Lines and defense pairings at practice – Mar. 10

Laine remains sidelined with the flu

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By Montreal Canadiens
@CanadiensMTL canadiens.com

VANCOUVER – Patrik Laine was the only absentee from Canadiens practice at Rogers Arena on Monday.

The Finnish forward, who did not play in Calgary on Saturday, remains sidelined with the flu.

Fresh off his Monday morning call-up, Roy was on the ice with his teammates in Vancouver. The 21-year-old skated on a line with Alex Newhook and Brendan Gallagher on the Pacific Coast.

Here are the complete line combinations and defense pairings from today’s session:

Forwards

13 Caufield

14 Suzuki

20 Slafkovsky

89 Roy

15 Newhook

11 Gallagher

17 Anderson

28 Dvorak

55 Pezzetta

51 Heineman

71 Evans

40 Armia

Defensemen

8 Matheson

45 Carrier

47 Struble

48 Hutson

58 Savard

72 Xhekaj

Goalies

75 Dobes

35 Montembeault

A familiar face was in the building on Monday, as Carey Price took in the sights and sounds at practice and caught up with former teammates (click here to see).

Speaking of netminders, Martin St-Louis confirmed during his media availability that Samuel Montembeault will be between the pipes for the Habs on Tuesday, while Jakub Dobes gets the nod in Seattle on Wednesday.

Montreal and Vancouver go head-to-head tomorrow at 10:00 p.m. ET.

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