Predators at Canadiens projected lineups

PREDATORS (1-1-1) at CANADIENS (1-1-1)

7 p.m. ET; RDS, TSN2, SCRIPPS

Predators projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Alexander Kerfoot

Filip Forsberg -- Matthew Wood -- Nils Hoglander

Ross Colton -- Mavrik Bourque -- Jonathan Marchessault

Jack Drury -- Adam Edstrom

Nicolas Hague -- Roman Josi

Brady Skjei -- Nick Perbix

William Trudeau -- Adam Wilsby

Jack Ahcan

Juuse Saros

Matt Murray

*Scratched: Reid Schaefer, Ilya Lyubushkin, Vitali Pinchuk*

*Injured: Justus Annunen (undisclosed)*

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Chris Kreider

Juraj Slafkovsky -- Alex Newhook -- Kirby Dach

Zachary Bolduc -- Phillip Danault -- Alexandre Texier

Florian Xhekaj -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson

Mike Matheson -- Noah Dobson

Lane Hutson -- Alexandre Carrier

Arber Xhekaj -- Adam Engstrom

Jacob Fowler

Jakub Dobes

*Scratched: Jayden Struble*

*Injured: Samuel Montembeault (undisclosed), Ivan Demidov (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (adductor), Oliver Kapanen (lower body)*

Status report

Predators coach Andrew Brunette said the lineup will be a game-time decision; Nashville has dressed 11 forwards and seven defensemen for the past two games. … Fowler will start after being recalled from Laval of the American Hockey League on Wednesday. … Montembeault was injured during practice Wednesday; the goalie was scheduled to see a doctor Thursday and the length of his absence is undetermined. … Engstrom will make his season debut. ... Struble, a defenseman, will be a healthy scratch for the first time.