Ference out for remainder of regular season

As we speculated last night after it was said Andrew Ference would not make the trip to Ottawa, Ference will miss the final four games of the regular season.Claude Julien said Ference will be re-evaluated prior to the start of the playoffs. Ference was injured against the Rangers on Saturday.

Tonight's lineup: Based on pre-game warmups:

Blake Wheeler - Marc Savard - Phil Kessel

Mark Recchi - Patrice Bergeron - Chuck Kobasew

Milan Lucic - David Krejci - Michael Ryder

Shawn Thornton - Stephane Yelle - Byron Bitz

Zdeno Chara - Aaron Ward

Matt Hunwick - Steve Montador

Mark Stuart - Shane Hnidy

Manny Fernandez

Tim Thomas

* Alex Auld (15-18-6, 2.50 GAA, .910 save percentage) will start in goal for the Senators.