Lightning at Senators

LIGHTNING (17-5-4) at SENATORS (7-16-1)

Lightning projected lineup
Ondrej Palat -- Steven Stamkos -- Mathieu Joseph
Alex Killorn -- Anthony Cirelli -- Corey Perry
Boris Katchouk -- Ross Colton -- Taylor Raddysh
Patrick Maroon -- Riley Nash -- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare
Victor Hedman -- Jan Rutta
Ryan McDonagh -- Zach Bogosian
Mikhail Sergachev -- Cal Foote
Brian Elliott
Andrei Vasilevskiy
Scratched: Gabriel Fortier, Fredrik Claesson
Injured: Nikita Kucherov (lower body), Brayden Point (upper body), Erik Cernak (lower body)
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Josh Norris -- Drake Batherson
Alex Formenton --
Tim Stutzle
-- Connor Brown
Zach Sanford -- Chris Tierney -- Tyler Ennis
Nick Paul -- Dylan Gambrell -- Austin Watson
Thomas Chabot -- Nikita Zaitsev
Nick Holden -- Artem Zub
Dillon Heatherington -- Victor Mete
Anton Forsberg
Filip Gustavsson
Scratched: Michael Del Zotto, Adam Gaudette, Jacob Bernard-Docker
Injured: Colin White (shoulder), Erik Brannstrom (broken hand), Shane Pinto (upper body), Josh Brown (hand)
Status report
Cirelli is hopeful to play, Lightning coach Jon Cooper said Friday; the center did not play in a 5-3 win at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday because of an upper-body injury. … Cernak, a defenseman, will not return until after Christmas, Cooper said. … Del Zotto, a defenseman, was placed on waivers Friday. … Bernard-Docker, a defenseman, was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League.