Morgan Geekie — Pavel Zacha — David Pastrnak

Cole Koepke — Elias Lindholm — Fabian Lysell

Marat Khusnutdinov — Casey Mittelstadt — Vinni Lettieri

Jakub Lauko — John Beecher — Patrick Brown

Nikita Zadorov — Henri Jokiharju

Parker Wotherspoon — Andrew Peeke

Mason Lohrei — Ian Mitchell

Jeremy Swayman

Joonas Korpisalo

Scratched: Michael Callahan, Jeffrey Viel

Injured: Charlie McAvoy (shoulder), Hampus Lindholm (knee), Mark Kastelic (upper body)

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky

Emil Heineman — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine

Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher

Michael Pezzetta — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier

Kaiden Guhle — Lane Hutson

Jayden Struble — David Savard

Sam Montembeault

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Oliver Kapanen, Joshua Roy, Arber Xhekaj

Injured: None

Status report

Lysell will return after being a healthy scratch for a 4-3 loss to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday. … The Canadiens will dress the same lineup for a third straight game. … Kapanen took part in the optional morning skate but will not play; the forward joined Montreal after his season with Timra IK of the Swedish Hockey League ended.