Latendresse unlikely to dress vs. Panthers

Guillaume Latendresse
Seat in the press box?

Guillaume Latendresse, struggling with just two shots on goal through four games this season, did not practise this morning with the Canadiens’ four lines, giving rise to speculation that he will be a healthy scratch tomorrow night vs. the Florida Panthers.

Expected lines:

Higgins-Koivu-Ryder
Smolinski-Plekanec-Kovalev
Kostitsyn-Grabovski-Kostopoulos
Bégin-Chipchura-Dandenault

Cristobal Huet gets the call in nets. No changes are expected on defence.