Habs winger will drop down to second line with Alex Newhook and Joel Armia after missing the last three games with upper-body injury.
Canadiens left winger Juraj Slafkovsky celebrates teammate Cole Caufield’s goal against the New York Islanders on Oct. 19.
Canadiens left winger Juraj Slafkovsky celebrates teammate Cole Caufield’s goal against the New York Islanders on Oct. 19.
Juraj Slafkovsky will return to the lineup Tuesday when the Canadiens play the Seattle Kraken at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS).
Slafkovsky missed the last three games with an upper-body injury. In the six games he has played this season, the 6-foot-3, 225-pound winger has 1-5-6 totals.
Slafkovsky will slot in at left wing on the second line with Alex Newhook at centre and Joel Armia on right wing as head coach Martin St. Louis keeps the No. 1 line of Nick Suzuki between Cole Caufield and Kirby Dach together.
Dach moved on to the No. 1 line after Slakfovsky’s injury and had 1-3-4 totals in the three games Slafkovsky missed. Suzuki had 3-3-6 totals in the last three games, while Caufield had two goals, giving him eight on the season. The New Jersey Devils’ Nico Hischier, with nine goals, is the only NHL player with more goals than Caufield.
After being held without a point in the first two games this season, Suzuki is on a seven-game point streak during which he has 3-8-11 totals.
