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NEXT GAME: TOR @ MTL

The Montreal Canadiens will open their regular season schedule on Wednesday as they take on the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Puck drop is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET. on October 12th at the Bell Centre.

Watch for our full game preview available on Wednesday afternoon. Post-game we will publish a comprehensive game recap.

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Forward Lines / Defence Pairs / Goalies

On Monday, the Canadiens practiced at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard.

These were the forward lines, defence pairings and goaltenders:

Cole Caufield – Nick Suzuki – Josh Anderson
Sean Monahan – Kirby Dach – Mike Hoffman
Juraj Slafkovsky – Christian Dvorak – Brendan Gallagher
Rem Pitlick – Jake Evans – Evgenii Dadonov
extras: Jonathan Drouin, Michael Pezzetta

Jordan Harris – David Savard
Arber Xhekaj – Kaiden Guhle
Logan Mailloux – Johnathan Kovacevic
extra: Chris Wideman

Jake Allen – Sam Montembeault

Final Cuts

The Montreal Canadiens assigned five players to the Laval Rocket on Monday. They included forwards Rafael Harvey-Pinard and Jesse Ylonen, defensemen Justin Barron and Otto Leskinen, and goaltender Cayden Primeau.

Following practice, four players were invited to meet with general manager Kent Hughes. Defensemen Kaiden Guhle, Jordan Harris and Arber Xhekaj along with forward Juraj Slafkovsky were informed that they had made the team’s opening night roster.

Montreal Canadiens #Habs roster is set:

Cap Hit: $92.7M
Cap Space: $0 ($10.2M in LTIR Use)
Roster Size: 22 (14F – 6D – 2G)
IR: 3
SOIR: 2 (Heineman, Mailloux)
LTIR: 1 (Price: $10.5M)

Habs new LTIR upper limit/ACSL is $82,194,166https://t.co/FWTvN3ZEfJ

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) October 10, 2022

Opening Night Roster

The Montreal Canadiens officially announced their roster for the 2022-23 regular season. 14 forwards, six defensemen and two goaltenders for a total of 22 players were included in the list, one short of the maximum roster size.

That spot will be filled by Arber Xhekaj, who had been temporarily assigned to Laval in a cap management move. Xhekaj will be recalled on Wednesday once Paul Byron is put on long-term injury reserve status. The 21-year-old defenseman will be available for Wednesday’s home opener but is not a lock to play.

https://twitter.com/CanadiensMTL/status/1579577598795186176

Injury Update

On Monday, Christian Dvorak, Mike Hoffman and Nick Suzuki returned to practice after recovering from their injuries.

The Canadiens have placed forward Joel Armia on injured reserve. Armia will be out one to two weeks with an upper-body injury.

Forward Emil Heineman will out for six weeks with a thumb injury that was sustained at training camp.

Paul Byron is expected to be placed on long-term injury reserve on Wednesday.

Here is the Canadiens current injury list:

Joel Armia (upper-body) – 1-2 weeks
Paul Byron (hip) – indeterminate
Joel Edmundson (back) – indeterminate
Emil Heineman (finger) – 6 weeks
Logan Mailloux (shoulder) – day-to-day
Mike Matheson (lower-body) – day-to-day
Carey Price (knee) – indeterminate (LTIR)

The complete opening night roster including injured players can be found below.

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