All the information you need ahead of Thursday's matchup between the Montreal Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers.

Get the projected lineups and injury report for tonight's NHL matchup between the visiting Montreal Canadiens and the Edmonton Oilers.

Winger Matt Savoie will get an opportunity to play on the top line with Connor McDavid & Leon Draisaitl on Thursday when the Oilers host the Canadiens at Rogers Place

Edmonton won 3-2 on the road its last time out on Oct. 21 against the Ottawa Senators. In its most recent game on Oct. 22, Montreal earned a 2-1 road victory against the Calgary Flames. Ahead of watching this matchup, here's everything you need to know about Thursday's action on the ice.

The Montreal Canadiens have announced that center Kirby Dach will return to the lineup for Thursday’s game against the Edmonton Oilers. Dach had missed the last three games due to an upper-body injury.

The Montreal Canadiens are a team on the rise. After making the postseason last year, the team improved even more with the additions of Noah Dobson and Zac Bold

Those who tuned into the Calgary Flames game last night may have noticed a very famous Canadian singer in the crowd.

Bolduc gave the Canadiens a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at 17:09 of the first period. He took a pass in the slot from Nick Suzuki and snapped a shot past Wolf. Suzuki extended his point streak to seven games (one goal, 10 assists).

Cole Caufield scored his second goal of the game at 3:25 of overtime to give the Montreal Canadiens a 5-4 win over the Seattle Kraken

The Canadiens have achieved the start they desired through five games, but that is less about their record than it is how they got there.

Brian Wilde, a Montreal-based sports writer, brings you Call of the Wilde on globalnews.ca after each Canadiens game. After a strong home stand, the Montreal Canadiens next test is a four game road trip through the west. Night one was the struggling Calgary Flames who had only one win in seven games to start the season.