Senators at Panthers preview

SENATORS (7-7-3) at PANTHERS (5-5-3)
5 p.m. ET; TVAS, FS-F, TSN5, NHL.TV

On June 19, the Senators traded Hoffman, defenseman prospect Cody Donaghey and a fifth-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft to the San Jose Sharks for forward Mikkel Boedker, defenseman prospect Julius Bergman and a sixth-round pick in 2020. Two hours later, the Sharks traded the 28-year-old forward and a seventh-round pick in the 2018 NHL Draft to the Panthers for a second-round pick in 2019 NHL Draft and fourth- and fifth-round picks in 2018.
Hoffman had 230 points (107 goals, 123 assists) in 342 games with the Senators.
Goalie James Reimer will start for the Panthers, who will go for their fourth straight win. Roberto Luongo made 29 saves in a 4-2 victory against the New York Islanders on Saturday.
Goalie Mike McKenna will make his first start for the Senators, who rallied for a 6-4 win at the Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday.

Players to watch

Senators forward Mark Stone has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) during a six-game point streak.
Hoffman has 12 points (seven goals, five assists) during an 11-game point streak.

They said it

"We easily, after two periods, playing one of the best teams in the League, could've said, 'We'll leave it for tomorrow and try and save energy,' and stuff like that. You don't consciously do that, but sometimes that could possibly happen to a young team, and we didn't do that. So I'm really proud of the boys, and the character we showed tonight is the character that we have in here."-- Senators forward Matt Duchene on coming back from down 4-2 in the third period against the Lightning
"When things are going your way, it seems like you just want to try and ride that wave as long as you can." -- Panthers forward Mike Hoffman on his point streak

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk -- Colin White -- Mark Stone
Mikkel Boedker -- Chris Tierney -- Bobby Ryan
Magnus Paajarvi -- Matt Duchene -- Ryan Dzingel
Tom Pyatt -- Max McCormick
Thomas Chabot -- Dylan DeMelo
Max Lajoie -- Cody Ceci
Mark Borowiecki -- Christian Jaros
Nicholas Paul
Mike McKenna
Craig Anderson
Scratched:None
Injured:Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Achilles), Ben Harpur (undisclosed), Zack Smith (facial fracture), Chris Wideman (lower body)

Panthers projected lineup

Evgenii Dadonov -- Aleksander Barkov -- Mike Hoffman
Jonathan Huberdeau -- Vincent Trocheck -- Frank Vatrano
Denis Malgin -- Jared McCann -- Nick Bjugstad
Colton Sceviour -- Juho Lammikko -- Troy Brouwer
Mike Matheson -- Aaron Ekblad
Keith Yandle -- Alexander Petrovic
Bogdan Kiselevich -- MacKenzie Weegar
James Reimer
Roberto Luongo
Scratched: Maxim Mamin, Mark Pysyk
Injured: Derek MacKenzie, (shoulder), Jamie McGinn (back)

Status report

The Senators might play 11 forwards and seven defensemen for a third straight game.

Stat pack

The Senators have allowed at least four goals in eight of their past 10 games. ... Chabot leads NHL defenseman in scoring with 22 points (five goals, 17 assists) in 17 games. ... Dadonov has 12 points (six goals, six assists) during a 10-game point streak.