Canadiens lineup tonight: Montreal’s projected lineup for game against Vegas Golden Knights | Dec. 31, 2024

Tonight, the Montreal Canadiens will look to make it three wins in a row as they face off with the Vegas Golden Knights. Amid a hot streak that has seen the team win five of their last six, the Habs are looking to keep the momentum rolling in the new year as they face a Golden Knights team dominating the Pacific Division.

In the case of the Habs, amid their recent surge, the team is sitting in sixth place in the Atlantic Division, five points behind the fifth-place Tampa Bay Lightning and three points ahead of the Detroit Red Wings.

While Rafael Harvey-Pinard and David Reinbacher remain on IR heading into tonight's game, the rest of the Canadiens' squad is healthy and good to go for today's New Year's Eve clash.

Montreal Canadiens projected lines

Forwards

1. LW Cole Caufield | C Nick Suzuki | RW Juraj Slafkovsky
2. LW Patrik Laine | C Kirby Dach | RW Alex Newhook
3. LW Josh Anderson | C Christian Dvorak | RW Brendan Gallagher
4. LW Emil Heineman | C Jake Evans | RW Joel Armia

Defense:

1. Lane Hutson | Mike Matheson
2. Kaiden Guhle | Alexandre Carrier
3. Arber Xhekaj | David Savard

Goalies:

• Sam Montembeault
• Jakub Dobes

Powerplay:

1. Cole Caufield, Nick Suzuki, Juraj Slafkovsky, Patrik Laine, Lane Hutson
2. Brendan Gallagher, Kirby Dach, Emil Heineman, Alex Newhook, Mike Matheson

Penalty Kill:

1. Jake Evans, Joel Armia, Kaiden Guhle, David Savard
2. Christian Dvorak, Josh Anderson, Arber Xhekaj, Alexandre Carrier

Looking at the odds for today's Canadiens vs Golden Knights game as well as upcoming games on the Habs' schedule

Heading into today's game between the Golden Knights and the Habs, it should come as little surprise that the Canadiens are underdogs despite their recent surge.

On DraftKings, Vegas is a -245 favorite while Montreal is a +200 underdog. On FanDuel, these odds are nearly identical, with Vegas as a -245 favorite and Montreal as a +198 underdog.

If these lines remain consistent between now and puck drop, it would take a $245 bet on Vegas to profit $100 on DraftKings while a $100 bet on Montreal as the underdogs would win $200.

Following tonight's game, Montreal will head to Chicago to kick off the new year with a game against Chicago on Friday before heading to Colorado for the second leg of a back-to-back on Saturday.

From there, the team will head back home to host the Canucks in their first home game of 2025 on Monday, Jan. 6.