Senators at Canadiens

SENATORS (25-37-6) at CANADIENS (19-39-11)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Mathieu Joseph
Alex Formenton --
Tim Stutzle
-- Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly -- Colin White -- Connor Brown
Adam Gaudette -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Erik Brannstrom -- Artem Zub
Michael Del Zotto -- Travis Hamonic
Nick Holden -- Nikita Zaitsev
Anton Forsberg
Mads Sogaard
Scratched: Chris Tierney, Victor Mete
Injured: Shane Pinto (upper body), Matt Murray (upper body), Thomas Chabot (hand), Jake Sanderson (upper body), Tyler Ennis (upper body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Cole Caufield -- Nick Suzuki -- Brendan Gallagher
Mike Hoffman -- Jake Evans -- Josh Anderson
Paul Byron -- Christian Dvorak -- Joel Armia
Rem Pitlick -- Ryan Poehling -- Jesse Ylonen
Alexander Romanov -- Corey Schueneman
Joel Edmundson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- David Savard
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Tyler Pitlick, Chris Wideman, Mathieu Perreault, Laurent Dauphin, William Lagesson
Injured: Jeff Petry (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (wrist), Carey Price (knee), Kale Clague (upper body), Michael Pezzetta (upper body)
Status report
Forsberg will make his sixth start in seven games. … Kelly will play after being recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League. ... Gallagher returns after missing eight games with a lower-body injury. … Allen will make his ninth start in 10 games.