Senators at Golden Knights preview

SENATORS (4-4-1) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (4-5-1)
8 p.m. ET; SN1, TVAS, ATTSN-RM, NHL.TV

The Senators have been outscored 10-4 in their past two games after winning their previous three.
Goalie Craig Anderson will start for Ottawa; he allowed six goals on 37 shots in a 6-3 loss to the Colorado Avalanche on Friday. Anderson has started eight of the Senators' nine games this season.
Ottawa will dress seven defensemen and 11 forwards for the fourth time this season.
Marc-Andre Fleury could start for the Golden Knights, who are 0-1-1 in their past two games and lost 3-2 to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Friday. Fleury is 3-1-1 with a .942 save percentage in his past five games.

Players to watch

Senators forward Matt Duchene has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past five games.
Golden Knights forward William Karlsson has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past four games.

They said it

"I think we're there; we're hard to beat. We're rebuilding, and the good thing is, in our rebuild, we're growing fast in the sense that we're hard to beat." -- Senators coach Guy Boucher
"We [track] scoring chances after every game. You look at the stats, the stats are pretty good. The shots are going towards the net, the analytics are good. But the wins aren't good enough, so for me, we've got to play a better 60-minute, complete game ." -- Golden Knights coach Gerard Gallant

Senators projected lineup

Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Mark Stone
Mikkel Boedker -- Chris Tierney -- Bobby Ryan
Alex Formenton -- Colin White -- Magnus Paajarvi
Max McCormick -- Tom Pyatt
Thomas Chabot -- Dylan DeMelo
Max Lajoie -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki --
Christian Jaros
Chris Wideman
Craig Anderson
Mike Condon
Scratched:Christian Wolanin, Jack Rodewald
Injured:Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Achilles), Brady Tkachuk (leg), Ben Harpur (undisclosed), Zack Smith (facial fracture)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Jonathan Marchessault -- William Karlsson -- Reilly Smith
Oscar Lindberg -- Erik Haula -- Alex Tuch
Tomas Nosek -- Cody Eakin -- Tomas Hyka
William Carrier -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare -- Ryan Reaves
Shea Theodore -- Deryk Engelland
Brayden McNabb -- Colin Miller
Nick Holden -- Brad Hunt
Marc-Andre Fleury
Malcolm Subban
Scratched:Ryan Carpenter, Jon Merrill
Injured:Paul Stastny (lower body), Max Pacioretty (upper body)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Borowiecki will return after serving a one-game suspension for elbowing Boston Bruins defenseman Urho Vaakanainen on Tuesday. Smith is out for at least one month with a broken bone in his face. Harpur was placed on injured reserve and sent back to Ottawa to work with the medical staff. The Senators recalled Rodewald from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Gallant said Pacioretty is day to day and probably won't play.

Stat pack

Stone is one goal shy of 100 in his NHL career. … Marchessault leads the Golden Knights with 10 points (five goals, five assists) in 10 games.