Canadiens @ Ducks: Game thread, rosters, lines, and how to watch

Montreal Canadiens @ Anaheim Ducks

How to watch

Start time: **10:00 PM EST / 7:00 PM PST**
In Canada: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Ducks region: Bally Sports West
Streaming: ESPN+, RDS Direct, TSN+

You may also be interested in watching Connor Bedard and the Regina Pats take on the Winnipeg ICE and Zach Benson on TSN4 at 8:00 PM EST.

The Canadiens’ roster wasn’t impacted by the minor moves made on deadline day — Joel Edmundson, Christian Dvorak, Jonathan Drouin, and a few other members who had been named in trade speculation are all still with the team — so things stay largely intact from the group that played last night in Los Angeles. The shoulder injury for Justin Barron will keep him out of the game, however, so Chris Tierney will be drawing back in for a standard 12-forward, six-defenceman approach.

Anaheim, meanwhile, saw fairly significant change with Dmitry Kulikov and John Klingberg joining new teams. While it was once the dream for Montreal’s lineup at one time in recent history, Nathan Beaulieu serving as a top-pairing player for the Ducks isn’t the recipe for success in the NHL, so the Habs should be able to attack the Ducks at will.

Montreal Canadiens projected lineup

Scratched:
Injured/Ill: Joel Armia, Justin Barron, Paul Byron, Cole Caufield, Kirby Dach, Jake Evans, Brendan Gallagher, Sean Monahan, Juraj Slafkovský, Chris Wideman, Arber Xhekaj

Anaheim Ducks projected lineup