Senators at Canadiens projected lineups

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)

Canadiens projected lineup

Cole Caufield — Nick Suzuki — Juraj Slafkovsky

Joshua Roy — Alex Newhook — Patrik Laine

Josh Anderson — Christian Dvorak — Brendan Gallagher

Emil Heineman — Jake Evans — Joel Armia

Mike Matheson — Alexandre Carrier

Jayden Struble — Lane Hutson

Arber Xhekaj — David Savard

Sam Montembeault

Jakub Dobes

Scratched: Michael Pezzetta

Injured: Kaiden Guhle (lacerated quadricep muscle)

Status report

Tkachuk took part in an optional morning skate after missing practice Monday. … Jensen, a defenseman, will miss his second straight game. … Guhle was on the ice for an optional morning skate but the defenseman will miss his 17th straight game since getting injured Jan. 28.