SENATORS (14-21-0) at FLAMES (17-18-5)
9 p.m. ET; RDS, SNW, TSN5
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Mathieu Joseph
Claude Giroux -- Tim Stutzle -- Drake Batherson
Dominik Kubalik -- Ridly Greig -- Vladimir Tarasenko
Parker Kelly -- Mark Kastelic -- Zack MacEwen
Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub
Jakob Chychrun -- Jake Sanderson
Erik Brannstrom -- Travis Hamonic
Joonas Korpisalo
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker, Jiri Smejkal, Angus Crookshank
Injured: Rourke Chartier (upper body)
Flames projected lineup
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Elias Lindholm -- Yegor Sharangovich
Connor Zary -- Nazem Kadri -- Martin Pospisil
Andrew Mangiapane -- Mikael Backlund -- Blake Coleman
A.J. Greer -- Adam Ruzicka -- Walker Duehr
Noah Hanifin -- Chris Tanev
MacKenzie Weegar -- Rasmus Andersson
Yan Kuznetsov -- Nick DeSimone
Jacob Markstrom
Dan Vladar
Scratched: Dillon Dube, Jordan Oesterle
Injured: Dennis Gilbert (concussion)
Status report
The Senators held an optional morning skate Tuesday. ... Joseph will return after missing 10 games because of a lower-body injury. ... Zub will be a game-time decision after missing practice Monday because of illness. ... Korpisalo is expected to make his 11th start in 14 games. ... Markstrom will start for the eighth time in 10 games. ... Kuznetsov will make his NHL debut. ... Dube, a center, will be a healthy scratch.
