DEVILS (4-2-0) at SENATORS (2-1-0)

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

Devils projected lineup

Paul Cotter — Jack Hughes — Jesper Bratt

Timo Meier — Nico Hischier — Dawson Mercer

Tomas Tatar — Erik Haula — Stefan Noesen

Ondrej Palat — Curtis Lazar — Nick Bastian

Brenden Dillon — Dougie Hamilton

Jonas Siegenthaler — Johnathan Kovacevic

Seamus Casey — Simon Nemec

Jacob Markstrom

Jake Allen

Scratched: Kurtis MacDermid

Injured: Luke Hughes (left shoulder), Brett Pesce (fractured fibula)

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux

Noah Gregor — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson

David Perron — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio

Nick Cousins — Adam Gaudette — Zack MacEwen

Jake Sanderson — Travis Hamonic

Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven — Jacob Bernard-Docker

Anton Forsberg

Mads Sogaard

Scratched: None

Injured: Linus Ullmark (strain), Artem Zub (concussion), Ridly Greig (upper body)

Status report

Markstrom took reps in the starter’s net during the Devils morning skate Thursday. … New Jersey coach Sheldon Keefe made changes to the forward corps, swapping three left wings; Cotter took Meier’s spot on the first line, Meier moved to the second line and Tatar moved to the third line. … The Senators held an optional morning skate Thursday with 11 skaters and three goalies. … Forsberg will start and Sogaard, who was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Wednesday, will back up, coach Travis Green said. … Ullmark, a goalie, skated with Ottawa on Thursday but will miss his second straight game. … Bernard-Docker will make his season debut.