Projected Lineups for the Senators vs. Panthers – 04/09/24

The Ottawa Senators take on the Florida Panthers at Amerant Bank Arena tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups, sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents and others.


SENATORS (34-39-4) at PANTHERS (48-24-6)

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

Senators projected lineup

  • Brady Tkachuk — Ridly Greig — Claude Giroux
  • Dominik Kubalik — Shane Pinto — Drake Batherson
  • Boris Katchouk — Mathieu Joseph — Parker Kelly
  • Bokondji Imama — Mark Kastelic — Jiri Smejkal
  • Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
  • Thomas Chabot — Erik Brannstrom
  • Jakob Chychrun — Jacob Bernard-Docker
  • Joonas Korpisalo
  • Anton Forsberg

Scratched: None

Injured: Matthew Highmore (upper body), Zack MacEwen (lower body), Angus Crookshank (lower body), Travis Hamonic (undisclosed), Tim Stutzle (upper body)

Status report

  • Stutzle, a center, will miss his second straight game after taking a hit from Mikkola in a 6-0 loss to the Panthers on Thursday.

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Panthers projected lineup

  • Vladimir Tarasenko — Aleksander Barkov — Sam Reinhart
  • Nick Cousins — Sam Bennett — Matthew Tkachuk
  • Eetu Luostarinen — Anton Lundell — Evan Rodrigues
  • Jonah Gadjovich — Kevin Stenlund — Ryan Lomberg
  • Gustav Forsling — Brandon Montour
  • Niko Mikkola — Dmitry Kulikov
  • Josh Mahura — Uvis Balinskis
  • Sergei Bobrovsky
  • Anthony Stolarz

Scratched: Oliver Ekman-Larsson, Tobias Bjornfot, Kyle Okposo, Steven Lorentz

Injured: Carter Verhaeghe (upper body), Aaron Ekblad (lower body)

Status report

  • Balinskis enters the lineup in place of Ekman-Larsson, a defenseman, who is being rested.
  • Lorentz, a center, missed the win at Ottawa with an illness but is expected to be a healthy scratch Tuesday.

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