MONTREAL — The Canadiens held a morning skate at the Bell Center ahead of tonight’s matchup against the Kings.
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Here are the forward lines featured by head coach Martin St-Louis:
| Saturday, December 10 Morning skate |
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|---|---|---|
| LW | C | RW |
| 22 – Cole Caufield | 14 – Nick Suzuki | 17 – Josh Anderson |
| 20 – Juraj Slafkovsky | 77 – Kirby Dach | 68 – Mike Hoffman |
| 63 – Evgenii Dadonov | 28 – Christian Dvorak | 40 – Joel Armia |
| 55 – Michael Pezzetta | 71 – Jake Evans | 32 – Rem Pitlick |
Following the workout, St-Louis confirmed Hoffman’s return to the lineup from a lower-body injury. He missed eight games.
St-Louis also confirmed that defenseman Mike Matheson won’t play due to a minor injury. He still skated with the rest of the group.
Video: Mike Hoffman on the team’s most recent road trip
St-Louis also indicated that defensemen Joel Edmundson and Kaiden Guhle will play together, but his other pairings haven’t been finalized yet.
Based on Friday’s practice in Brossard, Jordan Harris could be paired with Johnathan Kovacevicwhile Arber Xhekaj could play with Chris Wideman.
Goaltender Jake Allen starts versus the Kings.
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