Senators at Canadiens

SENATORS (27-26-4) at CANADIENS (25-29-4)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Claude Giroux
Alex DeBrincat -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Derick Brassard -- Mark Kastelic -- Julien Gauthier
Mathieu Joseph -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Erik Brannstrom -- Nick Holden
Mads Sogaard
Cam Talbot
Scratched: Parker Kelly, Jacob Larsson
Injured: Anton Forsberg (knee), Josh Norris (shoulder)
Canadiens projected lineup
Rafael Harvey-Pinard -- Nick Suzuki -- Josh Anderson
Rem Pitlick -- Christian Dvorak -- Evgenii Dadonov
Mike Hoffman -- Jonathan Drouin -- Jesse Ylonen
Michael Pezzetta -- Chris Tierney -- Alex Belzile
Mike Matheson -- Justin Barron
Corey Schueneman -- David Savard
Jordan Harris -- Johnathan Kovacevic
Sam Montembeault
Jake Allen
Scratched: None
Injured: Arber Xhekaj (upper body), Cole Caufield (shoulder), Juraj Slafkovsky (lower body), Jake Evans (lower body), Paul Byron (hip), Brendan Gallagher (lower body), Kaiden Guhle (knee), Sean Monahan (foot), Joel Edmundson (lower body), Kirby Dach (lower body), Joel Armia (illness), Chris Wideman (upper body)
Status report
Neither team held a morning skate after each played a road game Friday. ... Sogaard will make his third start in five games after Talbot made 26 saves in a 4-0 loss at the Carolina Hurricanes. ... Kastelic will play after being recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Saturday. ... Ottawa assigned forward Ridly Greig to Belleville. … Montembeault is likely to start after Allen made 24 saves in a 5-2 win at the Philadelphia Flyers.