Preview: Senators at Ducks

SENATORS (16-10-2) at DUCKS (14-9-5)
4 p.m. ET; TVA Sports, PRIME, TSN5, NHL.TV

Senators team scope

The Ottawa Senators lost 4-1 at the Los Angeles Kings on Saturday. Trevor Lewis scored on a rebound with two seconds left in the second period to make it 3-1 and Ottawa failed to recover. "I think the biggest deflator was the end of the second period," coach Guy Boucher said. "We've played really good in one-goal games so we just needed to keep it at one." Mike Condon made 15 saves, and will start. Phil Varone will return to the lineup in place of Buddy Robinson.

Ducks team scope

The Anaheim Ducks have won two straight after going 1-1-1 on the road. With forward Rickard Rakell back from a lower-body injury, the bottom two lines have been infused with youth. Nick Ritchie moved down to the third line, and the fourth is now rookies Joseph Cramarossa, Stefan Noesen and Logan Shaw. The play of recent call-ups Noesen, Shaw and Ondrej Kase has been impressive enough to earn them extended time with Anaheim. "With this group that we have now, this a trial and error," coach Randy Carlyle said. "We've moved some people around and moved some people out and we're going to continue to do that until we get a comfort zone with that specific group of players. There's size and there's speed and there's potential for them to create some offense."

Senators projected lineup

Mike Hoffman -- Derick Brassard -- Mark Stone
Ryan Dzingel -- Kyle Turris -- Bobby Ryan
Zack Smith -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Tom Pyatt
Phil Varone -- Chris Kelly -- Chris Neil
Marc Methot -- Erik Karlsson
Dion Phaneuf -- Cody Ceci
Andreas Englund -- Chris Wideman
Mike Condon
Andrew Hammond
Scratched: Buddy Robinson, Craig Anderson
Injured: Clarke MacArthur (concussion), Fredrik Claesson (lower body), Curtis Lazar (concussion)
Suspended:Mark Borowiecki

Ducks projected lineup

Rickard Rakell -- Ryan Getzlaf -- Corey Perry
Andrew Cogliano -- Ryan Kesler -- Jakob Silfverberg
Nick Ritchie -- Antoine Vermette -- Ondrej Kase
Joseph Cramarossa -- Stefan Noesen -- Logan Shaw
Cam Fowler -- Sami Vatanen
Hampus Lindholm -- Josh Manson
Kevin Bieksa -- Shea Theodore
John Gibson
Jonathan Bernier
Scratched: Korbinian Holzer
Injured: Nate Thompson (Achilles), Simon Despres (concussion symptoms), Clayton Stoner (lower body)

Status report

Gibson is likely to start after getting the night off Friday, a 3-2 win against the San Jose Sharks. Gibson gave up five goals in his previous start, a 6-5 shootout win against the Carolina Hurricanes on Wednesday. … Ducks forward Ryan Garbutt cleared waivers and was assigned to San Diego of the American Hockey League. … Methot returned to the lineup in Los Angeles after missing one game with a lower-body injury. ... Borowiecki was suspended two games for boarding Los Angeles Kings forward Tyler Toffoli on Saturday.

Who's hot

Karlsson has three goals and five assists in the past four games. … Stone has six goals and six assists in the past 10 games. … Hoffman has five goals and four assists in the past seven games. … Kesler has four goals and two assists during a four-game point streak and 10 points in the past eight games with a point in seven of the eight. … Perry has five points during a four-game streak. … Rakell has seven goals and an assist in the past 10 games with a point in eight of 10.