Senators at Penguins

SENATORS (20-21-3) at PENGUINS (22-15-7)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk --
Tim Stutzle
-- Drake Batherson
Alex DeBrincat -- Josh Norris -- Claude Giroux
Derick Brassard -- Shane Pinto -- Mathieu Joseph
Parker Kelly -- Mark Kastelic -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Nick Holden -- Erik Brannstrom
Cam Talbot
Anton Forsberg
Scratched: Dylan Gambrell
Injured: Tyler Motte (finger), Nikita Zaitsev (lower body), Artem Zub (lower body)
Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker -- Evgeni Malkin -- Rickard Rakell
Drew O'Connor -- Teddy Blueger -- Jeff Carter
Brock McGinn -- Jonathan Gruden -- Danton Heinen
Brian Dumoulin -- Ty Smith
Marcus Pettersson -- Mark Friedman
Pierre-Olivier Joseph -- Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: Taylor Fedun, Dustin Tokarski
Injured: Josh Archibald (lower body), Jeff Petry (upper body), Ryan Poehling (upper body), Kris Letang (lower body), Jan Rutta (upper body), Kasperi Kapanen (lower body)
Status report
Mathieu Joseph will play for the first time since Dec. 8; he was a healthy scratch for a 5-4 overtime win against the Penguins on Wednesday after missing the previous 17 games with a lower-body injury. … Letang wore a no-contact jersey during Pittsburgh's morning skate Friday; the defenseman returned to the Penguins on Tuesday after spending 15 days in Montreal following the death of his father. Letang has missed nine games. ... Jarry will be a game-time decision after missing seven games with a lower-body injury sustained in the first period of the 2023 Discover NHL Winter Classic against the Boston Bruins at Fenway Park on Jan. 2. … Petry, a defenseman, and Poehling, a forward, each will be a game-time decision. ... Kapanen, a forward, is week to week.