Canadiens at Senators

CANADIENS (24-18-9) at SENATORS (20-27-5)

Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Phillip Danault -- Josh Anderson
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Artturi Lehkonen -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Jake Evans
Michael Frolik -- Eric Staal -- Corey Perry
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Ben Chiarot
Alexander Romanov -- Jon Merrill
Jake Allen
Cayden Primeau
Scratched: Erik Gustafsson
Injured: Shea Weber (upper body), Brendan Gallagher (broken thumb), Carey Price (concussion), Jonathan Drouin (personal), Paul Byron (lower body), Tomas Tatar (lower body)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Tim Stutzle
-- Shane Pinto -- Connor Brown
Alex Formenton -- Colin White -- Nick Paul
Ryan Dzingel -- Chris Tierney -- Vitaly Abramov
Victor Mete -- Nikita Zaitsev
Erik Brannstrom -- Artem Zub
Olle Alsing -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Filip Gustavsson
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched: Artem Anisimov, Michael Amadio
Injured: Austin Watson (hand), Matt Murray (lower body), Anton Forsberg (lower body), Evgenii Dadonov (upper body)
Status report
Price, a goalie, will resume skating Thursday when he joins the Canadiens in Toronto. … Thomas Chabot (upper body) and Josh Brown (broken foot), each a defenseman, will not play again this season. ... Dadonov, a forward, is day to day and will be replaced in the lineup by Abramov. ... Alsing will make his NHL debut.