Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher. Eric Bolte-Imagn Images

Canadiens announce major update on Brendan Gallagher following his departure for personal reasons

Originally posted on Habs Fanatics | By Elias Edmonson | Last updated Feb 25, 2025 7:35 PM ET

We have news about Montreal Canadiens forward Brendan Gallagher, who had temporarily stepped away for personal reasons.

On Monday, the Canadiens organization announced that Gallagher had been temporarily excused from the team's regular activities for personal reasons.

We were waiting to see if No. 11 would be in the lineup for Tuesday night's game against the Carolina Hurricanes, and we just got our answer.

Brendan Gallagher is in uniform for Tuesday night's game at the Bell Centre

He is indeed in his usual spot, alongside Josh Anderson and Christian Dvorak.

Here's the full lineup (lines and pairings) set by Martin St. Louis for Tuesday night's game:

Canadiens lines in warmup: Caufield-Suzuki-Slafkovský Newhook-Beck-Laine Anderson-Dvorak-Gallagher Heineman-Evans-Armia Matheson-Carrier Struble-Hutson Xhekaj-Savard Montembeault Dobeš
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As we reported earlier, it has also been confirmed that Samuel Montembeault will be the starting goaltender at the Bell Centre, while young Owen Beck will be Martin St. Louis' second-line center.

This is a great opportunity for him, playing alongside Patrik Laine and Alex Newhook.

Meanwhile, Kirby Dach (lower body) remains unavailable, and Josh Anderson and David Savard (treatment days) are in the lineup for this Tuesday night game.

This article first appeared on Habs Fanatics and was syndicated with permission.

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