Overview
- Puck drop is 7 p.m. ET in Montreal on RDS and TSN2, with both teams on the second night of a back-to-back.
- Brendan Gallagher reenters Montreal’s lineup after his first career healthy scratch in Saturday’s 4-2 loss to San Jose and has 20 points in 64 games.
- Rookie Jacob Fowler is projected to start for the Canadiens after Jakub Dobes played Saturday, with Samuel Montembeault currently out of favor.
- The Ducks remain without Radko Gudas as he serves a five-game suspension for a knee-to-knee hit that ended Auston Matthews’ season.
- Recent trade acquisition John Carlson could debut for Anaheim if cleared from a lower-body issue as the Ducks look to bounce back from a 2-0 loss in Ottawa.