Senators at Jets

SENATORS (2-11-1) at JETS (7-4-1)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Chris Tierney -- Connor Brown
Cedric Paquette -- Colin White -- Evgenii Dadonov
Tim Stutzle
-- Derek Stepan -- Drake Batherson
Alex Galchenyuk -- Josh Norris -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Nikita Zaitsev
Mike Reilly -- Artem Zub
Christian Wolanin -- Erik Gudbranson
Matt Murray
Marcus Hogberg
Scratched:Artem Anisimov, Josh Brown, Nicholas Paul
Injured: Erik Brannstrom (undisclosed)
Jets projected lineup
Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Andrew Copp
Kyle Connor -- Pierre-Luc Dubois -- Trevor Lewis
Mathieu Perreault -- Paul Stastny -- Blake Wheeler
Adam Lowry -- Mason Appleton
Nathan Beaulieu -- Josh Morrissey
Derek Forbort -- Neal Pionk
Tucker Poolman -- Dylan DeMelo
Logan Stanley
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Sami Niku, David Gustafsson, Anton Forsberg, Kristian Vesalainen
Injured:Nate Thompson (lower body), Dominic Toninato (undisclosed), Jansen Harkins (lower body)
Status report
Paul, a forward, did not skate and is a game-time decision, Senators coach D.J. Smith said. … The Senators reassisgned forward
Logan Brown
from the taxi squad to Belleville of the American Hockey League, and forward Matthew Peca was recalled to the taxi squad Wednesday. …Vesalainen, a forward, comes out of the lineup with the Jets using 11 forwards and seven defensemen. … Poolman returns after missing the past 11 games because of NHL COVID-19 protocol.