The Habs announce lineup changes and unveil their new lines: Slafkovsky's position is known

In the last few minutes, the Montreal Canadiens organization made an announcement regarding forwards Jonathan Drouin and Joel Armia :

We knew that there would be some changes to the lineup, and the official trios and duos have just been revealed for tonight's game against the New Jersey Devils.

Caufield-Suzuki-Dach

Hoffman-Dvorak-Gallagher

Dadonov-Monahan-Anderson

Slafkovsky-Evans-Pezzetta

Defense:

Guhle-Savard

Edmundson-Xhekaj

Harris-Kovacevic

Also note that everything indicates that Jake Allen will be in net. We also note that Juraj Slafkovsky will be back on the fourth line after serving his suspension.

Defensemen Mike Matheson (no contact jersey) and Chris Wideman skated as extras.

In comments, fans criticize Slafkovsky's position in the lineup, but he really seems to be on his way to a nice promotion. Stay tuned!

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