{"id":274590,"date":"2025-04-21T13:40:42","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T13:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/canadiens-lineup-tonight-montreals-projected-lineup-for-game-1-against-washington-capitals\/"},"modified":"2025-06-25T17:08:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T17:08:47","slug":"canadiens-lineup-tonight-montreals-projected-lineup-for-game-1-against-washington-capitals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/michigandigitalnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/04\/21\/canadiens-lineup-tonight-montreals-projected-lineup-for-game-1-against-washington-capitals\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadiens lineup tonight: Montreal\u2019s projected lineup for Game 1 against Washington Capitals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-content\" data-postid=\"4884880\" data-slug-id=\"2484411\">\n<div class=\"vidazoo-player-container\">\n<span class=\"vidazoo-close-btn  hidden \"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/cmc-predictor\/v2\/cross-icon.png?w=40\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" alt=\"close\"\/><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens begin their Stanley Cup Playoffs appearance with a less-than-enviable matchup with the Eastern Conference&#8217;s best team, the Washington Capitals. Tonight at 7 pm EDT, the 40-31-11 Habs will visit the 51-22-9 Capitals for the first time in the postseason.<\/p>\n<p>Montreal is fortunately in very good health for the playoffs. It still has only one player on the injury report, and it&#8217;s left wing Rafael Harvey-Pinard. He&#8217;s been out since March 19 and is expected to be back this playoffs if Montreal survives long enough.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, here&#8217;s what the lineup should look like tonight. Bear in mind that it can change ahead of the puck drop:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Forwards:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>LW Cole Caufield &#8211; C Nick Suzuki &#8211; RW Juraj Slafkovsky<\/li>\n<li>LW Brendan Gallagher &#8211; C Christian Dvorak &#8211; RW Josh Anderson<\/li>\n<li>LW Patrik Laine &#8211; C Alex Newhook &#8211; RW Ivan Demidov<\/li>\n<li>LW Emil Heineman &#8211; C Jake Evans &#8211; RW Joel Armia<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><template id=\"also-read-articles-template\"><\/p>\n<p><\/template><\/p>\n<p><strong>Defensive Pairs:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Mike Matheson &#8211; Alexandre Carrier<\/li>\n<li>Kaiden Guhle &#8211; Lane Hutson<\/li>\n<li>Jayden Struble &#8211; David Savard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Goalies:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Sam Montembeault<\/li>\n<li>Jakub Dobes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Powerplay Lines:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Juraj Slafkovsky, Nick Suzuki, Cole Caufield, Patrik Laine, Lane Hutson<\/li>\n<li>Brendan Gallagher, Nick Suzuki, Alex Newhook, Mike Matheson, Ivan Demidov<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Penalty Kill Units:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Jake Evans, Joel Armia, Mike Matheson, Alexandre Carrier<\/li>\n<li>Nick Suzuki, Josh Anderson, Kaiden Guhle, David Savard<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Montreal wrapped up the regular season with a 4-2 win over fellow Metropolitan Division playoff team, the Carolina Hurricanes, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h2>Odds for tonight&#8217;s Canadiens game and a look at the upcoming schedule<\/h2>\n<p>The Montreal Canadiens are underdogs tonight on the road against the Capitals. Here are the full odds from Odds Shark:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Washington is -190 on the moneyline.<\/li>\n<li>Montreal is +160 to win outright.<\/li>\n<li>The puck line is Capitals -1, which is +120.<\/li>\n<li>The Canadiens are -118 to win outright.<\/li>\n<li>The total is 5.5 goals.<\/li>\n<li>The over is -115, and the under is -101.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In the immediate future, Montreal only has the Washington Capitals on the schedule. They&#8217;ll play against one another today, April 23, April 25 and April 27.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"image\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sk-app-thumbnail\" alt=\"The Montreal Canadiens are underdogs (Imagn)\" src=\"https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg\"\/><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy-img\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2667\" src=\"https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=190 190w, https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=720 720w, https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=640 640w, https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=1045 1045w, https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=1200 1200w, https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=1460 1460w, https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=1600 1600w, https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg 1920w\" alt=\"The Montreal Canadiens are underdogs (Imagn)\" src-low=\"https:\/\/staticd.sportskeeda.com\/editor\/2025\/04\/25947413-1745240671.jpeg?w=640\" bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,&lt;svg%20xmlns=%22http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg%22%20viewBox=%220%200%204000%202667%22&gt;&lt;\/svg&gt;\"\/><figcaption>The Montreal Canadiens are underdogs (Imagn)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If no one has won four games by then, since it&#8217;s a best-of-seven series, then they&#8217;ll play more until someone does. Game 5 would be April 30. Game 6 would be May 2, and the ever-important Game 7 would be May 4. 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