Avalanche at Senators projected lineups

AVALANCHE (41-25-3) at SENATORS (36-26-5)

7 p.m. ET; RDS2, TSN5, ALT

Avalanche projected lineup

Artturi Lehkonen — Nathan MacKinnon — Martin Necas

Jonathan Drouin — Brock Nelson — Valeri Nichushkin

Joel Kiviranta — Charlie Coyle — Ross Colton

Miles Wood — Jack Drury — Jimmy Vesey

Devon Toews — Cale Makar

Ryan Lindgren — Sam Malinski

Keaton Middleton — Samuel Girard

Scott Wedgewood

Mackenzie Blackwood

Scratched: Erik Johnson, Parker Kelly, Logan O’Connor

Injured: Josh Manson (upper body), Gabriel Landeskog (knee), Tucker Poolman (head)

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux

David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson

Ridly Greig — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio

Matthew Highmore — Adam Gaudette — Fabian Zetterlund

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub

Thomas Chabot — Travis Hamonic

Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark

Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Dennis Gilbert

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Nick Jensen (lower body)

Status report

The Avalanche did not conduct a morning skate following a 2-1 loss at the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. … Wood and Vesey each could play after missing the past four games as a healthy scratch. … Middleton, a defenseman, could replace Johnson after missing the past six games as a healthy scratch. … Jensen will miss his third straight game; the defenseman was on the ice following the Senators morning skate. … Ottawa will dress the same lineup it used in a 6-3 loss at the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday.