Here are the projected lineups for the game Saturday night between the Vancouver Canucks and Ottawa Senators at Scotiabank Place. The Senators held a full skate, while the Canucks went with an optional practice.
SENATORS
Kaspars Daugavins – Jason Spezza – Milan Michalek
Peter Regin – Nick Foligno – Daniel Alfredsson
Erik Condra – Zack Smith – Chris Neil
Colin Greening - Jesse Winchester – Bobby Butler
Jared Cowen – Erik Karlsson
Matt Carkner – David Rundblad
Chris Phillips – Brian Lee
Craig Anderson
Alex Auld
After missing the last 24 games with a shoulder injury, Peter Regin returns to the lineup and will play on the Alfredsson line, but according to coach Paul MacLean, he will not be taking faceoffs. Matt Carkner will also play in his first regular season game Saturday after completing a conditioning stint in Binghamton. Sergei Gonchar is day-to-day with an upper-body injury. Filip Kuba (shoulder) is skating, but MacLean estimated that he is still approximately a week away from returning. Zenon Konopka and Nikita Filatov are the healthy scratches.
CANUCKS
Daniel Sedin – Henrik Sedin – Alexandre Burrows
Mason Raymond – Ryan Kesler – Jannik Hansen
Bill Sweatt – Cody Hodgson – Maxim Lapierre
Andrew Alberts – Manny Malhotra – Dale Weise
Alexander Edler – Sami Salo
Dan Hamhuis – Kevin Bieksa
Aaron Rome – Keith Ballard
Roberto Luongo
Cory Schneider
Only Hamhuis, Burrows, Andrew Alberts and Alexander Sulzer took to the ice Saturday morning.