Senators at Flames

SENATORS (8-16-1) at FLAMES (10-11-2)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Connor Brown
Nick Paul -- Colin White -- Evgenii Dadonov
Tim Stutzle
-- Artem Anisimov -- Drake Batherson
Ryan Dzingel
-- Chris Tierney -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub
Braydon Coburn
-- Nikita Zaitsev
Erik Brannstrom -- Erik Gudbranson
Matt Murray
Joey Daccord
Scratched:Christian Wolanin, Mike Reilly
Injured: Marcus Hogberg (lower body)
Flames projected lineup
Matthew Tkachuk -- Elias Lindholm -- Dillon Dube
Johnny Gaudreau -- Sean Monahan -- Josh Leivo
Milan Lucic -- Mikael Backlund -- Andrew Mangiapane
Joakim Nordstrom -- Derek Ryan -- Brett Ritchie
Mark Giordano -- Rasmus Andersson
Noah Hanifin -- Chris Tanev
Oliver Kylington -- Juuso Valimaki
David Rittich
Jacob Markstrom
Scratched: Dominik Simon, Sam Bennett, Nikita Nesterov
Injured: None
Status report
Dzingel will play his first game with Ottawa since being acquired in a trade with the Carolina Hurricanes for forwards
Alex Galchenyuk
and Cedric Paquette on Feb. 13. ... Markstrom, who has missed five games with an upper-body injury, could back up Rittich. ... Ryan will return after missing 13 games with a broken finger. ...Bennett, a center, is expected to be a healthy scratch.