Lightning at Senators preview

LIGHTNING (9-3-1) at SENATORS (5-6-2)
7 p.m. ET; NHLN, SN, TVAS, SUN, NHL.TV

The Senators are playing the second of a back to back after a 9-2 loss to the Buffalo Sabres.
Goalie Craig Anderson will start for Ottawa, which has been outscored 30-14 in its past six games (1-4-1).
Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki will play for the first time since serving a three-game suspension for a hit to the head on Vegas Golden Knights forward Cody Eakin.
Goalie Louis Domingue could start for the Lightning, who also play the second of a back to back after a 4-1 win against the Montreal Canadiens.
Tampa Bay did not hold a morning skate.

Players to watch

Lightning center Steven Stamkos has five points (three goals, two assists) in his past three games.
Senators forward Matt Duchene has 10 points (four goals, six assists) in his past nine games.

They said it

"Anytime you can produce in a win, in an atmosphere like this, it's icing on the cake." -- Lightning center Steven Stamkos on scoring twice in Montreal on Saturday
"Hopefully we're going to be a little hungrier tonight. [We're] licking or wounds a little bit this morning here, but we're ready to rock and kind of get back on track. I think the good thing about playing back to backs [is] sometimes it's a tough loss to start, but we're not going to sit here and dwell on it and let it fester." -- Senators defenseman Mark Borowiecki

Lightning projected lineup

J.T. Miller -- Steven Stamkos -- Nikita Kucherov
Yanni Gourde -- Brayden Point -- Tyler Johnson
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Mathieu Joseph
Adam Erne -- Cedric Paquette -- Ryan Callahan
Ryan McDonagh -- Anton Stralman
Slater Koekkoek -- Dan Girardi
Braydon Coburn -- Mikhail Sergachev
Louis Domingue
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched:Danick Martel, Cameron Gaunce
Injured: Victor Hedman (upper body), Ondrej Palat (lower body)

Senators projected lineup

Ryan Dzingel -- Matt Duchene -- Mark Stone
Tom Pyatt -- Chris Tierney -- Bobby Ryan
Magnus Paajarvi -- Colin White -- Mikkel Boedker
Max McCormick -- Nicholas Paul
Thomas Chabot -- Dylan DeMelo
Mark Borowiecki -- Cody Ceci
Max Lajoie -- Christian Jaros
Chris Wideman
Craig Anderson
Mike McKenna
Scratched: Erik Burgdoerfer
Injured:Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Achilles), Brady Tkachuk (leg), Ben Harpur (undisclosed)

Status report

Senators coach Guy Boucher said Tkachuk is ahead of schedule to return.

Stat pack

Each team will play its 2,000th regular-season game. … The Lightning are 8-2-1 in their past 11 games … Anderson has played in 12 of 13 games this season. … Stone is one goal shy of 100 in his NHL career.