Devils at Canadiens projected lineups

DEVILS (39-34-3) at CANADIANS (45-21-10)

7 pm ET; RDS, TSN2, MSGSN

Devils projected lineup

Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer

Jesper Bratt — Jack Hughes — Connor Brown

Lenni Hameenaho — Cody Glass — Nick Bjugstad

Paul Cotter — Marc McLaughlin — Brian Halonen

Jonas Siegenthaler — Dougie Hamilton

Luke Hughes — Johnathan Kovacevic

Brenden Dillon — Simon Nemec

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Dennis Cholowski, Evgenii Dadonov, Maksim Tsyplakov

Injured: Arseny Gritsyuk (higher physique), Stefan Noesen (knee), Zack MacEwen (ACL), Brett Pesce (decrease physique)

Canadians projected 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 — Arber Xhekaj

Jacob Fowler

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Samuel Montembeault, Adam Engstrom

Injured: Kirby Dach (higher physique), Alexandre Texier (decrease physique), Alexander Carrier (higher physique), Patrik Laine (decrease physique)

Status report

Neither group held a morning skate following Montreal’s 4-3 shootout win at New Jersey within the first of a back-to-back on Saturday. … Fowler didn’t gown for the sport Saturday however is more likely to begin.