DEVILS (28–24-2) at SENATORS (25-21-7)
7 p.m. ET; SN1, TVAS2, MSG
Devils projected lineup
Timo Meier -- Dawson Mercer -- Jesper Bratt
Lenni Hameenaho -- Cody Glass -- Arseny Gritsyuk
Evgenii Dadonov -- Paul Cotter -- Conner Brown
Maxim Tsyplakov -- Luke Glendening -- Juho Lammikko
Brett Pesce -- Dougie Hamilton
Brenden Dillon -- Simon Nemec
Jonas Siegenthaler -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Jake Allen
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Colton White
Injured: Luke Hughes (shoulder), Zack MacEwen (ACL), Stefan Noesen (knee), Jack Hughes (lower body), Nico Hischier (illness)
Senators projected lineup
Drake Batherson -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
Brady Tkachuk -- Dylan Cozens -- Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Stephen Halliday -- Lars Eller -- Fabian Zetterlund
Jake Sanderson -- Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot -- Jordan Spence
Tyler Kleven -- Nick Jensen
Linus Ullmark
James Reimer
Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid, Nikolas Matinpalo
Injured: David Perron (sports hernia)
Status report
Jack Hughes will not play; the center is day to day after leaving in the first period of a 3-2 overtime win against the Nashville Predators on Thursday. ... Hischier, a center, will be a game-time decision. ... Glass will return after missing the game Thursday with a lower-body injury. ... Ullmark will return and make his first start since taking a leave of absence Dec. 28; he has missed 16 games. ... Halliday will return after missing a 5-2 win against the Colorado Avalanche on Wednesday with an upper-body injury. ... The Senators assigned forward Xavier Borgault to Belleville of the American Hockey League on Saturday.
