Senators at Canadiens

SENATORS (14-26-4) at CANADIENS (19-13-9)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Tim Stutzle
-- Colin White -- Ryan Dzingel
Nick Paul -- Chris Tierney -- Evgenii Dadonov
Alex Formenton
-- Shane Pinto -- Connor Brown
Thomas Chabot -- Nikita Zaitsev
Erik Brannstrom -- Artem Zub
Victor Mete -- Josh Brown
Matt Murray
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Artem Anisimov, Marcus Hogberg, Michael Amadio, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Joey Daccord (lower body), Austin Watson (hand)
Canadiens projected lineup
Tomas Tatar -- Phillip Danault -- Paul Byron
Tyler Toffoli -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Jonathan Drouin -- Jesperi Kotkaniemi -- Josh Anderson
Artturi Lehkonen -- Eric Staal -- Corey Perry
Ben Chiarot -- Shea Weber
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Alexander Romanov -- Brett Kulak
Carey Price
Jake Allen
Scratched: None
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (broken thumb)
COVID-19 protocol: Jon Merrill, Erik Gustafsson
Status report
Pinto will make his NHL debut. … Zaitsev practiced on a pair with Chabot on Friday after the defenseman did not play in a 3-2 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday. ... Price will return after missing six games with a lower-body injury.