Predators at Senators projected lineups

PREDATORS (2-1-1) at SENATORS (3-1-0)

7 p.m. ET; SN1, TVAS-D, SCRIPPS

Predators projected lineup

Steven Stamkos -- Ryan O’Reilly -- Jonathan Marchessault

Filip Forsberg -- Matthew Wood -- Nils Hoglander

Reid Schaefer -- Vitali Pinchuk -- Alexander Kerfoot

Ross Colton -- Jack Drury -- Adam Edstrom

Nicolas Hague -- Roman Josi

Brady Skjei -- Nick Perbix

Jayden Struble -- Adam Wilsby

Juuse Saros

Matt Murray

Scratched: Ilya Lyubushkin, Jack Ahcan

Injured: Justus Annunen (undisclosed), Mavrik Bourque (upper body), William Trudeau (upper body)

Senators projected lineup

Andre Burakovsky -- Tim Stutzle -- Drake Batherson

Ridly Greig -- Dylan Cozens -- Fabian Zetterlund

Michael Amadio -- Shane Pinto -- Claude Giroux

Warren Foegele -- Stephen Halliday -- Nick Cousins

Thomas Chabot -- Jordan Spence

Tyler Kleven -- Carter Yakemchuk

Nikolas Matinpalo -- Hoyt Stanley

Linus Ullmark

Samuel Ersson

Scratched: Hayden Hodgson

Injured: Artem Zub (knee), Kurtis MacDermid (upper body), Jake Sanderson (undisclosed), William Eklund (ankle), Cameron Crotty (illness)

Status report

Struble will make his Predators debut after being acquired in a trace with the Montreal Canadiens on Friday; he will take the place of Trudeau, a defenseman, who was placed on injured reserve Friday. ... Bourque left in the second period of a 5-2 win against the Canadiens on Thursday and did not return, but did skate Saturday; Pinchuk will replace him in the lineup and make his NHL debut. ... Eklund was placed on injured reserve Saturday after he was injured in the first period of a 2-1 win at the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday; the forward will miss an "extended" period of time, according to coach Travis Green. ... Burakovsky will make his regular-season debut after missing time with an upper-body injury sustained during the preseason. ... Zub, a defenseman, skated Saturday but will not play.