Senators at Panthers preview

SENATORS (23-33-11) at PANTHERS (34-25-7)
7:30 p.m. ET; FS-F, RDS2, TSN5, NHL.TV

The Panthers are two points behind the Columbus Blue Jackets for the second wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference and three behind the New Jersey Devils for the first wild card with three games in hand on each team.
Florida, which broke its record for consecutive home wins with a 4-3 shootout victory against the New York Rangers on Saturday, is 8-0-1 in its past nine games and 15-3-1 in its past 19.
The Senators are 20 points behind Columbus, 2-6-2 in their past 10 games and coming off a 2-1 loss to the Calgary Flames on Friday.

Players to watch

Senators forward Mark Stone has 20 points (two goals, 18 assists) in his past 15 games.
Panthers defenseman Keith Yandle has eight assists during a five-game point streak and 21 points (two goals, 19 assists) in his past 19 games.

They said it

"Guys obviously are disappointed how things have gone, but we can't focus on the past. We should just park everything that's behind us and focus only on tonight. If we do the right things tonight, we'll give ourselves a chance to win any game." -- Senators forward Alexandre Burrows
"Every team that makes the playoffs goes through a stretch like this. I don't think we're satisfied yet. We shouldn't be. We have games in hand, but they don't mean much unless we're getting the two points. It's going to be a fun run here. Every day we've got to play like it's our last game. Guys understand that and you can see the urgency in our game." -- Panthers forward Nick Bjugstad

Senators projected lineup

Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Mike Hoffman
Magnus Paajarvi -- Jean-Gabriel Pageau -- Mark Stone
Bobby Ryan -- Zack Smith -- Marian Gaborik
Max McCormick -- Tom Pyatt -- Alexandre Burrows
Fredrik Claesson -- Erik Karlsson
Ben Harpur -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Thomas Chabot
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
Scratched:Jim O'Brien, Erik Burgdoerfer
Injured:Chris Wideman (hamstring)

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Nick Bjugstad
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Denis Malgin
Jamie McGinn -- Jared McCann -- Frank Vatrano
Micheal Haley -- Derek MacKenzie -- Colton Sceviour
Keith Yandle -- Aaron Ekblad
Michael Matheson -- Mark Pysyk
MacKenzie Weegar -- Alex Petrovic
Roberto Luongo
James Reimer
Scratched:Connor Brickley, Radim Vrbata, Maxim Mamin, Ian McCoshen
Injured:None

Status report

Senators coach Guy Boucher said he hadn't decided on his lineup other than Anderson will start. … Malgin will be back after missing seven games because of an ankle injury.

Stat pack

Ottawa has played six consecutive one-goal games. They're 2-3-1 in that stretch. … Trocheck's 12 power-play goals are the most by a Panthers player since Stephen Weiss scored 12 in 2009-10.