Canadiens at Blues projected lineups

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CANADIENS (6-3-2) at BLUES (5-5-1) 8 p.m. ET; BN+, STLNHL, TSN2, RDS Canadiens projected lineup Cole Caufield -- Oliver Kapanen -- Juraj Slafkovsky Alexandre Texier -- Phillip Danault -- Zachary Bolduc Chris Kreider -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson Kirby Dach -- Jake Evans --…

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Oct 27
Canadiens at Blues projected lineups
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10 games

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CANADIENS (6-3-2) at BLUES (5-5-1)

8 p.m. ET; BN+, STLNHL, TSN2, RDS

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Oliver Kapanen -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Alexandre Texier -- Phillip Danault -- Zachary Bolduc

Chris Kreider -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson

Kirby Dach -- Jake Evans -- Florian Xhekaj

Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson

Mike Matheson -- Alexandre Carrier

Kaiden Guhle -- Arber Xhekaj

Jakub Dobes

Jacob Fowler

Scratched: Adam Engstrom, Owen Beck

Injured: Nick Suzuki (upper body), Samuel Montembeault (lower body), Ivan Demidov (lower body)

Blues projected lineup

Dylan Holloway -- Robert Thomas -- Jimmy Snuggerud

Connor McMichael -- Mason McTavish -- Jonatan Berggren

Jake Neighbours -- Dalibor Dvorsky -- Pavel Buchnevich

Alexey Toropchenko -- Pius Suter -- Aleksanteri Kaskimaki

Philip Broberg -- Brandon Carlo

Cam Fowler -- Colton Parayko

Justin Barron -- Adam Jiricek

Jordan Binnington

Joel Hofer

Scratched: Otto Stenberg, Quinton Burns

Injured: Tyler Tucker (knee), Logan Mailloux (hand), Dillon Dube (neck), Ross Johnston (lower body)

Status report

The Canadiens held an optional morning skate.

Toropchenko will be activated from injured reserve and return after missing 10 games because of a shoulder injury; he will replace Stenberg, a forward.

Binnington starts for the first time since Oct. 17.