Juraj Slafkovsky to play tonight

Earlier this afternoon, my colleague Charles-Alexis Brisebois summed up the state of health of the Canadiens’ players.

First, Jayden Struble will make a return to action.

Secondly, we had to monitor the availability of Juraj Slafkovsky and Rafaël Harvey-Pinard for tonight’s game. Both were uncertain cases.

But now the team has confirmed that Slaf AND RHP will be in the line-up.

Good news, then.

Minutes earlier, we learned via the team that Colin White will miss tonight’s game with an upper-body injury.

He will cede his role as fourth center to Harvey-Pinard, who has missed the team’s last 10 games.

Michael Pezzetta, who took part in the warm-up, was the 13th forward.

He will skip his turn for a sixth consecutive game.

The Canadiens will try to end the Predators’ eight-game winning streak.

Here’s their lineup:

#Preds lines vs. #GoHabsGo

Forsberg – O’Reilly – Nyquist
Trenin – Sissons – Glass
Jankowski – Novak – Evangelista
Smith – McCarron – Sherwood

Josi – Fabbro
McDonagh – Schenn
Lauzon – Carrier

Saros

Scratches: Barrie, Gurianov

– Zach Gilchriest (@ZachGilchriest) March 6, 2024

In bursts

– Here it is, the Quebec team.

Jonathan Marchessault
Anthony Mantha
Nicolas Roy
William Carrier

A third of the Chevaliers Dorés offensive line is from Quebec!

– Marc-Olivier Beaudoin (@MOBeaudoin1) March 6, 2024

– Really?

– Interesting.