Projected Lineups for Sharks vs Senators – 3/1/25

The San Jose Sharks take on the Ottawa Senators tonight. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

SHARKS (15-36-9) at SENATORS (29-25-4)

7 p.m. ET; SN1, NBCSCA

Sharks projected lineup

William Eklund — Macklin Celebrini — Tyler Toffoli
Fabian Zetterlund — Alexander Wennberg — Will Smith
Collin Graf — Nico Sturm — Luke Kunin
Klim Kostin — Ty Dellandrea — Barclay Goodrow

Jake Walman — Henry Thrun
Mario Ferraro — Timothy Liljegren
Marc-Edouard Vlasic — Shakir Mukhamadullin

Vitek Vanecek
Alexander Georgiev

Scratched: Carl Grundstrom, Walker Duehr, Jack Thompson

Injured: Logan Couture (lower body), Jan Rutta (lower body), Nikolai Kovalenko (upper body)

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Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Claude Giroux
David Perron — Josh Norris — Drake Batherson
Noah Gregor — Shane Pinto — Michael Amadio
Angus Crookshank — Adam Gaudette — Matthew Highmore

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Travis Hamonic — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark
Anton Forsberg

Scratched: Jacob Bernard-Docker

Injured: Nick Cousins (knee), Tyler Kleven (lower body)

Status report

Tkachuk (lower body), Norris (middle body) and Pinto (upper body) each will return; Tkachuk missed two games after being injured playing for the United States in the 4 Nations Face-Off, Norris missed six games and Pinto missed four. … Crookshank was recalled from Belleville of the American Hockey League on Saturday. … Kleven, a defenseman who left a 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, briefly skated Saturday but will not dress. … The Senators held an optional morning skate Saturday with one goalie and five skaters.

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