SENATORS (17-13-2) at CANUCKS (16-10-6)
10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, TVAS2
Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Tim Stutzle -- Claude Giroux
Drake Batherson -- Josh Norris -- Ridly Greig
Nick Cousins -- Shane Pinto -- Michael Amadio
Noah Gregor -- Zack Ostapchuk -- Adam Gaudette
Thomas Chabot -- Nick Jensen
Jake Sanderson -- Travis Hamonic
Tyler Kleven -- Jacob Bernard-Docker
Leevi Merilainen
Linus Ullmark
Scratched: Cole Reinhardt
Injured: Artem Zub (fractured foot), David Perron (upper body), Anton Forsberg (undisclosed)
Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Conor Garland
Phillip Di Giuseppe -- J.T. Miller -- Brock Boeser
Dakota Joshua -- Pius Suter -- Linus Karlsson
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Kiefer Sherwood
Quinn Hughes -- Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy -- Noah Juulsen
Derek Forbort -- Vincent Desharnais
Kevin Lankinen
Thatcher Demko
Scratched: Erik Brannstrom, Max Sasson, Nils Hoglander
Injured: Filip Hronek (upper body)
Status report
Merilainen will make his first start of the season for the Senators and third of his NHL career, with the first two coming late in the 2022-23 season. … Ottawa changed three of its four forward lines from a 3-2 overtime win at the Calgary Flames on Thursday. … Lankinen will start for a second straight game.
