SENATORS (4-2-0) at GOLDEN KNIGHTS (4-2-1)

6 p.m. ET; SCRIPPS, TSN5, RDS2

Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk – Tim Stutzle – Michael Amadio

Claude Giroux – Josh Norris – Drake Batherson

Noah Gregor – Shane Pinto – Ridly Greig

Nick Cousins – Adam Gaudette – Zack MacEwen

Jake Sanderson – Travis Hamonic

Thomas Chabot – Nick Jensen

Tyler Kleven – Jacob Bernard-Docker

Anton Forsberg

Leevi Merilainen

Scratched: David Perron

Injured: Linus Ullmark (strain), Artem Zub (concussion)

Golden Knights projected lineup

Ivan Barbashev — Jack Eichel — Mark Stone

Brett Howden — Tomas Hertl – Pavel Dorofeyev

Tanner Pearson — Nicolas Roy – Keegan Kolesar

Brendan Brisson — Cole Schwindt — Alexander Holtz

Noah Hanifin — Alex Pietrangelo

Brayden McNabb — Shea Theodore

Nicolas Hague — Zach Whitecloud

Adin Hill

Ilya Samsonov

Scratched: Ben Hutton, Kaedan Korczak

Injured: William Karlsson (undisclosed), Victor Olofsson (lower body)

Status report

The Senators will dress the same 18 skaters they used in a 4-0 win at the Utah Hockey Club on Tuesday. … Ullmark, a goalie, skated with the team on Friday. … Theodore returns after missing a 6-1 win against the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday because of an illness. … Karlsson, a forward who has missed seven games, is expected to make his season debut against the San Jose Sharks on Saturday.