The New Jersey Devils take on the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre this afternoon. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.
1 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, MSGSN
Devils projected lineup
Ondrej Palat — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt
Timo Meier — Erik Haula — Dawson Mercer
Paul Cotter — Justin Dowling — Stefan Noesen
Tomas Tatar — Curtis Lazar — Nathan Bastian
Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton
Brett Pesce — Johnathan Kovacevic
Luke Hughes — Simon Nemec
Jake Allen
Nico Daws
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid
Injured: Jacob Markstrom (MCL sprain), Nico Hischier (upper body), Santeri Hatakka (shoulder), Jonas Siegenthaler (undisclosed)
Status report
Hischier skated on his own at practice Friday; the forward, who will miss his sixth game, will not return until after the 4 Nations Face-Off.
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Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky
Alex Newhook — Kirby Dach — Josh Anderson
Patrik Laine — Jake Evans — Joel Armia
Owen Beck — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher
Mike Matheson — Logan Mailloux
Lane Hutson — Alexandre Carrier
Arber Xhekaj — David Savard
Sam Montembeault
Jakub Dobes
Scratched: Michael Pezzetta, Jayden Struble
Injured: Emil Heineman (upper body), Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)
Status report
The Canadiens held an optional practice Friday. … Montembeault will start and Dobes will start against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.
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