Predators at Senators preview

PREDATORS (32-12-8) at SENATORS (18-25-9)
7:30 p.m. ET; TSN5, RDS2, FS-TN, NHL.TV

Turris had 274 points (117 goals, 157 assists) in 407 games for the Senators before being sent to the Predators as part of a three-way trade that brought forward Matt Duchene to Ottawa from the Colorado Avalanche.
Craig Anderson will start for Ottawa, which will try for its fourth win in five games. The Senators will be without forward Alexandre Burrows, who will begin serving his 10-game suspension for a kneeing incident against New Jersey Devils forward Taylor Hall on Tuesday.
Backup goaltender Juuse Saros could start for the Predators after Pekka Rinne played in a 3-2 shootout loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. Saros is 5-1-4 with three shutouts in his past 10 starts.

Players to watch

Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson has three goals and two assists in a four-game point streak.
Senators forward Mike Hoffman has two goals and four assists in a four-game point streak.

They said it

"I'm just going to enjoy it. It's going to be a fun, competitive game and I'm looking forward to it." -- Predators forward Kyle Turris on returning to Ottawa
"He was someone that I thought was going to be here for a much longer time, someone that I was hoping that I was going to get the chance to play with for longer than I did, even though we had a lot of years together. But again, that's a part of the business." -- Senators defenseman Erik Karlsson on Turris

Predators projected lineup

Pontus Aberg -- Ryan Johansen -- Viktor Arvidsson
Kevin Fiala -- Kyle Turris -- Craig Smith
Scott Hartnell -- Nick Bonino -- Calle Jarnkrok
Miikka Salomaki -- Colton Sissons -- Austin Watson
Roman Josi -- Ryan Ellis
Mattias Ekholm -- P.K. Subban
Alexei Emelin -- Yannick Weber
Juuse Saros
Pekka Rinne
Scratched: Anthony Bitetto, Matt Irwin
Injured: None
Suspended: Filip Forsberg

Senators projected lineup

Mike Hoffman -- Matt Duchene -- Colin White
Ryan Dzingel -- Zack Smith -- Christopher DiDomenico
Magnus Paajarvi -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Tom Pyatt
Max McCormick
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Mike Blunden
Johnny Oduya -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Thomas Chabot -- Mark Borowiecki
Fredrik Claesson
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
Scratched: None
Injured:Mark Stone (knee), Derick Brassard (undisclosed), Bobby Ryan (hand), Nate Thompson (lower body), Chris Wideman (groin), Gabriel Dumont (ankle)
Suspended:Alexandre Burrows

Status report

The Senators recalled Blunden from Belleville of the American Hockey League and will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

Stat pack

The Predators and Senators play Feb. 19 in Nashville. ... Turris has 22 points (six goals, 16 assists) in 37 games with Nashville. … Duchene has 20 points (nine goals, 11 assists) in 38 games with Ottawa. Pageau will play in his 300th NHL game.