Senators at Canadiens

SENATORS (23-23-3) at CANADIENS (20-26-4)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Mathieu Joseph
Alex DeBrincat --
Ridly Greig
-- Claude Giroux
Derick Brassard -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Parker Kelly -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Holden
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Erik Brannstrom -- Nikita Zaitsev
Anton Forsberg
Mads Sogaard
Scratched: Jacob Lucchini, Mark Kastelic
Injured: Tyler Motte (finger), Artem Zub (lower body), Josh Norris (shoulder), Cam Talbot (lower body)
Canadiens projected lineup
Rem Pitlick -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Evgenii Dadonov -- Kirby Dach -- Mike Hoffman
Christian Dvorak -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Alex Belzile -- Rafael Harvey-Pinard
Arber Xhekaj -- David Savard
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Chris Wideman
Jake Allen
Sam Montembeault
Scratched: Chris Wideman
Injured: Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jonathan Drouin (lower body), Joel Armia (upper body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (lower body), Emil Heineman (thumb), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body)
Status report
Sogaard was recalled from Binghamton of the American Hockey League on Monday and will back up Forsberg. … Allen will make his second start in three games since returning from a lower-body injury. … The Canadiens will dress seven defensemen and 11 forwards. … Armia and Drouin were on the ice prior to the morning skate but neither forward will play.