Preview: Ducks at Senators

DUCKS (17-12-5) at SENATORS (19-11-3)
7:30 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, PRIME, NHL.TV

Ducks team scope

The Anaheim Ducks are coming off a 5-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday in which they were outshot 34-13. "This is a good team," Ottawa Senators coach Guy Boucher said. "They just got beat so we're getting their A game, maybe their A+ game, so we're aware of that." The Ducks are finishing a six-game road trip in which they are 2-3-0 in the first five games. Anaheim forward Andrew Cogliano moved into fifth place on the consecutive games played list Tuesday with 738, one more than Jay Bouwmeester played with the Florida Panthers, Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues from March 6, 2004 to Nov. 22, 2014. Craig Ramsay is fourth place with 776 games for the Buffalo Sabres from March 27, 1973 to Feb. 10, 1983. Anaheim's power play is second in the NHL at 24.3 percent (27-for-111); 15th on the road (12-for-63, 19 percent). The Ducks scored three power-play goals in a 5-1 win against the Senators in Anaheim Dec. 11. Anaheim forward Rickard Rakell needs one point for 100 in his NHL career. Goaltender John Gibson is expected to start.

Senators team scope

The Senators will be trying for their fourth straight win but they may be without forward Mark Stone, who missed the morning skate with illness and will be a game-time decision. "He's just not feeling good so we told him to stay home and at least give it a chance that he might show up tonight," Boucher said. If Stone can't play, Boucher said he will dress seven defensemen with Fredrik Claesson going into the lineup. Goaltender Mike Condon will start. He is 5-2-2 in his past nine games (eight starts and one relief appearance after Andrew Hammond sustained a high ankle sprain against the New York Islanders Dec. 18. Hammond's status is week to week. Matt O'Connor will back up Condon; Craig Anderson is on personal leave for the foreseeable future. Ottawa's power play is 29th in the League at home (7-for-59, 11.9 percent).

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Antoine Vermette -- Ondrej Kase
Joseph Cramarossa -- Logan Shaw -- Jared Boll
Cam Fowler -- Sami Vatanen
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Korbinian Holzer -- Kevin Bieksa
John Gibson
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched:Shea Theodore, Stefan Noesen
Injured:Clayton Stoner (lower body), Simon Despres (concussion-like symptoms), Nate Thompson (Achilles).

Senators projected lineup

Zack Smith -- Derick Brassard -- Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel -- Kyle Turris -- Bobby Ryan
Mike Hoffman -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Curtis Lazar
Tom Pyatt -- Chris Kelly -- Chris Neil
Marc Methot -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Chris Wideman
Mike Condon
Matt O'Connor
Scratched:Fredrik Claesson
Injured:Andrew Hammond (ankle), Clarke MacArthur (concussion)
Personal leave:Craig Anderson

Status report

Bieksa (upper body) is expected to play. … Boucher said there have been conversations with Anderson, but only to check in on how cancer treatments for his wife Nicholle have been going, not about a potential return date.

Who's hot

Rakell has five goals and three assists in his past eight games. … Ryan has four goals and two assists in his past five games. Smith has three goals and three assists in his past three games. Brassard has three goals in his past three games.