Lines and defense pairings at practice – Oct. 26
BROSSARD — The Canadiens practiced at the Bell Sports Complex on Wednesday before departing for Buffalo.
Here are the lines and defense pairings featured by head coach Martin St-Louis:
| Wednesday, October 26 Practice | ||
|---|---|---|
| LW | C | RW |
| 22 – Cole Caufield | 14 – Nick Suzuki | 91 – Sean Monahan |
| 63 – Evgenii Dadonov | 28 – Christian Dvorak | 11 – Brendan Gallagher |
27 – Jonathan Drouin | 77 – Kirby Dach | 55 – Michael Pezzetta |
| 32 – Rem Pitlick | 71 – Jake Evans | 68 – Mike Hoffman |
| 20 – Juraj Slafkovsky / 40 – Joel Armia (No contact) | |
| LD | RD | G |
| 21 – Kaiden Guhle | 58 – David Savard | 34 – Jake Allen |
| 54 – Jordan Harris | 26 – Johnathan Kovacevic / 72 – Arber Xhekaj | 35 – Sam Montembeault |
| 44 – Joel Edmundson (No contact) | ||
Josh Anderson and Chris Wideman didn’t practice because they were given maintenance days.
Slafkovsky was back at practice with the rest of the group. He has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury.
Armia and Edmundson continue to practice with non-contact jerseys, but both will be on the four-game road trip.
