Canadiens Notes: Evans, Sheehan, Khanin

Canadiens center Jake Evans left practice early today after Nick Suzuki made contact with him during a drill. Speaking afterwards (video link), head coach Martin St. Louis indicated that the veteran is being evaluated for what is believed to be a lower-body injury. Evans has six points in 17 games this season while averaging over 15 minutes per game of ice time, a number that was inflated when he was pressed into a bigger role while Suzuki was out.

If Evans can’t play on Tuesday against Minnesota, Montreal will have to choose between keeping Owen Beck in the lineup or changing to Florian Xhekaj. Josh Anderson, who missed Saturday’s game for personal reasons, took part in practice today and…