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Three games into this four-game stretch, the Habs have yet to take a point. Will they turn it around tonight, without their captain, or will it be another step toward a lottery pick?
Canadiens' projected lineup:
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Brendan Gallagher
Ilya Kovalchuk -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Nick Cousins -- Max Domi -- Jonathan Drouin
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nate Thompson -- Jake Evans
Brett Kulak -- Jeff Petry
Ben Chiarot -- Victor Mete
Marco Scandella -- Xavier Ouellet
Carey Price
Charlie Lindgren
Scratched: Christian Folin, Jordan Weal, Dale Weise Injured: Shea Weber (ankle), Paul Byron (knee)
Stars' projected lineup:
Roope Hintz -- Tyler Seguin -- Corey Perry
Jamie Benn -- Jason Dickinson -- Denis Gurianov
Andrew Cogliano -- Radek Faksa -- Blake Comeau
Mattias Janmark -- Joe Pavelski -- Jason Robertson
Esa Lindell -- John Klingberg
Miro Heiskanen -- Stephen Johns
Jamie Oleksiak -- Andrej Sekera
Ben Bishop
Anton Khudobin
Scratched: Roman Polak, Joel Kiviranta, Taylor Fedun Injured: Martin Hanzal (back), Alexander Radulov (upper body)