CANUCKS (19-19-4) at SENATORS (15-21-4)
7 p.m. ET; TVAS, SN, SN360, NHL.TV

The Game
The Vancouver Canucks will try for their ninth win in 13 games when they play the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre on Wednesday.
The Canucks are 8-3-1 in their previous 12 games and have allowed two goals or fewer in four of their past five.
Ottawa is hoping to end a season-long five-game losing streak (0-5-0), during which they've been outscored 24-10. 

Players to watch
Canucks goalie Jacob Markstrom is 8-1-0 with a 1.66 goals-against average and a .943 save percentage in his past nine games.
Senators forward Mark Stone has eight points (three goals, five assists) in his past eight games.

They said it
"It's always so much fun (playing in Ottawa). Pretty much everybody who was with you, from where it started, gets to come out, have a beer and enjoy." -- Canucks defenseman Erik Gudbranson, who grew up in Ottawa
"[The message] was definitely received. He just said we have to turn the ship around and it's on us to do it. Just stay together here. … When you're losing games it's easy to compound things by being negative and getting on each other, but guys have done a good job in here to be positive. It's going to be on us to turn it around. It's not like there's help coming or anything like that. It's going to be on us." -- Senators defenseman Dylan DeMelo on forward Mark Stone's message to the team Tuesday

Canucks projected lineup
Derrick Pouliot -- Erik Gudbranson
Jacob Markstrom
Injured: Brandon Sutter (shoulder)

Senators projected lineup
Brady Tkachuk -- Chris Tierney -- Mark Stone
Mark Borowiecki -- Dylan DeMelo
Scratched: Nick Paul
Injured: Jean-Gabriel Pageau (Achilles), Craig Anderson (concussion), Justin Falk (upper body), Thomas Chabot (upper body), Christian Jaros (broken finger)

Status report
The Canucks traded Nilsson and forward Darren Archibald to the Senators for McKenna, Pyatt and a sixth-round pick in the 2019 NHL Draft. ... Sutter will not play, but Canucks coach Travis Green said he'll be an option for the rest of the road trip, which concludes with games against the Montreal Canadiens at Bell Centre on Thursday and the Toronto Maple Leafs at Scotiabank Arena on Saturday. … The Senators will dress 11 forwards and seven defensemen.

Stat pack
Pettersson had 17 points (six goals, 11 assists) in 14 games in December. … Duchene needs one assist for 300 in the NHL.