Methot is dealing with an illness that will prevent him from suiting up against the Devils on Thursday, Ken Warren of the Ottawa Citizen reports.

EDGE Analysis

Methot can't buy a goal this season -- he's come up empty on 55 shots -- but the Senators aren't quite as physical without the blueliner in the lineup as he's already up to 114 hits to go along with 61 blocked shots. Dennis Wideman reportedly will draw into this next game as a substitute for the ailing Methot.