For Wednesday night's game against the Ottawa Senators, Martin St-Louis had decided to dress the veteran duo of Michael Matheson and David Savard. However, just before the game, Kaiden Guhle took his place. Matheson is a cause for concern, as the same thing happened last year. He was injured during training camp and missed several weeks. According to Renaud Lavoie, he was left out as a precautionary measure. <q> It's a precautionary measure that Mike Matheson isn't playing tonight. We should know more after the game. - Renaud Lavoie</q> This is very bad news, because it confirms that Matheson is bothered by an injury, again. Let's hope it's not too serious this time and that he'll be able to play from the start of the season. <div align='center'><blockquote class='twitter-tweet' data-lang='en'><a href='https://twitter.com/renlavoietva/status/1707182737797341311?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1707182737797341311%7Ctwgr%5E50cef0c1215825bcd8f4f78e098f7e54ebe51213%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.habsetlnh.com%2Fcanadiens-de-montreal%2FLe-Canadien-vient-de-reveler-la-veritable-raison-de-absence-surprise-de-Mike-Matheson-et-ca-inquiete'> </a></blockquote></div>