Senators at Canadiens

SENATORS (22-34-5) at CANADIENS (16-36-9)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Connor Brown
Alex Formenton --
Tim Stutzle
-- Tyler Ennis
Nick Paul -- Colin White -- Zach Sanford
Adam Gaudette -- Chris Tierney -- Austin Watson
Erik Brannstrom -- Artem Zub
Nick Holden -- Nikita Zaitsev
Victor Mete -- Josh Brown
Filip Gustavsson
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dylan Gambrell
Injured: Shane Pinto (upper body), Drake Batherson (ankle), Matt Murray (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Joel Armia
Mike Hoffman -- Rem Pitlick -- Josh Anderson
Jonathan Drouin -- Christian Dvorak -- Artturi Lehkonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Jake Evans -- Paul Byron
Joel Edmundson -- Jeff Petry
Brett Kulak -- Alexander Romanov
Corey Schueneman -- Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Laurent Dauphin
Injured: Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Carey Price (knee), Andrew Hammond (lower body), David Savard (ankle), Kale Clague (upper body), Ryan Poehling (upper body), Tyler Pitlick (undisclosed)
Status report
Gustavsson will start. ... The Senators are expected to dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 3-1 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Friday. ... Allen makes his second straight start. … Drouin returns after missing 22 games with a wrist injury. … Anderson will be a game-time decision after missing two games because of a lower body injury. … Price, a goalie, took part in the optional morning skate for the first time this season; there is no timeline for his return. … Gallagher, a forward, is day to day.