Panthers at Senators preview

PANTHERS (7-7-3) at SENATORS (9-8-3)
7:30 p.m. ET; RDSI, TSN5, FS-F, NHL.TV

The Senators traded Hoffman, defenseman prospect Cody Donaghey and a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft to the San Jose Sharks for forward Mikkel Boedker, defenseman prospect Julius Bergman and a sixth-round pick in 2020 on June 19. Two hours later, the Sharks traded the 28-year-old forward and a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft to the Panthers for a second-round pick in 2019 NHL Draft and fourth- and fifth-round picks in 2018.
Hoffman had 230 points (107 goals, 123 assists) in 342 games with the Senators. He has 18 points (eight goals, 10 assists) in a 15-game point streak, the longest current streak in the NHL and the longest in Panthers history.
Goalie James Reimer will start for Florida, which has lost two straight following a five-game winning streak.
Goalie Craig Anderson will start for the Senators, who seek their third straight win. Anderson, who has a .907 save percentage, has played in 18 of 20 games this season.

Players to watch

Panthers forward Evgenii Dadonov has 15 points (seven goals, eight assists) in his past 15 games.
Senators center Matt Duchene has 12 points (four goals, eight assists) in his past six games.

They said it

"It almost doesn't feel like I'm playing a road game. I spent a good chunk of my career here. A lot of good memories in this building." -- Panthers forward Mike Hoffman on returning to Ottawa
"When teams start to press, we've got to do a better job at defusing and creating our own press in the third period. We're starting to win more of those games, which is good. Earlier in the year, we were letting teams come back on us." -- Senators center Matt Duchene

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Nick Bjugstad
Dryden Hunt
-- Jared McCann -- Frank Vatrano
Micheal Haley -- Juho Lammikko -- Troy Brouwer
Mike Matheson -- Aaron Ekblad
Keith Yandle -- Alexander Petrovic
Mark Pysyk -- MacKenzie Weegar
James Reimer
Roberto Luongo
Scratched: Colton Sceviour, Bogdan Kiselevich
Injured:Derek MacKenzie (shoulder), Jamie McGinn (back)

Senators projected lineup

Mikkel Boedker -- Matt Duchene -- Drake Batherson
Brady Tkachuk -- Colin White -- Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel -- Chris Tierney -- Bobby Ryan
Magnus Paajarvi -- Zack Smith -- Tom Pyatt
Thomas Chabot -- Dylan DeMelo
Max Lajoie -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Christian Jaros
Craig Anderson
Mike McKenna
Scratched: Chris Wideman, Max McCormick
Injured: Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Achilles), Ben Harpur (undisclosed)

Status report

The Panthers recalled Haley and Hunt from Springfield of the American Hockey League.

Stat pack

Huberdeau needs one goal for 100 in the NHL. … Barkov has six points (three goals, three assists) in his past six games. … Stone has 15 points (five goals, 10 assists) in his past nine games. … Ottawa has allowed at least four goals in four of its past five games.