Montreal Canadiens @ New York Rangers
How to watch
Start time: **5:00 PM EST / 2:00 PM PST**
In the Canadiens region: TSN2 (English), RDS (French)
In the Rangers region: MSG
An injury to Jake Evans has forced some lineup changes from Martin St-Louis today. Left to play with just 10 forwards when one of his starting 11 went down with injury, the coach is using a safer approach with 12 players up front at Madison Square Garden. Both Mike Hoffman and Michael Pezzetta descend from the press box to take up spots after a few games off.
On defence, it’s Chris Wideman who serves as the odd man out despite all the rookies the team is carrying, allowing Justin Barron to gain more experience at the NHL level. Samuel Montembeault gets his second start in 22 hours, and he’ll be hoping for a better start from himself and the team in front of him to avoid another early deficit.
Montreal Canadiens projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| #22 Cole Caufield |
#14 Nick Suzuki |
#40 Joel Armia |
| #68 Mike Hoffman |
#77 Kirby Dach |
#17 Josh Anderson |
| #63 Evgenii Dadonov |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#56 Jesse Ylönen |
| #55 Michael Pezzetta |
#28 Christian Dvorak |
#20 Juraj Slafkovský |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| $54 Jordan Harris |
#58 David Savard |
| #44 Joel Edmundson |
#52 Justin Barron |
| #72 Arber Xhekaj |
#26 Johnny Kovacevic |
Goaltenders
| Starter |
Backup |
| #35 Samuel Montembeault |
#30 Cayden Primeau |
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Jake Allen, Paul Byron, Jake Evans, Brendan Gallagher, Kaiden Guhle, Mike Matheson, Sean Monahan
New York Rangers projected lineup
Forwards
| Left Wing |
Centre |
Right Wing |
| Alexis Lafrenière |
Mika Zibanejad |
Kaapo Kakko |
| Artemiy Panarin |
Vincent Trocheck |
Vitali Kravtsov |
| Barclay Goodrow |
Filip Chytil |
Jimmy Vesey |
| Sammy Blais |
Jonny Brodzinski |
Jake Leschyshyn |
Defencemen
| Left Defence |
Right Defence |
| Ryan Lindgren |
Adam Fox |
| K’Andre Miller |
Jacob Trouba |
| Ben Harpur |
Braden Schneider |
Goaltenders
| Starter |
Backup |
| Igor Shesterkin |
Jaroslav Halak |
