Projected Lineups for Blackhawks vs Senators – 12/20/25

The Chicago Blackhawks take on the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre today. Here are the projected/expected lineups sourced from NHL.com staff writers, independent correspondents, and others.

BLACKHAWKS (13-15-6) at SENATORS (16-13-4)

3 p.m. ET; TVAS, TSN5, CHSN

Blackhawks projected lineup

Andre Burakovsky — Frank Nazar — Tyler Bertuzzi
Ilya Mikheyev — Jason Dickinson — Oliver Moore
Ryan Donato — Ryan Greene — Teuvo Teravainen
Sam Lafferty — Colton Dach — Nick Lardis

Alex Vlasic — Louis Crevier
Matt Grzelcyk — Artyom Levshunov
Wyatt Kaiser — Connor Murphy

Spencer Knight
Arvid Soderblom

Scratched: Ethan Del Mastro, Dominic Toninato

Injured: Connor Bedard (upper body), Nick Foligno (hand)

Status report

Neither team held a morning skate. … Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill made changes to each forward line except his top line of Bertuzzi, Nazar and Burakovsky during practice on Friday, but he cautioned that line combinations could change again ahead of puck drop. … Lafferty could reenter the lineup after being a healthy scratch for three straight games. 

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Senators projected lineup

Brady Tkachuk — Tim Stutzle — Fabian Zetterlund
David Perron — Dylan Cozens — Drake Batherson
Michael Amadio — Ridly Greig — Claude Giroux
Kurtis MacDermid — Stephen Halliday — Nick Cousins

Jake Sanderson — Artem Zub
Thomas Chabot — Nick Jensen
Tyler Kleven — Nikolas Matinpalo

Linus Ullmark
Leevi Merilainen

Scratched: Olle Lycksell, Jordan Spence

Injured: Shane Pinto (lower body), Lars Eller (broken foot)

Status report

Chabot could make his return from an upper-body injury that has forced him to miss 12 games.

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