moore
Kevin Fiala — Quinton Byfield — Alex Laferriere
Tanner Jeannot — Trevor Lewis — Akil Thomas
Vladislav Gavrikov — Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson — Brandt Clarke
Jacob Moverare — Jordan Spence
Darcy Kuemper
David Rittich
Scratched: Andreas Englund, Kyle Burroughs
Injured: Mikey Anderson (higher physique)
Standing report
Anderson is each day and can miss his second straight recreation; the defenseman is skating on his personal to keep up his conditioning.
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