Senators at Canucks

SENATORS (33-27-4) at CANUCKS (27-32-5)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
Alex DeBrincat -- Shane Pinto -- Drake Batherson
Mathieu Joseph -- Dylan Gambrell -- Patrick Brown
Derick Brassard -- Mark Kastelic -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Artem Zub
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Jakob Chychrun -- Nick Holden
Mads Sogaard
Kevin Mandolese
Scratched: Parker Kelly, Julien Gauthier, Erik Brannstrom
Injured: Cam Talbot (lower body), Anton Forsberg (knee), Josh Norris (shoulder)
Canucks projected lineup
Andrei Kuzmenko -- Elias Pettersson -- Anthony Beauvillier
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Nils Aman -- Conor Garland
Vitali Kravtsov -- Sheldon Dries -- Vasily Podkolzin
Quinn Hughes -- Noah Juulsen
Guillaume Brisebois -- Tyler Myers
Christian Wolanin -- Kyle Burroughs
Thatcher Demko
Collin Delia
Scratched: Jack Studnicka
Injured: Filip Hronek (upper body), Ethan Bear (face), Oliver Ekman-Larsson (ankle), Travis Dermott (undisclosed), Ilya Mikheyev (torn ACL), Tanner Pearson (hand), Tucker Poolman (undisclosed)
Status report
Senators coach D.J. Smith said there will be some game-time decisions but did not say who might be coming out of the lineup. ... Smith also didn't announce Ottawa's starting goalie but it appears to be Sogaard for a third straight game based off an optional morning skate. ... Demko is expected to make his fifth start in six games since returning from a groin injury that kept him out almost three months. … Bear, a defenseman, took turns in his regular spot on a pair with Hughes during the Canucks morning skate Saturday but is expected to miss his sixth straight game.