The Montreal Canadiens host the Toronto Maple Leafs in a preseason tilt at the Bell Centre. Habs lineup includes Arber Xhekaj, Logan Mailloux and John Parker-Jones.

GAME DAY PREVIEW | Toronto Maple Leafs vs Montreal Canadiens

Game Preview

Roster News

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Last Game

The Canadiens top line of Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield and Sean Monahan led the team to their first win of the preseason. Juraj Slafkovsky scored his first goal of the preseason.

Last game: MTL 4 OTT 3

For a complete game recap: Hungry for a Canadiens Preseason Win | RECAP: OTT @ MTL

Players to Watch

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Matchup for Preseason Game 3

Bell Centre, Montreal, QC | September 29, 7:00 PM ET | TV: RDS, TSN

Pre-Game

Arber Xhekaj

Projected Canadiens Lineup (subject to change)

Forwards
40 Joel Armia  91 Sean Monahan  17 Josh Anderson
70 Tanner Pearson  70 Jake Evans  11 Brendan Gallagher
97 Joshua Roy  62 Owen Beck  56 Jesse Ylonen
53 Jan Mysak  13 Mitchell Stephens  85 John Parker-Jones

Defensemen
54 Jordan Harris  94 Logan Mailloux
72 Arber Xhekaj  27 Gustav Lindstrom
92 Nicolas Beaudin  52 Justin Barron

Goaltenders
Starter: 30 Cayden Primeau  
Alternate: 95 Strauss Mann

Out of the lineup:
Scratches: Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Rafael Harvey-Pinard, Kirby Dach, Juraj Slafkovsky, Gabriel Bourque, Brandon Gignac, Jared Davidson, Lias Andersson, Filip Mesar, Emil Heineman, Alex Newhook, Michael Pezzetta, Sean Farrell, Xavier Simoneau, Lucas Condotta, Nathan Legare, Kaiden Guhle, David Reinbacher, Mike Matheson, David Savard, William Trudeau, Jonathan Kovacevic, Mattias Norlinder, Brady Keeper, Jakub Dobes, Sam Montembeault, Jake Allen.

Injuries: Christian Dvorak (lower body), Carey Price (lower body), Chris Wideman (upper body)

Visiting Bench

The Toronto Maple Leafs will be icing a weaker, road lineup for the Friday night game in Montreal. Ilya Samsonov is expected to get the start for the Leafs.