Red Wings at Canadiens projected lineups

RED WINGS (1-3-0) at CANADIENS (1-2-1)

7 p.m. ET; TVAS, SNE, DSN

Red Wings projected lineup

Viktor Arvidsson -- Dylan Larkin -- Lucas Raymond

Michael Brandsegg-Nygard -- Emmitt Finnie -- Alex DeBrincat

Michael Rasmussen -- Andrew Copp -- Keegan Kolesar

Nate Danielson -- Carter Mazur

Albert Johansson -- Moritz Seider

Anton Johansson -- Ben Chiarot

William Wallinder -- Justin Faulk

Axel Sandin-Pellikka

Daniil Tarasov

John Gibson

*Scratched: Andreas Englund, Jacob Bernard-Docker*

*Injured: Marco Kasper (upper body), J.T. Compher (undisclosed), Mason Appleton (undisclosed)*

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Juraj Slafkovsky

Chris Kreider -- Alex Newhook -- Josh Anderson

Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Alexandre Texier

Jake Evans -- Kirby Dach

Lane Hutson -- Noah Dobson

Mike Matheson -- Alexandre Carrier

Kaiden Guhle -- Adam Engstrom

Arber Xhekaj

Jacob Fowler

Jakub Dobes

*Scratched: None*

*Injured: Samuel Montembeault (lower body), Ivan Demidov (lower body), Oliver Kapanen (lower body), Florian Xhekaj (undisclosed)*

Status report

Each team could dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen. ... The Red Wings did not hold a morning skate following a 6-3 loss to the Seattle Kraken on Friday. … Tarasov will make his first start for Detroit; he made eight saves over the final 25:55 Friday after replacing Gibson in the second period. … Guhle will make his season debut after recovering from abdominal surgery. ... Florian Xhekaj, a forward, will not play after missing a second straight optional practice for treatments.