Senators at Avalanche

SENATORS (19-19-3) at AVALANCHE (20-17-3)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Alex DeBrincat
Claude Giroux -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly -- Dylan Gambrell -- Jake Lucchini
Derick Brassard -- Mark Kastelic -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Erik Brannstrom -- Nick Holden
Cam Talbot
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: None
Injured: Josh Norris (shoulder), Mathieu Joseph (lower body), Tyler Motte (hand), Rourke Chartier (upper body), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body)
Avalanche projected lineup
Artturi Lehkonen -- Nathan MacKinnon -- Evan Rodrigues
Sampo Ranta -- J.T. Compher -- Mikko Rantanen
Andrew Cogliano -- Alex Newhook -- Logan O'Connor
Jacob MacDonald -- Ben Meyers -- Martin Kaut
Devon Toews -- Cale Makar
Samuel Girard -- Erik Johnson
Kurtis MacDermid -- Brad Hunt
Alexandar Georgiev
Pavel Francouz
Scratched: Andreas Englund
Injured: Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Bowen Byram (lower body), Josh Manson (lower body), Valeri Nichushkin (ankle), Denis Malgin (upper body), Darren Helm (lower body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate Saturday. ... Helm will "miss some time," according to Avalanche coach Jared Bednar said Friday; the center is out after sustaining an injury related to his abductor surgery in November that caused him to miss the first 36 games of the season.