Canadiens at Senators

CANADIENS (20-25-4) at SENATORS (22-23-3)

Canadiens projected lineup
Rem Pitlick -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Mike Hoffman -- Kirby Dach -- Jesse Ylonen
Owen Beck -- Christian Dvorak -- Evgenii Dadonov
Michael Pezzetta -- Alex Belzile -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Mike Matheson -- David Savard
Arber Xhekaj -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Joel Armia (upper body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Mathieu Joseph
Alex DeBrincat --
Ridly Greig
-- Claude Giroux
Derick Brassard -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Holden
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Erik Brannstrom -- Nikita Zaitsev
Anton Forsberg
Kevin Mandolese
Scratched: Jacob Lucchini , Mark Kastelic
Injured: Tyler Motte (finger), Artem Zub (lower body), Josh Norris (shoulder), Cam Talbot (lower body)
Status report
Beck will make his NHL debut after being recalled from Peterborough of the Ontario Hockey League on an emergency basis Friday. … Montembault will make his ninth start in 10 games. ... Edmundson, a defenseman, did not take part in the Canadiens' morning skate Saturday and is day to day after leaving a 4-3 overtime loss to the Detroit Red Wings on Thursday. ... Kovacevic will enter the lineup for Wideman, a defenseman. … Forsberg will start in back-to-back games after he made 31 saves in a 6-2 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Friday.