Senators at Hurricanes preview

SENATORS (26-37-11) at HURRICANES (33-31-11)
7 p.m. ET; TSN5, RDS2, FS-CR, NHL.TV

The Hurricanes trail the New Jersey Devils by nine points for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
The Senators have lost four in a row (0-4-0) and have been outscored 18-6 in the past three. Erik Karlsson, who returned to the lineup Saturday after missing the past two games for a family matter, did not make the trip.
Hurricanes forward Warren Foegele will make his NHL debut for Carolina, while forward Ben Sexton will play his first game for the Senators.

Players to watch

Senators forward Matt Duchene has 19 points (10 goals, nine assists) in the past 20 games.
Hurricanes forward Sebastian Aho has 11 points (three goals, eight assists) in an eight-game point streak.

They said it

"That first period, we were outstanding. It's just sad we couldn't get a lead. As the game went on, our shifts were longer and longer and we lost a bit of gap and a bit of hardness defensively." - Senators coach Guy Boucher on Ottawa's 5-2 loss against the Hurricanes
"You've got to be able to get through the neutral zone. That's the whole key against this team. The slower you play, the more they get set up in that 1-3-1 and then you're in trouble." - Hurricanes coach Bill Peters

Senators projected lineup

Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Mike Hoffman
Bobby Ryan -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Zack Smith
Magnus Paajarvi -- Filip Chlapik -- Tom Pyatt
Max McCormick -- Ben Sexton - Alexander Burrows
Thomas Chabot -- Fredrik Claesson
Christian Wolanin -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Ben Harpur
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
Scratched:None
Injured:Mark Stone (leg), Chris Wideman (hamstring), Marian Gaborik (undisclosed)

Hurricanes projected lineup

Valentin Zykov -- Sebastian Aho -- Teuvo Teravainen
Brock McGinn -- Jordan Staal -- Justin Williams
Jeff Skinner -- Elias Lindholm -- Phillip Di Giuseppe
Warren Foegele -- Derek Ryan -- Joakim Nordstrom
Jaccob Slavin -- Klas Dahlbeck
Noah Hanifin -- Trevor van Riemsdyk
Haydn Fleury -- Roland McKeown
Cam Ward
Scott Darling
Scratched:Lee Stempniak
Injured:Victor Rask (shoulder), Brett Pesce (shoulder), Justin Faulk (upper body)

Status report

Boucher said he hopes to see Stone in the lineup before the end of the season, but "unless it's 100 percent, we won't go there." Ottawa recalled Sexton from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Monday. … The Hurricanes recalled Foegele from Charlotte on Monday.

Stat pack

Anderson is 9-5-4 against the Hurricanes with a 2.24 goals-against average and a .935 save percentage. ... Slavin has seven points (two goals and five assists) in the past four games