Confirmed: Martin St-Louis makes several changes to his lineup

Despite a win against the Buffalo Sabres on Thursday, Montreal Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis decided to take the high road and send a message to his veterans.

Jonathan Drouin, Evgenii Dadonov and Rem Pitlick will officially be in the stands for tonight's game.

Joel Armia and Michael Pezzetta will be playing their first game of the season, while Juraj Slafkovsky will officially be back.

Here are the Habs' trios and duos for tonight's game:

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach

Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher

Hoffman-Monahan-Armia

Pezzetta-Evans-Slafkovsky

Guhle-Savard

Harris-Kovacevic

Xhekaj-Wideman

Jake Allen will be in net.

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